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National Geographic: The Underground Railroad Route ActivityNational Geographic: The Underground Railroad Route Activity
Publisher
National Geographic
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1st - 4th
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Social Studies & History
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Lexile Measures
1140L
Activity

National Geographic: The Underground Railroad Route

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A classroom activity enhancing study about slavery in the United States focused on the Underground Railroad. Students will explore the slave and free states and look at routes the Underground Railroad took to help slaves escape to freedom. Explore the challenges the slaves faced while making their escape.

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Concepts

slavery

Additional Tags

free state, slave state, underground railroad route, h.h.7, underground railroad, maps of underground railroad routes

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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