DAY 3: LET’S TAKE A TRIP ON THE RAILROAD

Objective: Students will simulate a slave’s journey on the Underground Railroad using the Power Point Net Site link @ http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/ (HOME PAGE) They will design a map based on the simulation.

  Time needed: 40-45 minutes

  Materials: One computer for each student.

  Activity: Students will use my Power Point Link on this Home Page to access the Power Point. They will individually read and the text and take the simulated journey. Following the completion of their journey they will use “Kid Pix” to design a map. The specific directions to the design are shown on the Power Point.

  Assessment: The evaluation for the simulation will be through a journal activity. The students will choose a point of view. This may be of a conductor, a stationmaster, a Quaker, a fugitive slave, an overseer, or a plantation owner. The students will write a one-page journal entry describing the journey. A Gallery Tour (students browse the room and read several entries. After they read they must write a response using the point of view they have used for their entry) will be the evaluation for the simulation. The map will be assessed using the following rubric.

                                                MAP DESIGN RUBRIC