A Block: In class Chromebook assignment - 4/15

1. Visit the following site: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/

2. Navigate through each stage of the site, reading slideshows, personal accounts, and other blurbs about slavery/escaping slavery.

3. Answer the handout questions as you go along

4. Respond to the following writing prompt:

Write a  personal narrative as if you are an ex-slave who escaped on the Underground Railroad. You may write a letter or journal entry in the voice of a runaway slave that reached the North. Based on what you have learned, what was life like as a slave? What was your job? how and why did you escape? What hardships did you face while trying to escape? What was life like after reaching freedom?

This should be typed and be between 1-2 pages in length. - Due 4/17