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The following is a great activity for the Underground Railroad. There are many resources a teachers should review before introducing the unit to the class.
Activities: Click on the tabs below to browse through the materials in the guide. The OVERVIEW contains in-depth information about gameplay, classroom implementation, essential questions and goals, and alignment with learning standards. The BACKGROUND tab contains information about the characters, situations, events, and historical period presented in the game. The ACTIVITIES tab contains classroom activities to use with your students before, during, and after their playing of “Flight to Freedom”. The RESOURCES tab contains additional information to enhance and extend students’ learning about the time period. If you would like to print out ALL of the classroom materials, click on the “Complete FLIGHT TO FREEDOM Classroom Guide” link below.
Complete FLIGHT TO FREEDOM Classroom Guide DOC | PDF
For Educators:
For Students:
Pre-Mission Activities
Part 1: Behind the Big House
Part 2: Runaway!
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Part 2 Document-Based Activity: Life & Adventures of Henry Bibb DOC | PDF
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Part 2 Document-Based Activity: Runaway Posters & Advertisements DOC | PDF
Part 3: Free and Not Free
Part 4: Gathering Forces
Part 5: New Times, New Troubles
Epilogue
Activities for Use Throughout the Mission
Additional Media Resources DOC | PDF
Character and Scene Printables DOC | PDF
Primary Sources
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“A History of the Amistad Captives” Advertising Broadside (1840) DOC | PDF
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“$1200 to $1250 Dollars! For Negroes!!” Poster (1853) DOC | PDF
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“Negro Stealing” Kentucky Newspaper Editorial (1847) DOC | PDF
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Interview with a Former Kentucky Slave About Escape and Capture DOC | PDF
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William Lloyd Garrison, The Liberator: “I WILL BE HEARD” (1831) DOC | PDF
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William Lloyd Garrison, The Liberator: “On The Constitution and Union (1832) DOC | PDF
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Editorial From Anti-Abolitionist Newspaper in Ohio (1842) DOC | PDF
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Proslavery Letter From Anti-Abolitionist Newspaper in Ohio (1848) DOC | PDF
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“The Transportation of Free Blacks to Africa” (1850) DOC | PDF
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“Caution!! Colored People of Boston” Anti-Slavery Poster (1855) DOC | PDF
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Letter From Participant in John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry (1859) DOC | PDF
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Map of the Slave Population of the Southern States (1860) DOC | PDF
Additional Resources from EDSITEment DOC | PDF