Lesson Plans

Lesson plans designed for learners in grades K-12.

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Pre-K and Kindergarten

•  An Apple for Harriet Tubman
  
• Subject: Social Studies/Writing
• Grade Level: Kindergarten
• Primary Resource: An Apple for Harriet Tubman
• Lesson Length: 1 hour
• Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad 
• Subject: Social Studies/Language Arts
• Grade Level: Kindergarten
• Lesson Length: 4 days
• Underground Railroad Lesson Plan:Harriet Tubman
• Subject: Social Studies/Language Arts
• Grade Level: Kindergarten
• Primary Resource: The Life of Harriet Tubman
• Lesson Length: 1 hour 
• Underground Railroad Lesson Plan:Minty
• Subject: Social Studies/Language Arts
• Grade Level: Kindergarten
• Primary Resource: Minty
• Lesson Length: 1 hour
• Minty: The Story of Young Harriet Tubman
• Subject: Social Studies/Art
• Grade Level: Kindergarten
• Primary Resource: Minty
  
• Lesson Length: 45 minutes
• Minty: Underground Railroad Lesson Plan
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: Kindergarten
• Primary Resource: Minty
• Lesson Length: 1 hour
• The Underground Railroad
• Subject: Social Studies/Art
• Grade Level: Kindergarten/1st Grade
• Lesson Length: 5 days
• Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky
• Subject: History/Visual Arts
• Grade Level: Pre-K/Kindergarten
• Primary Resource: Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky
• Lesson Length: 5 days

