Literature for Lesson 3

Vocabulary for Lesson 3

rebellion

• An act or a show of defiance toward an authority or established convention.

Find 6 words or groups of words that mean the same as rebellion.

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Study of the Underground Railroad

Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad
by Pamela Duncan Edwards, Henry Cole, Pamela Duncan Edwards
AR Reading Level 4.0  Point Value 0.5

Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad is about a runaway slave who is aided by the animals in the woods on his journey north.

Activities with this book

• Harper Collins Teacher's Guide for Barefoot http://www.harperchildrens.com/schoolhouse/teachersguides/barefoot.htm

• The Underground Railroad Study Guide  http://www.smv.org/pubs/UndergrdRRK4d.pdf
  This unit contains lessons using the books Follow the Drinking Gourd, Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, and Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad.

..If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad
by Ellen Levine, Larry Johnson (Illustrator)
AR Reading Level 5.0  Point Value 3.0

This book answers about thirty common questions about the Underground Railroad

Activities with this book:

• A Field Guide to Classroom Libraries  http://fieldguides.heinemann.com/guides/guide_summary.asp?library=F&level=11&GID=3663

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