Closure Activity

 

 

v   The students will write a narrative story.

 

v   The students will assume that they are a slave.

 

v   The teacher will conduct a mini-lesson on the literary element of point-of-view.

 

v   The students will then be instructed to write their narrative from the point-of-view of a runaway slave. They have experienced the Underground Railroad, and despite several close encounters with bounty hunters, they have finally completed their journey to Canada.

 

v    Students will share their narratives in class.

 

v    The students will post their narratives on the class web site.

 

 

WEB SITES

 

1.      http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/reynold1.html

 

2.      http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/durham1.html

 

3.      http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/callowa1.html

 

4.      http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/anderso1.html

 

       

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Bibliography of All Works Used

 for the Civil War and Slavery Literature Circle Unit

 

 

Second/Third Grade Circle:

 

1.        Monjo, F.N.  The Drinking Gourd:  A Story of the Underground Railroad, Harper Collins Publishers Inc.  Printed in the U.S.A.  © 1970

2.      Roop, Connie and Peter.  Grace’s Letter to Lincoln, Scholastic Inc.  New York, N.Y.  © 1998.

3.      Osborne, Mary Pope.  Civil War on Sunday, Random House Inc.  New York.  © 2000.

4.     Turner, Anne.  Nettie’s Trip South, Aladdin Paperbacks.  New York, N.Y.  © 1987.

5.      Hopkinson, Deborah.  Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, Scholastic Inc.  New York, N.Y. © 1993.

 

Fourth Grade Circle:

 

1.        Hoobler, Dorothy and Thomas.  Next Stop, Freedom:  The Story of a Slave Girl, Silver Burdett Press, Inc.  Englewood Cliffs, N.J.  © 1991.

2.      Wyeth, Sharon Dennis.  Freedom’s Wings:  Corey’s Underground Railroad Diary, Scholastic Inc.  New York, N.Y.  © 2001.

3.      Wyeth, Sharon Dennis.  Flying Free:  Corey’s Underground Railroad Diary, Scholastic Inc.  New York, N.Y.  © 2002.

4.     Woodruff, Elvira.  Dear Austin:  Letters from the Underground Railroad, Scholastic Inc.  New York, N.Y.  © 1998.

 

Fifth Grade Circle:

 

1.        Paulson, Gary.  Nightjohn, Bantom Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers.  New York, N.Y.  © 1996.

2.      Paulson, Gary.  Sarny, Bantom Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers.  New York, N.Y.  © 1997.

 

Sixth Grade Circle:

 

1.        Hamilton, Virginia.  The House of Dies Drear, Scholastic Inc.  New York, N.Y.  © 1968.