The Underground Railroad : Mini Unit

The Underground Railroad: Mini Unit

An all-inclusive toolkit for educators to favorably guide their students through the intricate history of abolitionism and the operation of the Underground Railroad during the 17th and 19th centuries. Designed specifically for grades 8-12, this resource finds apt use in social studies, language arts classes or any learning environment discussing American history.

About The Mini Unit

The mini unit comprises three essential components:

• Evolution of The Abolitionist Movement: This introduces learners to how slavery proliferated due to industry expansion and sheds light on key figures like David Walker and William Lloyd Garrison.
• A Case Study of Canterbury School, Connecticut: Spotlighting hostility that African-Americans — including school-going children — faced in northern states. It provides a case study approach enabling students grasp social situations present when anti-slavery groups were active.
• 'The Underground Railroad': This section's focus is on how this mechanism was organized, different escape routes open for individuals plus discusses discrimination that awaited those who managed escaping to northern states or Canada.

Prominent names as John Brown & Harriet Tubman along with lesser-known but nevertheless remarkable personalities such as Thomas Garrett & Samuel Burris are covered here enriching student learning experience via increased empathy understanding.

Ancillary Materials:

Rounding off with exhaustive supplementary materials — question sheets facilitating comprehension; instructions guiding preparation & delivery towards gripping PowerPoint presentations; narratives retelling famous escape stories - making sure every aspect related to The Underground Railroad era gets addressed while teaching.

In summation,"The Underground Railroad: Mini Unit" comes with a vast array of resources threaded into a cohesive educational product adaptable for both solo or group situations. It's perfect to be consumedin classrooms through projector-supported PowerPoint presentations or serve as home-based enrichment devices — painting historical events in broader and deeper shades.

The resource being available on commonly found file-types is equipped to take students on a journey through American history periods that had monumental impact; the ripple effects of which are still visible today!

File includes worksheets in pdf and editable pptx. format as well as a PowerPoint presentation.