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The Underground Railroad, Myths and Facts, is fun to use as an anticipatory set to the Underground Railroad, Escape from Slavery, Scholastic web activity. By including students in a "hands up if you agree this is true" format, students will be interested in checking to see if what they think they know is true. A variety of statements that are often considered to be factual about the Underground Railroad are presented; the myths are clarified, and finally, the truth about each is delivered. After

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Need help getting your students to understand abstract vocabulary terms from your social studies lesson? No problem! These cards are designed to address the wide variety of ability levels, language comprehension skills, written comprehension skills, and curriculum objectives that special education teachers in multi-age classrooms need to address. See the preview for pictures of these cards in use with concept sorts, matching activities, word walls and more! The cards for this resource cover t

Multi-media, online site from Scholastic explores the human aspect of the Underground Railroad; this worksheet is a companion to the activity to guide students and to provide a record of their learning. Use it after the Underground Railroad Myth/Fact power point has engaged your students. Power Point is also available at www.teacherspayteacher.cm/Store/Julie-Arth. Possible responses to the question are provided.

Underground Railroad, Abolitionist, and Suffrage Writing Prompts Each of the writing prompts covers one specific element and is taken directly from every fourth grade social studies standard in Georgia. There is also a generic rubric that can be used to score and assess the writing prompts. (Please note these were written with Georgia in mind, but are not specific!) I hope that you enjoy this product as much as I have in my own classroom. With all of the standards that we must teach, I have a d

I created a Google Slideshow to go with these guided notes. You can use them as a pre-test and/or post-test or simply as guided notes like I have.

Use this free printable to help students learn more about the secret system used to help slaves on their escape to freedom in the early to mid 1800s. With this free activity, students will uncover the huge importance of the Underground Railroad along with important vocabulary as they practice their reading comprehension skills with a series of short assessments.

This resource is adapted from the Our Nation Studies Weekly: American Foundations article "Signals, Codes, and Clues of the Underground Railroad". I wanted to take the chart that was already included and add a dictionary definition so my students could see why these terms were used.

This resource is now free. I have a difficult time making money off this topic. I hope this resource can be of benefit to you and your students. Surprisingly, this is the first prominent movie produced on the incredible story of Harriet Tubman! Set in the 1850s, it chronicles the life of Harriet while in slavery and in freedom as she attempts to navigate the Underground Railroad. I truly believe this is an essential movie for kids to see. During the movie, students complete a simple t

Our school has been lucky enough to receive a variety of Kids Discover magazines and my students LOVE them! This close reading can review nonfiction reading skills, as well as supplement social studies curriculum standards.

This brief reading passage includes a short summary about The Underground Railroad. At the end of the passage you will find a few comprehension question to check for understanding. This activity can be utilized in a whole group, small group, independent, or homework.

Visual graphic of the underground railroad.

A pre-assessment/ test that covers Harriet Tubman, the Underground Railroad and Slavery. 14 multiple choice questions

Through engaging primary and secondary sources, students learn about the underground railroad as well as surrounding events and are given the opportunity to grow their critical thinking skills through a document analysis activity. Documents cover the stories of Hariet Tubman and Sojourner Truth as well as an analysis by a historian regarding an image commonly used in U.S. History textbooks. The extension activity provides students the opportunity to outline their answer to a DBQ prompt (the esse

Accompanies the Google Earth voyager guided tour "The Underground Railroad". Students can complete independently or with partners/groups or together with teacher.Designed for one 40 minute class period with 7th grade Social Studies students in NYS.Link to the Google Earth Guided tour "The Underground Railroad" is: Google Earth

This worksheet would is adaptable for both the middle and high school level learners in a US History course. In order to best use this worksheet effectively, a teacher could split their class into research roles where each student could be either a person escaping slavery, a conductor on the railroad, or someone who manages a station. Students would then research how the significance of their role group and complete this worksheet. This worksheet complies with Common Core State Standards.

This is a Common Core Standard Aligned Final Exam for the book Harriet Tubman, Conductor of the Underground Railroad Final Exam.

Activities include: 1st Read - Students gather evidence during the initial reading that will be used during classroom discussions and for the lesson closure. Key Vocabulary - Through context and prior knowledge, students will learn vocabulary that will help support understanding. Text-Dependent Questions - Requires students to revisit passages in the text to increase comprehension and analyze important concepts. Mini-Lesson - In each lesson of the novel unit, students focus on a specific li

Use these simplified, fill-in-the-blank notes along with the Brainpop video for the Underground Railroad. It is a Word document, and can be easily edited.

Through engaging primary and secondary sources, students learn about the underground railroad as well as surrounding events and are given the opportunity to grow their critical thinking skills through a document analysis activity. Documents cover the stories of Hariet Tubman and Sojourner Truth as well as an analysis by a historian regarding an image commonly used in U.S. History textbooks. The extension activity provides students the opportunity to outline their answer to a DBQ prompt (the esse

This quiz has fill in the blank and short answer questions. We just finished an Underground Railroad with my kids and they loved it. We read "Go Free or Die" and "Henry's Freedom Box." This quiz is a nice assessment to see where the kids are at!

Underground Railroad: Song Primary Source Analysis Song: Roll Jordan Roll Analysis: 6 C's of Primary Source Analysis

I created The Underground Railroad: Bibliography. It is a free bibliography for The Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was free on this webpage. On this free webpage, it accrued over 420 downloads, and a four-star rating. Based on my bibliography, it is clear that I put in a lot of research and work. Therefore, per Teachers Pay Teachers' suggestion, I decided to honor my efforts, and sell it. Nothing has changed. This bibliography provides your students the opportunity to cond

Students or teacher reads the sentences, then students fill in blanks in sentences or match pictures to words. This can be done individually or as a class, led through it step by step. Intended as a warmup or review.