UNDERGROUND RAILROAD JOURNAL ESCAPE TO FREEDOM PLANNING GUIDE

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1 UNDERGROUND RAILROAD JOURNAL ESCAPE TO FREEDOM PLANNING GUIDE Your journal should include eight total pages. Please follow this planning guide to make sure that each of your pages contains the correct details. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here is a list of words and names that you might use to help you tell your story: Abolitionist Slavery Station Master Civil War Drinking Gourd Fugitive Plantation Canada Abraham Lincoln Patrollers Slave Auction Conductor Harriet Tubman Station North Star Quakers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PAGE 1 ~ TITLE PAGE é Write the TITLE of your journal. é Write your name on the title page, because you are the AUTHOR. é Draw and color an ILLUSTRATION that shows some detail about your journal. PAGE 2 ~ INTRODUCTION é On this page, please re-write the entire Dear Journal section from your planning sheet. é Make sure to include the DATE at the top. Remember that the year should be anytime between 1830 and 1865! é Draw and color an ILLUSTRATION that shows YOU! PAGE 3 ~ WHO ESCAPED? é Draw and color an ILLUSTRATION that shows YOU! é Draw and color an ILLUSTRATION that shows all the people who escaped along with you. é Write one or two SENTENCES to tell about the people who escaped along with you. Begin with the following phrase: I escaped with PAGE 4 ~ WHAT DID WE BRING? é Draw, color, and label an ILLUSTRATION that shows the supplies you brought along on your journey. é Write one or two SENTENCES to explain WHY you brought these supplies.

2 PAGE 5 ~ WHY DID WE RUN AWAY? é Write a short PARAGRAPH (3-5 sentences) to explain WHY you ran away. é Tell WHY the danger of running away is worth all of the risks! é Draw and color an ILLUSTRATION that shows ONE of the following things: R SOMETHING OR SOMEONE YOU ARE RUNNING AWAY FROM. R SOMETHING OR SOMEONE YOU ARE HOPING TO FIND ON YOUR JOURNEY. PAGE 6 ~ WHO HELPED US? é Draw and color an ILLUSTRATION that shows the person (or people) who helped you to escape. é Write one or two SENTENCES to explain HOW this person (or these people) helped you along the way. PAGE 7 ~ WHAT PARTS OF THE JOURNEY WERE SCARY OR DIFFICULT? é Draw and color an ILLUSTRATION that shows one of the scary or difficult parts of your journey. é Write one or two SENTENCES to tell about WHAT happened to you, and WHY it was scary or difficult for you. PAGE 8 ~ WHAT PART OF THE JOURNEY WAS MOST MEMORABLE? é Draw and color an ILLUSTRATION that shows the most memorable or special part of your journey. é Write one or two SENTENCES to tell about this part of your journey. WHAT happened that was memorable or special? WHY was it memorable or special? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GOOD LUCK ON YOUR JOURNEY!

3 Name: Date: Dear Journal, UNDERGROUND RAILROAD JOURNAL Escape to Freedom Planning Sheet Today s Date is, 1859 My name is, and I am a runaway slave. I began my journey in (name of state). I hope to end my journey in (destination). I am writing my story in words and pictures so that others can learn from it! (This DEAR JOURNAL section will go on PAGE 2 of your Journal Booklet.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I escaped with these people: (draw, color, and label) (This information will go on PAGE 3 of your Journal Booklet.) We brought these things with us: (draw, color, and label) (This information will go on PAGE 4 of your Journal Booklet.) We left because (use words to explain) (This information will go on PAGE 5 of your Journal Booklet.)

4 These people helped us: (draw, color, label, and explain how they helped) (This information will go on PAGE 6 of your Journal Booklet.) I was afraid because (use words, pictures, or both to explain) (This information will go on PAGE 7 of your Journal Booklet.) This was a journey I will always remember because (This information will go on PAGE 8 of your Journal Booklet.)

5 Underground Railroad Journal Grading Rubric Name Final Grade Page 1 ~ Title Page l TITLE is neatly written. l STUDENT NAME is written. l ILLUSTRATION is drawn neatly and Page 2 ~ Introduction l Entire DEAR JOURNAL section is re-written. l DATE is written. l ILLUSTRATION of student is drawn neatly and Page 3 ~ Who Escaped? l ILLUSTRATION of student and fellow runaways is drawn neatly and SENTENCES explain who is in the group. Page 4 ~ What Did We Bring? l ILLUSTRATION of supplies is drawn neatly, labeled, and SENTENCES explain why the group brought these supplies.

6 Page 5 ~ Why did we run away? Page 6 ~ Who helped us? l ILLUSTRATION of what the group is running from, OR what they are hoping to find, is drawn neatly and l Three to five well-written SENTENCES explain why the group ran away. l ILLUSTRATION of person or people who helped is drawn neatly and SENTENCES explain who the person/people is/are, and how he/she/they helped. Page 7 ~ What was most scary or difficult? l ILLUSTRATION of scary or difficult part of journey is drawn neatly and SENTENCES explain what was scary or difficult, and why. Page 8 ~ What was most memorable? l ILLUSTRATION of most memorable part of journey is drawn neatly and SENTENCES explain what was most memorable, and why. Comments ~