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.
Absent? Just want to review the guided notes? Slides are linked here.
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.
Absent? Just want to review the guided notes? Slides are linked here.
REVIEW: Match the appropriate terms/definitions:
| Stavka koja se može prevući | arrow_right_alt | Odgovarajuća stavka |
|---|---|---|
Remained apart of the United States of America | arrow_right_alt | The North |
Seceded from the United States | arrow_right_alt | The South |
Pro-slavery | arrow_right_alt | The South |
Union | arrow_right_alt | The South |
Confederate States | arrow_right_alt | The North |
Anti-slavery | arrow_right_alt | The North |
Background Check: What do you already know about the Underground Railroad? Write any prior knowledge you have below!
Draw the symbol you find most intriguing below!
What do you notice about the symbols used on the Underground Railroad? If you saw one of these symbols, would you be able to infer its true meaning?
As used in the paragraph, "forays" most nearly means
Prior to the Underground Railroad, slaves would make their own attempts at freedom. Even after the network was developed, they were on their own until certain points north where it was safer for a station to exist. That being the case, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 was enacted. This act had slave bounty hunters coming out of the woodwork trying to cash in on the action.
Is this primary source supportive or unsupportive of enslaved people? Explain why or why not in one complete sentence.
It can be reasonably inferred from the passage that the issue of runaway slaves was important to southerners because
Can you decode the "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" spiritual? Try it out!
| Stavka koja se može prevući | arrow_right_alt | Odgovarajuća stavka |
|---|---|---|
If you get there before I do, tell all my friends I’m coming too | arrow_right_alt | Come into slaveholding states |
Swing low | arrow_right_alt | The Underground Railroad |
Sweet chariot, | 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? |
Comin' for to carry me home... | arrow_right_alt | Workers on the Underground Railroad coming to help me |
I looked over Jordan, and what did I see? | arrow_right_alt | If I have escaped friends or family, please tell them my escape plan |
A band of angels coming after me | arrow_right_alt | I have good days and bad days |
I’m sometimes up, I’m sometimes down | 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? Your answer should include at least one specific historical example or fact.
Sentence Starter: Despite the slavery laws in the United States, enslaved people and abolitionists worked together to stand up for what they believed in by...
Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4:
