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Civil War: Women
Students examine the role of women during the Civil War investigating their roles as spies, soldiers, and nurses.
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Journey on the Underground Railroad
Students use Indiana and Michigan state road maps to trace a route to Canada from Madison, IN. with the many possible stops along the way. They make a picture book that depicts a runaway slave's journey on UCR.
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Quilts of the Underground Railroad
Fifth graders work as a class to create a quilt mapping a route on the underground railroad. Each student create one quilt block using quilt symbols to contribute to the quilt.
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Underground Railroad-Coded Messages
In this worksheet on The Underground Railroad, students are instructed to "use the code word and phrases sheet" in order to decode a set of 10 messages. Word and phrases sheet not included on this worksheet.
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Underground Railroad Code Words and Phrases
In this Underground Railroad worksheet, students read a list of code words and phrases used during the time of the Underground Railroad, 26 total.
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Underground Railroad Research Report
Fourth graders complete a research paper on the Underground Railroad. They use internet and traditional resources to gather information from a list provided by the instructor. They use their information to write their paper. Students...
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Following the North Star
Students give examples of the impacts of science and technology on the migration and settlement patterns of various groups. They draw stars
explaining how the North Star was used to give directions on the Underground Railroad.
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Quilting: The Story of the Underground Railroad
Young scholars explore quilting. They read and discuss the book, Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt. They research African American quilting traditions on the Internet and name three common qualities in quilts. They create a quilt...
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Choose Your Own Adventure
Students investigate the historical underground railroad. They also access technology to conduct research and write stories with the railroad as part of the historical fiction. The cumulative assessment is the creation of a book that...
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Spirituals
Fourth graders examine the significance in the Negro spirituals concerning the Underground Railroad. They explore the cultural, geographical, historical, physical, and Psychological aspects involved in the Underground Railroad
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Underground Railroad
Pupils research the underground railroad and create a journal as if you were either a slave running away or the "railroad operator". They then draw a map detailing the escape routes and stops of African-American slaves on the underground...
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Scrapbook of Freedom
Third graders examine what it was like for a child traveling in the Underground Railroad.
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There Were Many Paths to Freedom
Middle schoolers explore the Underground Railroad in the history of Pennsylvania.
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Hidden in Plain View: History Standard Two and the Underground
Eighth graders create a quilt based on the Underground Railroad quilt code from the book Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad.
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The Underground Railroad and the I & M Canal in Illinois
Young scholars, in groups, discuss the Underground Railroad, then fill out a worksheet.
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Traveling Along the Indiana Underground Railroad
Students develop a deeper understanding of the role that Indiana played in the Underground Railroad while exploring Indiana Geography.
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Silent Signals
Third graders discuss the frustrations of navigating the Underground Railroad and list the symbols and signs used to communicate on the Underground Railroad.
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People and Places in Indiana's Underground Railroad
Fourth graders use an Indiana map to explain why Indiana's geographic location was important to its role in the UGR. They experience personal stories and feelings of the people involved in UGR through role-play and literature.
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Hidin' Out
Fourth graders draw three major Underground Railroad routes crossing Indiana on an outline map and include habitats and towns. They produce an oral history involving at least three natural habitats and one human habitat.
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Escape to Freedom
Students read 'They Called Her Moses," create a wanted poster for Tub man, compose a journal entry imagining they are William Still, and in groups, create a newspaper depicting the incident of the runaway slaves and events from the time...
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Aame: Network of Routes Through Greene, Warren, and Clinton Counties, Ohio
An interesting map showing not only Underground Railroad routes through southern Ohio, but also showing the names of the people whose houses were stations along the way. From the Schomburg Center for Research.
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House Divided Project: Letters and Diaries: Thomas Garrett to William Still #2
Transcript of an original letter from Thomas Garrett to fellow abolitionist William Still regarding the intricate workings of the Underground Railroad.
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House Divided Project: Letters and Diaries: Thomas Garrett to William Still #4
Transcript of an original letter written from Thomas Garrett to fellow abolitionist William Still inquiring about Harriet Tubman's whereabouts on her journey to freedom.
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House Divided Project: Letters and Diaries: Thomas Garrett to William Still #1
Transcript of a letter written from Thomas Garrett to fellow abolitionist William Still regarding the intricate and often dangerous leadings of the Underground Railroad.