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Emily Lanie Unit Plan - Underground Railroad Unit Overview
Emily Lanie Unit Plan - Underground Railroad Unit Overview
Social studies language students should know and use: expansion, Civil War,
abolition, Underground Railroad, compromise, emancipation, reconciliation, free-
market system, industrial revolution
Writing Standard 7 - Conduct short research projects that use several sources
to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
Multiple Intelligences:
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
Linguistic
Musical
Spatial
Logical Mathematical
Understanding:
Essential Question:
Are people right to use illegal tactics to reach the outcomes they want?
How do you anticipate For the students I will try to make the activities for the units
activities, materials etc. engaging and nothing where Im lecturing too much.
connect to students prior Materials: video clips, stories about slavery,
knowledge? Multiple Intelligences: Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Linguistic
(academic, interests, learning
styles, motivation, Funds of
Knowledge)
Daily Assessments At the end of the class the students will have to fill out an exit
(formative and/or summative) ticket of something they didnt know about slavery before the
day and how talking about slavery made them feel.
Accommodations made for For EL students I would have them work in a group with
struggling and accelerated mixed level learners. I would also have vocabulary sheets out
learners and ready for them, so that during the video they could follow
(grouping patterns, content along easier.
literacy strategies, etc.)
For struggling students and accelerated students I would have
graphic organizers for them to use. I would also be very
strategic with their groups.
Resources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc1RbUxQv4E&list=PLE597FE9BE3FDDA3C&index=6
http://www.biography.com/people/henry-box-brown-
21325341#synopsis
S.S - S.4.O.3 - Evaluate the course of events of the Civil War and its impact
both immediate and long-term.
Social studies language students should know and use: expansion, Civil War,
abolition, Underground Railroad, compromise, emancipation, reconciliation,
free-market system, industrial revolution
Utah State
Core Standard
and Objective Visual Arts -Standard 4 Objective 2.b.
(numbers/lette (Contextualizing): The student will interpret and apply visual arts in relation
rs are fine) to cultures, history, and all learning.
Connect various kinds of art with particular cultures, times, or places.
b. Create a work of art that reflects a positive part of past or present
American culture.
Writing Standard 1
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with
reasons and information.
a.
Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an
organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the
writers purpose.
Are people right to use illegal tactics to reach the outcomes they want?
Essential
Question(s)
The students will be making their own informative posters about the Fugitive
Daily Slave Act. They will use the information taught in class to inform people
Assessments about what it is and what it does.
(formative
and/or
summative)
Before the Activity (10 min) We will start of the lesson by discussing
Learning some of things we learned about from the video and the story the day before.
Activities: I will have the students raise their hands and share something they learned
(Include with the class. After we do that I will bring up the story of Henry Box
description and
Brown. I will ask the students Why do you think Henry Box Brown had
time frame for
each activity) to ship himself in a box to freedom? I will tell them that I want them to
think about for a little while we watch a video.
Activity (50 min) We will watch the video on the Fugitive Slave Act
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4crw4TlSxk ) After the video is over, I
will ask did anyone know about this or think maybe there was a law that
made Henry ship himself up north? We will talk about that for a little bit. I
will tell them that the goal today will be to understand the different sides of
the act. After I will explain that for class today they are going to research the
Fugitive Slave Act a little more while in groups and make a poster informing
people about the act. Fugitive Slave Act.docx
They will have 40 minutes to do the research and make their posters, I will
be walking around the class making sure they are on topic and to answer
questions.
Assessment (15 minutes) After they have finished the posters they will
present them to the classroom.
Accommodatio For EL students I would have them work in a group with mixed level
ns made for learners. I would also have vocabulary sheets out and ready for them, so that
struggling and during the video they could follow along easier.
accelerated For struggling students and accelerated students I would have graphic
learners
organizers for them to use. I would also be very strategic with their groups.
(grouping
patterns,
content literacy
strategies, etc.)
Resources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4crw4TlSxk
http://www.history.com/topics/black -history/fugitive-slave-acts
http://www.nationalcenter.org/FugitiveSlaveAct.html
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&p
sid=3276
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2951.html
http://memory.loc.gov/mss/mesn/010/010.pdf
slave narratives.docx
Writing Standard 7
Conduct short research projects that use several sources to
build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of
a topic.
Essential Question(s) Are people right to use illegal tactics to reach the outcomes
they want?
Accommodations made for Accommodations: I will group the students with mixed
struggling and accelerated levels of abilities.
learners
(grouping patterns, content
literacy strategies, etc.)
Resources Uen.org
http://www.paperlessarchives.com/african-
american_slave_testimo.html
http://memory.loc.gov/mss/mesn/010/010.pdf
Essential Question(s) Are people right to use illegal tactics to reach the outcomes they
want?
How do you anticipate Prior knowledge will be from the days before about tactics and slavery.
activities, materials etc. Materials: maps of the united states that include river names, the song
connect to students prior Drinking Gourd, the video about the song.
knowledge? Multiple Intelligences: Musical, Spatial, Intrapersonal, and Interpersonal.
