Wednesday
Saturday
Opinion Survey
Before beginning to read the novel Underground to Canada by Barbara Smucker, take some time to complete the Opinion Survey below. Feel feel to post any ideas, thoughts, or reflections to the Discussion board.
Answer YES or NO to the following questions.
1. Was there ever a time and/or place that a person could be bought and sold?
2. Is there ever a time that you would allow a complete stranger to take away your child?
3. Would you ever work for free?
4. Would you ever set off alone on a long, dangerous path if you knew there was something good waiting for you on the other side?
5. It is okay to treat someone poorly if they do not do what I ask them to do.
6. I would help people out of a dangerous situation even if that meant consequences for me such as fines, and/or death.
7. I would bring a hurt and weak friend along with me on a dangerous trek.
8. I stand up for what I believe in, even if it against the beliefs of the rest of society.
9. The Underground Railroad was a railroad track built under the ground.
10. Racism still exists today in Canada.
Answer YES or NO to the following questions.
1. Was there ever a time and/or place that a person could be bought and sold?
2. Is there ever a time that you would allow a complete stranger to take away your child?
3. Would you ever work for free?
4. Would you ever set off alone on a long, dangerous path if you knew there was something good waiting for you on the other side?
5. It is okay to treat someone poorly if they do not do what I ask them to do.
6. I would help people out of a dangerous situation even if that meant consequences for me such as fines, and/or death.
7. I would bring a hurt and weak friend along with me on a dangerous trek.
8. I stand up for what I believe in, even if it against the beliefs of the rest of society.
9. The Underground Railroad was a railroad track built under the ground.
10. Racism still exists today in Canada.
Research the Underground Railroad
Go to the following website:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/
Find another website(s) and learn some facts about the Underground Railroad.
Post 3 important facts, ideas, or reflections that you learned during your research.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/
Find another website(s) and learn some facts about the Underground Railroad.
Post 3 important facts, ideas, or reflections that you learned during your research.
Monday
Chapter 1
At the end of Chapter 1, Julilly sang a quiet song, that went like this:
Massa sleep in the feather bed,
N****r sleep on the floor;
When we get to heaven
There'll be no slave no more.
(Underground to Canada, p.17)
What does this song mean to you? What is the message to this song?
Massa sleep in the feather bed,
N****r sleep on the floor;
When we get to heaven
There'll be no slave no more.
(Underground to Canada, p.17)
What does this song mean to you? What is the message to this song?
Sunday
Chapter 2
Explain how this image makes you feel? What is happening in this picture? How can this picture be related to what is happening in Chapter 2?Picture from: http://www.septicisle.info/archive/2007_03_01_septicisle_archive.html
Saturday
Chapter 3
"The wagon of slave children jogged slowly down the road. The clang of chained men behind it took up a rhythm."
(Underground to Canada, p.22)
Pretend you are Julilly. Write 2-3 paragraphs of how you think she is feeling at this time. What does she see? hear? think? feel?
Post your assignment.
(Underground to Canada, p.22)
Pretend you are Julilly. Write 2-3 paragraphs of how you think she is feeling at this time. What does she see? hear? think? feel?
Post your assignment.
Friday
Chapter 4
Imagine that you were chained to the cart like Lester, Adam, Ben, or Sam and were forced to walk for days and days. Describe how you would feel.
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