Content Objective: I will be able to examine the different facets of the Underground Railroad and what and who made it successful.
Standard Objective: I will be able to draw reasonable inferences and logical conclusions from text.
Content Objective: I will be able to examine the different facets of the Underground Railroad and what and who made it successful.
Standard Objective: I will be able to draw reasonable inferences and logical conclusions from text.
Warm Up: Please rate how well you understood Sojourner Truth's speech last night on a scale from 1 to 4. If you have any questions, drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.
Warm Up: Have you ever followed a rule that you don't believe in? Explain why or why not.
Building Knowledge Together: First, let's make sure we're all on the same page regarding vocabulary. Here is a combination of old terms and new terms:
| Stavka koja se može prevući | arrow_right_alt | Odgovarajuća stavka |
|---|---|---|
The Confederacy | arrow_right_alt | The idea that the United States is destined by God to expand and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent |
The Union | arrow_right_alt | The time period before the Civil War |
Antebellum | arrow_right_alt | The act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent |
Abolitionist | arrow_right_alt | The North |
Secession | arrow_right_alt | The South |
Manifest Destiny | arrow_right_alt | Someone who is anti-slavery |


Try to draw the symbol that is most interesting to you. Show your table!
What do you notice about the symbols used on the Underground Railroad? Do you think you would risk your life to try to escape using the underground railroad? Why or why not?

Can you decode the "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" spiritual? Try it out!
| Stavka koja se može prevući | arrow_right_alt | Odgovarajuća stavka |
|---|---|---|
I looked over Jordan, and what did I see? | arrow_right_alt | Come into slaveholding states |
A band of angels coming after me | arrow_right_alt | The Underground Railroad |
I’m sometimes up, I’m sometimes down | arrow_right_alt | Take me to freedom in the Northern States or Canada |
But still my soul feels heavenly bound | arrow_right_alt | I looked over the Mississippi or Ohio River, and what did I see? |
If you get there before I do, tell all my friends I’m coming too | arrow_right_alt | Workers on the Underground Railroad coming to help me |
Comin' for to carry me home... | arrow_right_alt | If I have escaped friends or family, please tell them my escape plan |
Swing low | arrow_right_alt | I have good days and bad days |
Sweet chariot, | arrow_right_alt | But I know I will soon escape North on the Underground Railroad |
Exit Ticket: How did the enslaved and abolitionists work together to stand up for what they believed in despite the laws in the United States that upheld slavery? Support your answer with at least one specific historical example or fact.
Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4: