Adventures in Time and Place

Adventures in Time and Place
Grade 4: New York
Infographic #5: The Underground Railroad in New York
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1. All aboard Harriet’s Underground Railroad! Retrace the steps people escaping slavery made on their arduous journey to freedom. Experience the journey of a lifetime! Join National Geographic’s Underground Railroad.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/

Follow the directions on the screen.
Take notes about the people you meet and the places you see.
Once you reach freedom in Canada, close the browser window.

Online Activity: Underground Railroad Concentration Game
Match each person or term with the correct description or definition.
Click two cards. Wait to see them turn over. Try again until you find all of the matches!

2. A class of New York students created a Web site about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. Learn more about what they discovered by viewing historic photos of this famous American at Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad.
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/tubman.html

Scroll down and click Map for the routes taken on the Underground Railroad. Click the Back arrow.
Then, examine some photos. Click Harriet to see her arriving in Canada with passengers.
Go back and click pictures to see more of Harriet Tubman.
Go back. Click Harriet Tubman Day.
Go back. Next click Letters. Read letters students wrote to their legislators in support of Harriet Tubman Day.

Offline Activity: Write a Letter to your Legislator!
Write a letter to your governor or to a member of the State Assembly or Senate about a Harriet Tubman Day in New York. Do you think it is a good idea? Why or why not? Use the information you have learned about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad in New York to support your arguments. Give the letter to your teacher to send it to your state legislators.