A new life of freedom slideshow underground railroad. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad for cora. Jan 9, 20 scholastic has developed a new series of interactive lessons about the underground railroad. Life on the plantation underground railroad student. Find new titles and get fresh teaching ideas by exploring book lists organized by author, holiday, topic, and genre. Separated from her family and reduced to her value on the auction block, ajarry ends up in the southern state of. Dive into the latest pick for oprahs book club with these questions about colson whiteheads breathtaking novel. Students will learn about the history of the underground railroad, a covert network of former slaves, free black men and women, northern abolitionists, and church leaders who helped fugitive slaves escape to freedom. The underground railroad, by contrast, was personal. Sometimes, routes of the underground railroad were organized by abolitionists, people who opposed slavery. When a farm girl discovers a runaway slave hiding in the barn, she is at once startled and frightened. Meet fannie moore, who was born a slave in south carolina in 1849.
Students record key facts that they learned about slaveryugrr on notebook paper. Curriculum connections for the resources and activities on this page include. The slave and runaway experiences brought to life will foster empathy and deepen understanding of how the peculiar institution affected individuals and an emerging nation. This book left me feeling unsettled and thats a good thing. Unspoken gifts of humanity unite the girl and the runaway as they each face a journey. If there had been one route that was used regularly, the slave catchers would have known about it and would have shut it down. Underground railroad book videos interactive whiteboard ready. Pass out and discuss glossary of terms from interact simulation program. The railroad used many routes from states in the south, which supported slavery, to free states in the north and canada. Escape from slavery activity grades 412, students travel back to 1860 to follow a young slave as he flees a kentucky plantation for canada along the underground railroad. With this interactive slideshow, students follow the path of a slave in 1860 as he travels the underground railroad to freedom. Fiction and nonfiction titles about the underground railroad for grades prek8.
Presented from a firstperson perspective, the learning experience immerses students in the action as they escape from a southern plantation and head north toward freedom. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The william still story grades 68 william still was an important yet not widely acknowledged figure in. The underground railroad is a choose your own learning experience that allows students to make a series of choices that affect their journey along the underground railroad.
The underground railroad was a network of people, african american as well as white, offering shelter and aid to escaped slaves from the south. Kindergarten 3rd grade readers the underground railroad. Underground railroad traces the terrible wounds of slavery the underground railroad is a literal train running underground in colson whiteheads new novel, which follows escaped slave cora. The questions, discussion topics, and suggestions for further reading that follow are designed to enhance your groups discussion of the underground railroad, a triumph of a novel by colson whitehead. The underground railroad, published in 2016, is the sixth novel by american author colson whitehead the alternate history novel tells the story of cora and caesar, two slaves in the southeastern united states during the 19th century, who make a bid for freedom from their georgia plantations by following the underground railroad, which the novel depicts as primarily a rail transport system in. You become a young slave who must make some important and lifechanging decisions. Although scholastic offers teacher resources on the web. This free selfpaced middlegrade webquest accompanies scholastic s wonderful interactive website simulation the underground railroad. A young girls courage is tested in this haunting, wordless story. In the myths of the underground railroad reading activity, scholastic first explains the difference between history and myths, such as the tale of our first. The carol burnett show official recommended for you.
The novel the underground railroad opens with the story of ajarry, a young woman who is captured by slave traders on the african continent and sold in america. Curriculum connections for this online activity include. Colson whiteheads the underground railroad has been a runaway success. The underground railroad, the latest selection of oprah winfreys book club, chronicles the life of a teenage slave named cora, who flees the georgia plantation where she was born, risking. For other resources and activities on the underground railroad, see all. This simulation helps students experience how the underground railroad led thousands of slaves during the civil war north to freedom. John henry days, which won the young lions fiction award, the anisfieldwolf book award, and was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. The underground railroad book club discussion questions.
The underground railroad pulitzer prize winner national. Be sure to explore the various scenes you see by rolling your mouse over the pictures. Sadie, the youngest crosswhite, shuddered when she saw the paddy rollers thunder into the slave yard on their horses, draggin a runaway on the end of a rope behind them. The pail from the carol burnett show full sketch duration. Get 10% off your first order at the scholastic store online when you sign up. Lincoln literature with an edge scholastic books for kids. Explore the history behind slavery in america and learn what life was like for people living without freedom. Kids can click on interactive picture to learn facts about slavery, view a slideshow, and listen. Levi coffin and his wife, catherine, were famous hoosier who believed that slavery was wrong, and they helped.
