Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Underground Railroad Primary Sources

 Dear Students, 

For Grade 5's: You will use images from Hands On Social Studies in class to look at primary sources for First Nations early interactions with Europeans. 

For Grade 6's, here are a couple of  slideshows showing some primary sources about the Underground Railroad:

https://www.eiu.edu/eiutps/Underground%20Railroad%20Primary%20Source%20Set.pdf

https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-underground-railroad-and-the-fugitive-slave-act-of-1850

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-ff98-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99/book?parent=205503f0-c6b4-012f-8a4d-58d385a7bc34#page/1/mode/2up

and here is a political cartoon showing you some of the ways the Underground Railroad was discussed in popular media like newspapers: 

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-e87a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99#/?zoom=true



Pick one image that you connect with and reflect on it using our graphic organizer.