Title:
The Underground Railroad for kids : from slavery to freedom with 21 activities / Mary Kay Carson.
Author:
Carson, Mary Kay.
Publication Information:
Chicago : Chicago Review Press, c2005.
Call Number:
E450 .C45 2005
Abstract:
Provides twenty-one activities that kids can do to learn about the Underground Railroad.
Electronic Access:
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ipg051/2004002466.htmlPublisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/ipg051/2004002466.html
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0414/2004002466.html
Table of contents http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=012870490&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
ISBN:
9781556525544
Physical Description:
164 p. : ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.
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Contents:
A narrow escape and a secret network -- Passengers : fleeing a life of bondage -- Print adinkra cloth -- Homemade hoecakes -- Story-telling griots -- Rubber band banjo -- Ticket agents and railroad operators : fighting for abolition and aiding runaways -- Silver Seminole gorgets -- Create an antislavery handbill -- Write and decode underground railroad messages -- Singing to freedom -- Conductors : transporting illegal cargo -- Candle in a cup -- Pack up and go -- Visit an underground railroad station -- Navigate by the North Star -- Follow the drinking gourd -- Stationmasters : hiding passengers from slave catchers -- Get lost in disguise -- Design a hiding place -- Shake on it -- Make a paper quilt block -- Light a lantern -- Brakemen : making a life in freedom -- Canada today -- End of the line : war, emancipation, and equality -- Civil War in your state -- Wartime wrappings -- Juneteenth.
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