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Grade 4  
Unit 3: Our Voices
A Place Called Freedom
by Scott Russell Sanders

Internet Connection Activity
Constellations    Cross Curricular
Constellations in the Night Sky
Connect to this link:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/constellations.shtml


  1. Read about constellations.

  2. Scroll to the bottom of the page. Look at the examples of constellations.

  3. On a separate piece of paper. Draw your three favorite constellations and label them by name.

The Constellations and Their Stars
Connect to this link:
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations.html


  1. Click and read What are constellations? Then click the Back arrow.

  2. Scroll down and click Interactive Sky Charts.


Internet Connection Activity
Underground Railroad    Find Out More
Decision Time
Connect to this link:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/index.html


  1. Click Enter to start the game.

  2. Read the information under "The Journey" and then click Yes I Want to Go.

  3. Play the game.

  4. Keep track of your choices on a separate piece of paper and then explain why you made those choices.

  5. Do you think you made good choices?

Aboard the Underground Railroad
Connect to this link:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground/ugrrhome.htm


  1. Click Map and read the information below the map.

  2. Click on the state of Florida and click Ft. Mose site.

  3. Go back. Find the state of Maine and click Harriet Beecher Stowe House.

  4. Think about how the Underground Railroad was helped by these places in far northern and southern states.


Internet Connection Activity
Indiana and the Underground Railroad    Leveled Books
Levi Coffin House
Connect to this link:
http://www.waynet.org/nonprofit/coffin.htm


  1. Read the history of the Coffin house. How did the Coffins hide enslaved people in their

  2. house?

  3. Scroll down and click on View More Photos under "Recommended Links" to see more pictures of the Coffin house.

  4. Write down two facts that you learned about the Coffin house and the Underground Railroad.

Aboard the Underground Railroad: List of Sites
Connect to this link:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground/states.htm


  1. Scroll down to Indiana.

  2. Click and read about each historic site.

  3. What did each one have to do with the Underground Railroad?