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Themes

Websites

Extensions/ Activities

Primary source from The Library of Congress

Slavery

·         http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml/aapccap.html

·         Authentic Anecdotes of American Slavery

·         http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html

·         Born in Slavery narratives

·         http://vi.uh.edu/pages/mintz/primary.htm

·         Excerpts from slave narratives

Reading for the authentic accounts from slaves can add to the understanding of the life of a slave. This is why they took the risk to flee, because their life was terrible.

African American Folk Tales

African American Folk tales

• http://www.toptags.com/aama/tales/tales.htm

Oral tradition was a large part of slave life. Students could take stories and create a reader’s theater during IWT

Tales from the underground Railroad on Music Video(Need Real Player)

Underground Railroad

• http://www.ushistory.com/railr.htm

Print out Lyrics and have students listen to songs and follow along with lyrics. This is a good guided reading exercise

Student made site about Harriet Tubman

Underground Railroad

• http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/tubman.html

Contains loads of info about the Underground R.R. Many of the sections of this page are examples of class projects using KID PIX or other drawing programs.

National Geographic Simulation

Underground Railroad

• http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/

This informative web journey allows students to make choices while traveling to freedom.

Teacher Resources

Underground Railroad

• http://rims.k12.ca.us/ugr/index.shtml

Cheryl Brown retraces the route of the Underground R.R. The History and Geography section gives lots of info