1. The Underground Railroad Students will understand what life was like as a slave trying to escape using the Underground Railroad and compare it to their lives.
A story about how thousands of enslaved people slipped through the night on their way to freedom, riding the Underground Railroad. It includes images of the routes, lives, and hardships of both the "passengers" and "conductors."
Resources to learn more:
The Underground Railroad- Interactive journey
Map of the Underground Railroad
Songs of Freedom
The Underground Railroad
Author: Raymond Bial
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995
Caitlin Livingston

2. What would your day be like?
Activity:
Pretend you are a conductor helping slaves escape using the Underground Railroad. Write a simulated journal describing your typical day.

3. What would your quilt look like?
Activity:
The slaves used quilts to communicate information to send messages to conductors and runaways on the Underground Railroad, telling whether it was safe to travel. Create your own quilt pattern with a coded message for a conductor or runaway.

4. How is your life like theirs?
Activity:
Create a Venn diagram comparing your life to the life of a child traveling on the Underground Railroad.

5. Standards NCSS II.Time, Continuity, and Change.
South Carolina Standard 4-6: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the Civil War and its impact on America
4-6.2 Summarize the roles and accomplishments of the leaders of the abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad before and during the Civil War

6. References Winder Station Thomas L. Gray and Home Freedom Quilt
Slave Quarters
Isaac and Rosa, slave children
Slave Scene
Reviewed by: Morgan Hughes