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Underground Railroad- People Get Ready...There's a Train a Comin' Lesson PlanUnderground Railroad- People Get Ready...There's a Train a Comin' Lesson Plan
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Students learn about the Underground Railroad. In this Civil War and slavery lesson, students discuss how successful slaves would be moving around at night, learn the secret vocabulary used for escape routes and review background about the Civil War and slavery. Students read If You Traveled the Underground Railroad and work in groups to reenact escaping to freedom.

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the underground railroad, fugitive slaves, slavery, the united states civil war

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civil war, slavery, underground railroad, english language arts
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Grade
3rd - 5th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Duration
3 days
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Project-Based Learning
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