Traveling the Underground Railroad
| State | WV |    |
| Status | Ready for Users | |
| Stage | Public | |
| Subject | English/Language Arts Mathematics Social Studies | |
| Author | Barbara Alfred, Stacey Gorrell, Paula King | |
| Description | Traveling the Underground Railroad is an integrated interactive unit that allows the students to become a part of our nation's history. The students not only learn about the Undergroud Railroad they also take part in simulations that give
them a feel for what an escape was really like. | |
| The 21st Century Tools | Multimedia computer, Internet, digital projector, laser pointer | |
| Grade Level | 4 5 | |
| National Standards | Social Studies:
Knows of problems in the community's past, the different perspectives of those involved, the choices people had, and the solutions they chose. Understands how the industrial revolution, increasing immigration, the rapid expansion of slavery, and westward movement changed American lives and led to regional tensions. Understands how slavery shaped social and economic life in the South after 1800 e.g., how the cotton gin and the opening of new lands in the South owners, poor free black and white families, and slaves; methods of passive and active resistance to slavery and escaped slaves and the Underground Railroad). Understand how people over the last 200 years have continued to struggle to bring all groups of American society the liberties and equality promised in the basic principles of American democracy. Understand how songs, symbols, and slogans demonstrate freedom of expression and the role of protest in democracy. Understand the accomplishments of ordinary people in historical situations and how each struggled for individual rights for the common good. Understands perspectives of and the roles played in the American Revolution by various groups of people (e.g., men, women, white settlers, free and enslaved African Americans, and Native principal cause of the Civil War, the growing influence of abolitionists, childrens' roles and family life. Math: Uses a variety of strategies to understand problem situations (e.g., discussing with peers, stating problems in own words, modeling problem with diagrams or physical objects, identifying a pattern. Adds, subtracts, multiplies, and divides whole numbers and decimals. Understands the basic measures perimeter, area, volume, capacity, mass, angle, and circumference. Selects and uses appropriate tools for given measurement situations (e.g., rulers for length, measuring cups for capacity, protractors for angle). Language: Uses prewriting strategies to plan written work (e.g., uses graphic organizers, story maps, and webs; groups related ideas; takes notes; brainstorms ideas; organizes information according to type and purpose of writing). Drafting and Revising: Uses strategies to draft and revise written work. | |
| Career Clusters | Fine Arts and Humanities | |
| Keywords | underground railroad, Freedom quilt | |
| Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) | Overview
Lesson 1: The Underground Railroad Lesson 2: The Journey Lesson 3: Escape to Freedom Lesson 4: Sweet Clara Lesson 5: Freedom Quilt | |
| English IGO or CSO | 4.3,4.7,4.10,4.85, 4.19, 4.20, 4.21, 4.25, 4.27, 4.29,5.13,5.15, 5.16, 5.17,5.18, 5.20, 5.24
4.49, 4.50, 4.52, 4.53, 4.54, 4.55, 5.52, 5.56, 5.58, 5.60, 5.61, 5.64 | |
| Math IGO or CSO | 4.18, 4.20, 4.21,4.33,4.34, 4.39,4.40 4.41, 5.10, 5.11,5.29, 5.31, 5.36, 5.41, 5.46
5.176 | |
| Social Studies IGO or CSO | 4.25, 4.26, 4.43., 4.44, 4.46, 4.49, 4.51,5.26, 5.29, 5.32, 5.44, 5.45, 5.58 | |