Teaching the Underground Railroad: Lesson Plans
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Teacher Lesson Plans
Primary
Kindergarten
Minty - The Life of a Child in Slavery
(MS Word document)
1st
Harriet Tubman
(MS Word document)
"Minty," in three lessons:
Lesson One
(MS Word document)
Lesson Two
(MS Publisher document)
Lesson Three
(MS Word document)
Reading:
Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky
(1st/2nd grade) (MS Word document)
2nd
Social Studies and Language Arts
Secret Signs
"Freedom: Yesterday and Today," in two parts:
Underground Railroad
(MS Word document)
Yesterday and Today
(MS PowerPoint document)
Harriet Tubman
(2nd/3rd grade) (MS Word document)
3rd
Readings:
Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky
,
Follow the Drinking Gourd
; Venn Diagram exercise
(MS Word document)
Readings:
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
; Freedom Quilt designs
(MS Word document)
"Reading: Sequence, Main Events, and Theme," a lesson in three parts:
Underground Railroad Book Activity
(MS Word document)
Underground Railroad Direction Sheet
(MS Word document)
Underground Railroad Lesson Plan
(MS Word document)
Heroes of the Underground Railroad
(MS Word document)
Conductor Groups
(3rd/4th grade) (MS Word document)
Freedom Quilts
(3rd/4th grade) (MS Word document)
Freedom Quilts
(3rd-6th grade)
4th
Harriet Tubman
(MS Word document)
5th
Primary Sources
(MS Word document)
Secret Signs
(MS Word document)
What is a Hero?
(MS Word document)
Middle
6th
Computer Technology Webquests
(MS Word document)
Life as a Runaway
(5th/6th grade) (MS Word document)
8th
Reading:
To Be a Slave
(MS Word document)
What Would You Do? Questions on Demand
(MS Word document)
Secondary
9th
Fugitive Slave Law
(9th/10th grade)
"Freedom Quilts," a 9th-12th grade lesson in two parts:
Freedom Quilts
(MS Word document)
Underground Railroad Lesson Plan
(MS Word document)
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