 Elementary

• Underground Railroad Guided Reading Lesson Plan
• Subject: Reading/Social Studies
• Grade Level: 3rd Grade
• Primary Resources: Student Direction Sheet, Student Book Activity
• Lesson Length: 1.5 hours
• A Train Without Tracks
• Subject: Art
• Grade Level: 4th Grade
• Lesson Length: 2 class periods
•  African Americans in Colonial America
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 4th/5th Grade
• Primary Resource: Building a New Land: African Americans in Colonial America
• Lesson Length: 2 class periods
• Can You Be Tricked?
• Subject: Art/Special Education
• Grade Level: 2nd Grade
• Primary Resource: The Daring Escape of Ellen Craft
• Lesson Length: four 30 minute sessions
• The Underground Railroad
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 3rd Grade
• Lesson Length: Approximately 2 weeks
• Conductor Groups Underground Railroad Lesson Plan
• Subject: History/Language Arts
• Grade Level: 3rd/4th Grade
• Primary Resource: If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad
• Lesson Length: two 1 hour sessions
• Conductors of the Underground Railroad
• Subject: Social Studies/Technology
• Grade Level: 4th Grade
• Primary Resource: Journey to Freedom
• Lesson Length: 1 class period
• Follow the Drinking Gourd
• Subject: History/Language Arts
• Grade Level: 3rd/4th Grade
• Primary Resource: Follow the Drinking Gourd
• Lesson Length: 1 hour
• Escape Routes Underground Railroad Lesson Plan
• Subject: Language Arts
• Grade Level: 4th Grade
• Lesson Length: 3 days
• Escape to Freedom: A Journey Along the Underground Railroad
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 3rd Grade
• Lesson Length: four 45 minute sessions
• Exploring the Underground Railroad Using Children's Literature
• Subject: Language Arts
• Grade Level: 3rd Grade
• Lesson Length: twelve 50 minute sessions
• Freedom Journal
• Subject: History/Language Arts
• Grade Level: 4th Grade
• Primary Resource: Freedom's Wings
• Lesson Length: 5 days
• Freedom Quilts
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 4th Grade
• Primary Resource: Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
• Lesson Length: 1-2 hours
• The Value of Helping
• Subject: Social Studies/Language Arts
• Grade Level: 1st Grade
• Primary Resource: The Value of Helping, The Story of Harriet Tubman
• Lesson Length: six 45 minute sessions
• They Called her Moses. A Message in Code.
• Subject: Reading
• Grade Level: 3rd/4th Grade
• Lesson Length: three 45-60 minute lessons
• Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
• Subject: Language Arts (Guided Reading Lesson)
• Grade Level: 3rd Grade/Level S
• Primary Resource: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
• Lesson Length: three 30 minute sessions
• Heroes of the Underground Railroad
• Subject: Social Studies/Technology
• Grade Level: 2nd Grade
• Primary Resource: Escape! A Story of the Underground Railroad
• Lesson Length: two 1-2 hour sessions
• Heroes of the Underground Railroad
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 3rd/4th Grade
• Lesson Length: five 1 hour sessions
• If You Traveled on The Underground Railroad
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 2nd Grade
• Primary Resource: If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad
• Lesson Length: 4 days
• Introduction to the Underground Railroad
• Subject: Social Studies
• Lesson Length: 120 minutes
• An Introduction to the Underground Railroad
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 1st Grade
• Lesson Length: five 40 minute sessions
• John Parker and The Underground Railroad
• Subject: Reading
• Grade Level: 4th/5th Grade
• Primary Resource: Freedom River
• Lesson Length: 1 hour
• A Story of the Young Harriet Tubman
• Subject: Social Studies/Theme
• Grade Level: 1st Grade
• Primary Resource: Minty: A Story of the Young Harriet Tubman
• Lesson Length: 2 class periods
• The Underground Railroad and Writing Sensory Poetry
• Subject: Poetry
• Grade Level: 4th Grade
• Primary Sources of the Underground Railroad
• Subject: American History
• Grade Level: 5th Grade
• Primary Resource: His Promised Land: The Autobiography of John P. Parker, Former Slave and Conductor on the Underground Railroad
• Lesson Length: 1 hour
• Freedom Quilts and the Underground Railroad
• Subject: History/Language Arts
• Grade Level: 3rd/4th Grade
• Primary Resource: Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
• Lesson Length: 2 class sessions
• Journey to Freedom: Quilts and Codes
• Subject: History/Art
• Grade Level: 4th Grade
• Lesson Length: 2 days
• Reading and the Underground Railroad
• Subject: Reading/ Language Arts
• Grade Level: 1st/2nd Grade
• Primary Resource: Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky
• Lesson Length: 40 minutes
• Underground Railroad: Literature and Writing
• Subject: Literature/Writing
• Lesson Length: 60 minutes
• Riding the Underground Railroad
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 3rd Grade
• Primary Resource: Freedom River
• Routes to Freedom
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: Upper-Elementary Grades
• Primary Resource: "The Quest for Freedom" (video)
• Lesson Length: 4 days
• Secret Signs and the Underground Railroad
• Subject: Literature/Writing
• Grade Level: 2nd Grade
• Primary Resource: Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky
• Lesson Length: 60 minutes
• Shine Freedom!
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 4th Grade
• Primary Resource: Freedom River
• Lesson Length: five 40 minute sessions
• Slavery and the Underground Railroad
• Subject: Social Studies/Language Arts
• Grade Level: Primary
• Lesson Length: two-three 30 minute sessions
• Slavery, Kentucky and the Underground Railroad
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 1st Grade
• Slavery in America
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 1st Grade
• Lesson Length: four 20-30 minute sessions
• Stories of the Underground Railroad
• Subject: Social Studies/Language Arts
• Grade Level: 4th Grade
• Lesson Length: four 60 minute sessions
• Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 4th Grade
• Primary Resource: Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
• Lesson Length: 2 hours
• Sweet Clara
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 3rd Grade
• Primary Resource: A Quilt Full of Memories
• Lesson Length: 40 minutes
• Sweet Clara Historical Literature Response
• Subject: Social Studies/Art
• Grade Level: 3rd Grade
• Primary Resource: Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
• Literature Studies Groups and The Underground Railroad
• Subject: Social Studies/Language Arts
• Grade Level: 2nd Grade
• Primary Resource: Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
• Lesson Length: 2 weeks
• Taking the Train to Freedom
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 1st Grade
• Lesson Length: 5 days
• Defining the Underground Railroad
• Subject: Social Studies/Writing
• Grade Level: 4th Grade
• Lesson Length: 1 class session
• The Underground Railroad System
• Subject: History
• Grade Level: 2nd Grade
• Lesson Length: five 45 minute sessions
• Threads of Freedom
• Subject: History/Language Arts
• Grade Level: 1st/2nd Grade
• Primary Resources: The Patchwork Path and The Secret to Freedom
• Lesson Length: 2 class periods
• Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 1st Grade
• Lesson Length: two 30-45 minute sessions
• What Freedom Means
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 2nd/3rd Grade
• Primary Resource: Minty
• Lesson Length: 1-2 hours
• The Underground Railroad
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 2nd Grade
• Primary Resource: Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky
  