Colson whiteheads underground railroad is a literal train to freedom whitehead was recently awarded the national book award for his novel about a young slave who has escaped a. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide. Students will learn about the history of the underground railroad, a covert network of former slaves, free black men and women. The william still story is a production of 90th parallel productions ltd in association with rogers broadcasting limited and wnedtv. Books for kids about the underground railroad scholastic. Its interesting to me that a book predicated on the question of what if the underground railroad was real is the one people are seizing onto. Web sites to answer questions about her, testing their reading and research skills. Why colson whitehead made the underground railroad. The underground railroad national geographic society. The story of the underground railroad by jim haskins and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The underground railroad national geographic education. As someone who has read many fiction and nonfiction books and primary sources about slavery, this book leaves much to be desired. Discover how this secret network of people and hiding places helped runaway slaves reach freedom.
Fourth graders will experience their first simulation here at school where they try to escape on the path to freedom along the underground railroad. The book starts off describing the reader as an american who is not sure how to feel about the fugitive slave act which allows slave owners to recapture escaped slaves and free black people think ten years a slave, because you understand how important it is. Their underground railroad simulation journey is oneofakind and truly amazing. Africanamerican, slavery, fugitives, underground railroad, freedom. This book explains what the underground railroad was, what it was like to be a slave, and describes the hardships faced by slaves. Scholastic presents an interactive underground railroad lesson. Travel back to the 1800s and become an eyewitness to history. Everything you need teacher guides, units, lessons, writing activities, interactives, and book resources for grades k12. The underground railroad was the network used by enslaved black americans to obtain their freedom in the 30 years before the civil war 18601865. The white folks afraid to let the children learn anything.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the underground railroad pulitzer prize winner national book award winner oprahs book club. May 29, 2019 art ideas to go along with an underground railroad unit. The underground railroad teaching guide scholastic. Includes teachers guides, curriculum connections, and classroom activities. Follow a slave named walter on his quest for freedom along the underground railroad. In a surprise announcement tuesday morning, winfrey chose the underground railroad as the next title for oprahs book club. This book tells you what it was like to be a slave trying to escape to freedom on the underground railroad. A story of the underground railroad, by joan holub, for grade 3. An informational video about the underground railroad. The perilous lure of the underground railroad the new yorker. Underground railroad traces the terrible wounds of. Get information, pictures, photographs, biographies, resources, and more. Follow a runaway slave to freedom along the underground railroad in 1860.
Read aloud and discuss barefoot escape on the underground railroad and follow the drinking gourd. Ive also written a book of essays about my home town, the colossus of new york. This teaching guide supports the underground railroad. Learn what challenges slaves faced in national geographics underground railroad adventure. The underground railroad was a loose network of houses and people, and slaves reached their destinations in different ways. The author talks about racism, writing and barry jenkins directing the television series based on his novel. This type of virtual firsthand experience, combined with edgy abe literature means you will have student interest captivated, and will. But the strangers fearful eyes weigh upon her conscience, and she must make a difficult choice. The underground railroad pulitzer prize winner by colson.
The rr is a secret network of hiding places and brave people. This interactive website, created by the childrens book publisher, scholastic. The interactive slideshow with audio lets students read a short article at each stop. The underground railroad was a fascinating idea and i wished it had been more central to the story. Students meet the most famous conductor of the underground railroad and. The first 70 pages of the underground railroad are beautifully written and painful to read, but there is a sense of having been here before. The storys main narrative, set in the southern united states during the slavery era the early 1800s, is introduced and occasionally interrupted. Please put your comments for the underground railroad book club discussion questions in the comment area below discussion questions. See more ideas about underground railroad, constellations and history projects. My daddy slip and get a webster book and then he take it out in the field and he learn to read. Learn about the life of a slave on a tobacco plantation in kentucky.
The underground railroad pulitzer prize winner national book award winner oprahs book club. The intuitionist, a finalist for the penhemingway award. They can click on accompanying images to read popups with more information. Some big liberties are taken with historical accuracy, such as making the underground railroad a literal railroad. Receive book suggestions, reading tips, educational activities, and great deals.
See more ideas about underground railroad, black history month and black history. You may use the teacher resources and guide to help you plan out this engaging simulation. I also wanted a hint of hope at the end but that would have been too easy. Learn about the movement to end slavery and the brave few who risked danger to help escaping slaves. The clues you discover might be just the ones you need to escape to freedom. Colson whitehead on the underground railroad, the book.