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Expanding Our Connection to Freedom Crossing

Expanding Our Connection to Freedom Crossing. Presented by: Racquel Cady. Introduction.

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Expanding Our Connection to Freedom Crossing

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  1. Expanding Our Connection toFreedom Crossing Presented by: Racquel Cady

  2. Introduction Along with our unit novel FreedomCrossingby Margaret Goff Clark, students will discover what life was like as a slave, encounter the dangers of the Underground Railroad, and meet brave abolitionists who helped the runaways reach freedom.

  3. Task The Underground Railroad was a secret network organized by people who helped men, women, and children escape from slavery before the Civil War. The Underground Railroad provided shelter, food, and  transportation for the those who were trying to escape. Along the way, people also provided directions for the safest way to travel north on the dangerous journey to freedom. Your task will be: • find out what life was like for slaves • create a timeline of events related to the Underground Railroad • write a journal entry from the view point of a slave in which you plan a route for your own escape • Give a oral presentation “Journey to Freedom”

  4. Process 1st Learn about life as a slave • Visit the websites below to discover the struggles of life as a slave. Record your discoveries in your journal. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/j1.html http://www.freedomcenter.org/underground-railroad/# http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/index.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112391/underground_railroad.htm http://pathways.thinkport.org/secrets/gourd1.cfm http://www.history.org/History/teaching/dayInTheLife/webactivities/dress/dress.cfm

  5. Video Clip • Click on the link below to watch a video of the Underground Railroad. http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/28706-assignment-discovery-the-underground-railroad-video.htm • Click on the link below to watch a video of the Underground Railroad.

  6. Freedom Crossing Book Connection 2nd Explore this website to view the actual location of Tryon’s Folly, the setting from our novel.

  7. Process Continued 3rd Create a timeline • Show the important dates and events connected to the ending of slavery (using the assigned teacher format) 4thJournal Entry • In your journal write your “Journey to Freedom” using the writers process of brainstorming, draft, revision, editing and final copy

  8. Evaluation(You will be evaluated on your oral presentation)

  9. Conclusion Congratulations, you are the expert! Now that you have learned all about life as a slave and have an understanding of the evaluation criteria Prepare your “Journey to Freedom” to present to the class

  10. Resources • Freedom Crossing by, Margaret Goff Clark (unit novel) • http://historiclewiston.org/freedomcrossing.html (connection to novel) • http://www.oswego.edu/~hyang2/edu/webquestp.htm(used to generate ideas) • http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/results. (Clip art on Office online) • http://webquest.org/search/index.php (used to generate ideas) • http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/j1.html (National Geographic student site) • http://www.freedomcenter.org/underground-railroad/# (Freedom Center student site) • http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/index.htm (Scholastics student site) • http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112391/underground_railroad.htm (Think Quest student site) • http://pathways.thinkport.org/secrets/gourd1.cfm (Think Port student site) • http://www.history.org/History/teaching/dayInTheLife/webactivities/dress/dress.cfm (Day in the Life of a Slave student site) • http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/28706-assignment-discovery-the-underground-railroad-video.htm (connect to a video clip of the Underground Railroad)

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