Title: Freedom Bound
Grade Level(s): 8th grade
Description:
This exhibit is
designed to be used in a display manner in connection
with a unit on Runaway Slaves and the Underground
Railroad. The original intent of the exhibit is
to use the display in a bulletin board fashion
and reference the items during the unit.
In an attempt
to make the exhibit more versatile, a card of suggested
activities is mounted on the back of the exhibit. Possible
activities include:
§ Students
keep a journal as if they were traveling on the
Underground Railroad.
§ Students
write a historical fiction entry about a life as
a slave.
§ Students
choose a town/city in the North and South and research
how African Americans were treated in those areas
prior to the Civil War.
§ Students
design a quilt which could have been used as a
signal on the Underground Railroad.
§ Students
research how their hometown was affected by slavery
and the Underground Railroad. |