(academic, interests, learning
styles, motivation, Funds of
Knowledge)
I will be looking to see the students are listening and paying attention to
Daily Assessments the song. They will be listening to the song drinking gourd and followin g
(formative and/or the lyrics to draw the correct route on their maps. The students will have
summative) to do an exit ticket on the back explaining why they believe the song was
justified and why it was unjustified or why they strongly believe it was
only one way.
Learning Activities: Before the Activity (10 min) We will do a quick over view of
the tactics and talk about how a lot of them helped the slaves
escape. After we talked about that I will explain that the safest
(Include description and way for them to escape was the Underground Railroad and that
time frame for each most of the tactics were ways for them to get there. I will play a
activity) video about Harriet Tubman that goes over the Underground
Railroad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ_gRFYgXMo
After we will talk about the underground railroad a little more.
Activity (45 min) I will ask the students to keep in mind the
tactics and if they were fair while talking about our activity today.
I will explain that we are going to listen to a song that slaves
would sing while working. I will ask them to think about how this
song helped the slaves, if they think it did. I will play the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw6N_eTZP2U
After we listen to the song I will ask them how they think the song
could have helped the slaves and we will discuss that. I will then
play this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRGSgiTc7Jk
Once the video is over and it explains that Drinking Gourd was a
secret message for slaves to find the Underground Railroad, I will
explain that we are going to watch the video one more time then
listen to the song and try to map it on our own maps. We will
watch the video, then listen to the song. During the song we will
pause and discuss as a group were we think we should draw our
map. We will do this two more times, the final time we wont stop
and talk the students will complete the map by themselves. Once
we are done we will discuss how hard this would have been and
how the underground railroad was one of the best opportunities to
reach freedom. At the end I will have them do an exit ticket on the
back of their map saying how this song could be justified and
unjustified or why they believe it could just be one or the other.
Accommodations made I will print out lyrics for students who may have a hearing
for struggling and disability. I will also have the lyrics printed for students who have
accelerated learners a little bit harder time, so they can see them at all times and can
(grouping patterns, take their time processing.
content literacy strategies,
etc.)
Resources http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/tubman/aa_tubman_rail_2.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw6N_eTZP2U
How do you anticipate activities, Prior knowledge would be on slavery and tactics that were
materials etc. connect to used on the underground railroad. I would also want to be
students prior knowledge? really careful with students backgrounds, especially if they
(academic, interests, learning styles,
motivation, Funds of Knowledge)
are from another country during this stimulation.
I will be watching the students and see if they can put to use
Daily Assessments some of the tactics they learned in the previous days. In the
(formative and/or summative) debrief after the stimulation we will go over the feelings
they had, but how they could never fully understand these
feelings the slaves felt on the underground railroad.
Accommodations made for Accommodations For students that cant or dont want to
struggling and accelerated participate we will have them captured by a bounty hunter
learners and they will be working in the field. I will have them do
(grouping patterns, content some creative project to capture what is going on around
literacy strategies, etc.)
them. I would have them read the book Under the Quilt of
Night by Debora Hopkinson. We would work out if they
want to an art project or paper to describe the experience of
the Underground Railroad.
Understanding(s)
Illegal tactics are necessary in equality movements including
racial equality to womens rights and more.
Before the Activity (15 min) -I will explain to the class that
Learning Activities: this will be their final assessment for this unit. We will be
(Include description and time holding a hearing in our classroom for Samuel A. Smith,
frame for each activity) who helped Henry Box Brown escape to freedom. I will
give them the assessment prompt and go over it with them.
Authentic Assessment.docx We will read through the prompt
together as a class. I will have different students read the
parts. After we go through the prompt, I will split the
students into groups. They have five minutes to talk as a
group to come up with which party they would prefer to be. I
will ask them to come up with a list based on their top
choice and work their way down. After they have figured it
out we will go through the groups and decide which group
has which party. Before I let them go work in their groups I
will explain I want them to think back to our previous
activities and use that knowledge to help your party make a
decision. I will give them 45 minutes to research.
Activity (1 hr.) They will have 45 minutes to research
the story about Henry Box Brown, we will have also
talked about him before. They will also use the 45 minutes to
find evidence to back up their stance on the hearing. They
will be asked to use information from previous assignments
and knowledge from those assignments to do research and
come up with their stances. In this time, they will have to
come up with their opening statements and questions for the
other groups. After the 45 minutes is over we will gather
back as a class and I will call the meeting to order. Each
group will have time to say their opening statements. After
the opening statements are said I will tell them which group
they will get to ask their first question too. They will have 1
min to find their question, after they have found it/decided
on it they will ask. The group who is to answer will have 2
mins to come up with an answer. We will go through this
process for 25 mins. After everyone has had a chance to ask
their questions and state their opinions I will give them 10
mins to come up with a closing argument. We will then go
through the closing arguments.
Accommodations made for For students who are struggling or excelling I will be very
struggling and accelerated conscious of who I put in their groups. I w ill make sure each
learners group has a range of learners. I will also have a graphic
(grouping patterns, content organizer for the groups so they can keep better notes during
literacy strategies, etc.)
the hearing.