Historian in Residence Ms. Christy
Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.

The Underground Railroad Unit

Day ONE

 The Story: Slavery The Project: Slave Trade Process Drama
Day TWO

The Story:  Olaudah Equiano (Arrival and Auction)

 The Project:Make a Bonnet or a Top Hat
Day THREE

The Story: Frederick Douglass (Life on a Plantation)

The Project: Finish Bonnets and Top Hats
Day FOUR The Story:   Frederick Douglass (Life in Slavery)

The Project: Purple words from the Plantation/Sae Sae Brae Wa
Day FIVE The Story:  Wallace Turnage (Escape)

The Project: Tableaux Charades
Day SIX The Story: Levi Coffin (Abolition)

The Project:  Purple words from an Abolitionist speech
Day SEVEN The Story:  Anthony Burns (Underground Railroad)

The Project: The Underground Railroad Chant
Day EIGHT The Story: John Rankin and Eliza's escape

The Project: Making Quilt Squares
Day NINE

The Story: Harriet Tubman and Thomas Garrett

The Project: Skits of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad.

Day TEN The Story:  The End of Slavery The Project: Bringing the Underground Railroad to the playground. 

Historian in Residence © 2009 Mary Anne Christy

 

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