1. Historical Perspectives The Underground Railroad
HOW DOES TEXT STRUCTURE AFFECT MEANING?
HOW DOES WORD CHOICE AFFECT TONE, MEANING AND MOOD?
HOW DOES THE GENRE OF A TEXT AFFECT MEANING?
HOW DOES A CHANGE IN POINT-OF-VIEW AFFECT MEANING?

2. Underground Railroad Paintings
“Underground Railroad” is an example of what literary term?
What is the mood of this painting?
How does the artist create this mood?
What words describe the setting? What words describe the characters?
What can you infer is the conflict?

3. Underground Railroad Paintings
What is the mood of this painting? How does the mood compare to the previous painting?
What words describe the setting? What words describe the characters?
What can you infer is the external conflict? What is the internal conflict?
How is this painting similar to the previous painting? How is it different?

4. “Runagate, Runagate” by Robert Hayden
Turn to page 656 in your textbook and read the poem “Runagate, Runagate”
and answer the following questions.
A. How does the setting of the poem relate to the paintings you viewed?
B. What is the mood of the poem? Support your answer with evidence from the text.
C. Compare and contrast the way an artist conveys mood versus the way an author creates mood.
D. Are the characters in the poem more similar to the subjects in the first painting or the subjects in the second painting? Support your answer.
E. Find an example of sensory language in the poem and record it on your paper. How does the author use this example of sensory language to create mood?

5. Harriet Tubman and The Underground Railroad
Turn to page 440 and read the narrative essay “Harriet Tubman: Guide to Freedom”
What is the central idea of the text? Provide a piece of textual evidence that supports this central idea. (Remember, central idea is the overall message of the passage - like a theme - but for nonfiction texts).
What is mood of the text? Provide a list of words that help to create this mood.
What text structure is used in this nonfiction text? Why do you think the author chooses this text structure?
Compare the perspective of the poem, “Runagate Runagate” to that of “Harriet Tubman: Guide to Freedom.” What advantages does presenting this information in a poem have versus an informational article? Vice versa?

6. Share with your Peer
After you have completed the questions for the poem and the two activities for the narrative essay, share your answers with your partner and then answer the questions to the right.
What information can we get from a painting that we can not get from a piece of writing?
What are the limitations of gathering information from a painting?
How did reading the poem enhance your understanding of the Underground Railroad?
What is similar about the type of information you got from the poem and the type of information you got from the paintings?
What, if anything, got in the way of your understanding of the poem?
How is the structure of the poem and the structure of the narrative similar? How is it different?
How did the differing text structures affect the way you understood the Underground Railroad?