3.3 Classwork: Harriet Tubman & the Underground Railroad

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Note from the author:

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.

Instructions

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:

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Pro-slavery		The North
Confederate States		The South
Anti-slavery		The South
Seceded from the United States		The South
Remained apart of the United States of America		The North
Union		The North

Background Check: What do you already know about the Underground Railroad? Write any prior knowledge you have below!

Required

The Underground Railroad was not actually underground. Rather, the name comes from the idea that it was not openly publicized. It was a _______  network of safe houses and routes of travel established in the U.S. during the early to mid-19th century. African American slaves used this network to flee to free states, Canada and Nova Scotia where they could escape captivity. Some routes also led to Mexico or overseas where slavery was _______ . Although slaveowners were white, not every white person agreed with the practice. Some of the abolitionists and their supporters were white. The term _______  refers to everyone who aided the fugitive slaves in their escape efforts.

Required

A series of symbols was developed as a _______  to fleeing slaves so they would be aware of their surroundings.

Typically, the abolitionists involved in the Underground Railroad were privy to the operation only to the extent that they were _______. Not many of the activists involved knew the entire inner workings of the network. It was far too risky. If one of them had been caught and made to talk, it could have _______  the entire effort.

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

Today, we are going to learn about spirituals, which are different from hymns and psalms because they were a way of _______  the harsh condition of being a slave. While white plantation owners were content thinking that their slaves were happy and singing in the fields, these lyrics actual served a _______  purpose for fugitive slaves.

Applying Knowledge: Well done! Today, we will apply the new knowledge and vocabulary that we just learned by analyzing a spiritual song that enslaved Blacks would sing. 

Can you decode the "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" spiritual? Try it out!

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Swing low		Come into slaveholding states
But still my soul feels heavenly bound		The Underground Railroad
I looked over Jordan, and what did I see?		Take me to freedom in the Northern States or Canada
Comin' for to carry me home...		I looked over the Mississippi or Ohio River, and what did I see?
Sweet chariot,		Workers on the Underground Railroad coming to help me
I’m sometimes up, I’m sometimes down		If I have escaped friends or family, please tell them my escape plan
If you get there before I do, tell all my friends I’m coming too		I have good days and bad days
A band of angels coming after me		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...

3.3 Classwork: Harriet Tubman & the Underground Railroad

REVIEW: Match the appropriate terms/definitions:

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

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!

Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4: