Tice Davids		Levi Coffin		Harriet Beecher Stowe		track
Ohio River		Henry Brown		lines		"a grand"
Underground Railroad		John Brown		conductor		chattel
Uncle Tom's Cabin		Dred Scott		passenger
Harriet Tubman		Fugitive Slave Law		station

Activities

1.	Find escape routes, both land and water, on the map of the United States. Measure distance to freedom from various points in the south to various destinations in the north and Canada.
2.	Write another verse to the song and perform it.
3.	Look up songs from the time period which may have been used in the movement. Learn one or more and perform them for or with your classmates.
4.	Find out about the history of the Civil War and slavery in your state. Prepare a report to present to the class.
5.	Make a paper quilt containing "symbols of safety" in the underground railroad (i.e. house and smoking chimney, signal lights, etc.) or design your own freedom symbol. Display the quilt in the classroom.
6.	Depict a slave escape through a diorama, a mural, a drawing or painting, a poem, a story, a play or a video.
7.	What was it like to be a slave? Research what slaves did, how they were bought and sold, what their living conditions were, how they were treated by their owners, what their families were like. Use your research to write a report for your classmates or write a story about a day in the life of a slave.

Discussion

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

The Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery but did it end discrimination?

Are there instances of discrimination today?

Suggested Reading

Blockson, Charles, I. The Underground Railroad . Prentice Hall Press, 1987.

Cosner, Sharon. The Underground Railroad . Franklin Watts, 1991.

Haskins, Jim. Get on Board: The Story of the Underground Railroad . New York Scholastic, 1993.

Stein, R. Conrad. The Story of the Underground Railroad . Children's Press, 1981.

Taylor, M.W. Harriet Tubman: Anti-slavery Activist . Chelsey House, 1991.