The Underground Railroad

Historic Events

Int – High Int
Teens & Adults

In this lesson, students learn about the freedom movement involving runaway slaves and abolitionists in the US and Canada in the years leading up to the American Civil War. This lesson includes a reading (with audio), comprehension questions, vocabulary review tasks, and discussion questions.

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Focus

topic-based
4-skills
history
US
slavery

Vocabulary

literal
network
abolitionist
sympathizer
interracial
prominent
former
orchestrate
take refuge
capture
activist
abolish
A spinning paper plane
A spinning paper plane