| Chapter 4 "Freedom Fighters" Activities |
Show the episode Follow the Drinking Gourd from the PBS series Reading Rainbow.
Read . . . If You Were Part of the Underground Railroad.
Visit these web sites:
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad for Children http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/tubman.html
Explanation of "Follow the Drinking Gourd"
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/ltc/special/mlk/gourd2.html
The Underground Railroad Table of Contents http://education.ucdavis.edu/NEW/STC/lesson/socstud/railroad/contents.htm
The Headbone Derby Escape to Freedom http://www.headbone.com/derby/escape/main.b.html
Underground Railroad http://www.trumbull.k12.oh.us/teachers/undergroundrr.htm
Have a simulation of a slave auction. Students can take the roles of slaves, buyers, abolitionists, and auctioneers.
Research the diet of slaves. What kinds of foods did they eat? Was there a variety of foods? Was the diet healthy?
Draw a slave ship.