• Lesson Length: 7 days
• The Underground Railroad Lesson Powerpoint
• Subject: Social Studies
• A Secret of the Underground Railroad
• Subject: U.S. History
• Grade Level: 4th Grade
• Primary Resource: Sweet Clara and The Freedom Quilt
• Lesson Length: 60 minutes
• The Underground Railroad Mini-Unit
• Subject: Social Studies/Language Arts
• Grade Level: 4th Grade
• Lesson Length: 7 class periods
• Cinquain Poems - Jack Parker
• Subject: Social Studies/Reading
• Grade Level: 3rd Grade
• Primary Resource: Freedom River
• Lesson Length: two 30 minute sessions
• Yesterday & Today
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 2nd Grade
• Lesson Length: 5 days
• Walking the Road to Freedom
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 2nd Grade
• Primary Resource: Walking the Road to Freedom
• Lesson Length: three 1 hour sessions
• What is the UGRR?
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 4th Grade
• Primary Resource: If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad
• Lesson Length: 45 minutes

Middle School

• Freedom Quilts
• Subject: Social Studies/Art
• Grade Level: 5th Grade
• Lesson Length:2 hours
• The Underground Railroad: A Journey to Freedom
• Subject: Reading/Language Arts
• Grade Level: 5th Grade
• Lesson Length: six 1 hour sessions
• Creating a Picture Book
• Subject: Language Arts
• Grade Level: 6th Grade
• Lesson Length: 5 days
• Go Down Moses
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 5th Grade
• Lesson Length: 3-4 days
• Harriet Jacobs: Slave Ad
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 8th Grade
• Lesson Length: 2 class sessions
• Creating a Digital Story: The Life of John P. Parker
• Subject: Arts and Humanities
• Grade Level: 5th Grade+
• Lesson Length: two-three 55 minute sessions
• Life As a Runaway
• Subject: Social Studies/Writing
• Grade Level: 5th/6th Grade
• Primary Resource: "Follow the Drinking Gourd"
• Lesson Length: 60 minutes
• The Underground Railroad Computer Technology Lesson
• Subject: Computer Technology
• Grade Level: 6th Grade
• Primary Resource: Freedom Light, Underground Railroad Stories from Ripley, Ohio
  
• Lesson Length: 5-6 days
• Moral Dilemmas and the Underground Railroad
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: Middle School
• Lesson Length: 1 day
• Myths of the Underground Railroad
• Subject: Social Studies/Language Arts
• Grade Level: 6th/7th Grade
• Lesson Length: 4 Days
• The Path to Freedom
• Subject: Language Arts
• Grade Level: 7th Grade
• Primary Resource: Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
• Lesson Length: 53 minutes
• Questions On Demand
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 8th Grade
• Lesson Length: three 150 minute sessions
• The Underground Railroad Reading Lesson Plan
• Subject: Reading
• Grade Level: 7th Grade
• Lesson Length: 4-5 Days
• Recreated Underground Railroad Historical Scene
• Subject: American History
• Grade Level: 5th Grade
• Lesson Length: four 50 minute sessions
• Science and Abolitionists
• Subject: Science
• Grade Level: 5th/6th Grade
• Lesson Length: 1 week
• Stations on the Underground Railroad
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 8th Grade
• Lesson Length: 2 class sessions (approx. 120 minutes)
• The Underground Railroad
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 5th Grade
• Lesson Length: six 1 hour sessions
• Exploring the Underground Railroad
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 7th/8th Grade
• Lesson Length: 5 days (approx. 225 minutes)
• The Underground Railroad
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: Middle School
• Lesson Length: 5 class sessions

High School

• Borderlands History
• Subject: History
• Grade Level: High School
• Using Primary Resources to Interpret Runaway Slave Ads
• Subject: History
• Grade Level: High School
• Finding the Real Underground Railroad
• Subject: AP US History
• Grade Level: 10th/11th Grade
• Roadmaps to Freedom
• Subject: American Studies/American History
• Grade Level: High School
• Primary Resource: Worksheet
• Lesson Length: 2-3 days
• The Underground Railroad
• Subject: English
• Grade Level: 9th Grade
• Lesson Length: 3 days
• His Promised Land
• Subject: Language Arts
• Grade Level: 9th Grade
• Primary Resource: His Promised Land
• Lesson Length: 1.5 weeks
• New Richmond's Preview to the Freedom Center
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: High School
• Lesson Length: 7 days
• The Underground Railroad: Geography and History
• Subject: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 9th/10th Grade
• Lesson Length: three 50 minute sessions
• The Underground Railroad Newscast
• Subject: Social Studies/American History
• Grade Level: High School

Poetry

• Escaping From Slavery
• On My Way to Canada
• The Way to Freedom
• Visions of Freedom

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