African American History Lesson

Ride the Underground Railroad to Freedom
Drawing of Actual Slave Ship

Resources:

Quiz for Older Students - Have the older students take this quiz after they do the reading below.
Print this Quiz for the older students to have a copy of while they are reading so that they can know what to be looking for. They might want to keep some notes on this print out.

Quiz for Younger Students - The younger students take this quiz.
Another Quiz for younger students that is slightly more dificult than the previous one.
Print this Quiz for the younger students to have while they are reading sp they can know what to be looking for. They might want to keep some notes on this print out.
Slaves Fleeing Bondage
Slaves fleeing bondage during Civil War

Resources for Older Students

Resources for Younger Students
(1) Ride the Underground Railroad - National Geographic website
(2)A Summary
(3) Harriet Tubman Biography - A definitative biography of Harriet Tubmam
(4) The Emancipation Proclomation
(5) The Thirteenth Amendment		 (1) Ride the Underground Railroad - National Geographic website
(2)A Summary
(3) A brief Harriet Tubman presentation - (use this site for the younger students)
(4) Another nice Tubman presentation - (use this site for the younger students as well)
(5) Enchanted Learning's Harriet Tubman Page

THE TASK:
Step 1: Answer the questions on the Harriet Tubman quiz ( weblink #1 ) by using the web resources given above.

Step 2: Write a Short paragraph about what you learned.

Step 3: Using Microsoft Paint or some other program draw a picture of something you learned.

All Photos are courtesy of the Schomburg Center