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Recommended for: Grades 6-12

Resource: Is This a Map of the Underground Railroad?

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Length: 3m 39s
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Gwendolyn Wright from The History Detectives has a mission: to determine if Anne Zorela's antique map is a diagram of the Underground Railroad routes. One reason Anne believes the map is authentic is because of the Quaker meeting houses pictured. The Quakers helped fugitive slaves along the railroad routes. The documented region was also a known hotbed of Underground Railroad activity. These and other reasons have her convinced but she wants more proof to support her conclusion. Professor Gwendolyn Wright disagrees with Anne because fugitives as well as conductors and helpers on the Railroad would’ve been discovered and killed if a map fell into the wrong hands.

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The following Frame, Focus and Follow-up suggestions are best suited for middle school students using this video in an English language arts or social studies lesson. Be sure to modify the questions to meet your students' instructional needs.

What is Frame, Focus and Follow-up?

Frame (ELA) What is a conclusion? In order to draw a conclusion about a topic, what must you do? What type of information do you need?

Focus (ELA) As you watch the video, try to determine what conclusion Anne draws about her map. What information does she use to support her conclusion?

Frame (SS) What was the Underground Railroad? What was its main purpose?

Focus (SS) As you watch the video, consider why the Underground Railroad was so secretive. What did escaped slaves and the people who helped them have to fear? What were the laws regarding slaves and the people who helped them at that time?