Wrap Up
Goal: Students will know and understand the Underground Railroad movement.
Extension Activities:
1. Encourage students to identify the states a fugitive slave would cross in order to reach Canada or freedom.
2. Have students create a timeline of a famous person (i.e. – Harriet Tubman).
3. Have a student research and make a presentation on an individual involved in the Underground Railroad.
4. Have students identify various jobs slaves held on a plantation. Ask them to identify the advantages and disadvantage of their job as a slave or a future freed individual.
5. Start a literature circle to read the book The Last Safe House: A Story of the Underground Railroad by Barbara Green.
6. Have students interview a parent about slavery and the Underground Railroad.
Additional Books:
• If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine
• If You Lived When There was Slavery in America by Pamela Johnson
Internet Resources (All internet websites must be reviewed and approved by individual classroom teachers prior to students being directed to view them.):
• http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/tubman.html
• http://www.nps.gov/undergroundrr/contents.htm
• http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/
Bibliographic References:
• American Girl Collection: Welcome to Addy’s World*1864: Growing Up During America’s Civil War. American Girl (1999)
• Bial, Raymond. The Underground Railroad. Houston Mifflin Company (1995)
• Greenwood, Barbara. The Last Safe House: A Story of the Underground Railroad. Kids Can Press (1998)
• Hopkinson, Deborah. Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt. Dragonfly Books Published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc (1993)
• Kamma, Ann. …If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America. Scholastic (2004)
• Levine, Ellen. …If You Traveled on The Underground Railroad. Scholastic (1993)
• Stein, R. Conrad. Cornerstones of Freedom: The Story of the Underground Railroad. Children’s Press (1981)
• Vaughan, Marcia. The Secret to Freedom. Lee & Low Books Inc. ( 2001)
• Video - Great Americans for Children: Harriet Tubman. Schlessinger Media div of Library Video (2003)
Note: Please take advantage of your public and school library; there are endless materials available on slavery and the Underground Railroad. Also, the world wide web offers many great resources for both teachers and students (with the proper adult supervision) to use.
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