U.S. History - Underground Railroad

My 11th grade U.S. History Class is reviewing U.S. History before 1877. 

We are currently talking about the Underground Railroad. 

This week we read

and

The instructions to the quilt and lantern 
can be purchased in the 
Underground Railroad Bundle. 
This bundle also includes a 
Pick-Your-Own-Ending Story Booklet, 
Vocabulary Flashcards, 
and a Vocabulary Quiz. 
It also includes an additional resource page.

We made quilt blocks and hung them on the wall.

We viewed Reading Rainbow Episode: Follow the Drinkin' Gourd. 

If you have a Discovery Education account, you can view it here. 

We made lanterns. We learned that a
lantern hanging on a hitching post
meant the place was a safehouse.