Books with title Life on the Underground Railroad

While reading The Underground Railroad, students will learn about the network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves to reach freedom. This 32-page title uses a variety of teaching components to help young readers strengthen their reading comprehension skills. The Symbols of Freedom series will allow students to explain events or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause versus effect. Each title features photographs, maps, and informational sidebars that work with a Show What You Know section to help readers build their understanding of the topic.

While reading The Underground Railroad, students will learn about the network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves to reach freedom. This 32-page title uses a variety of teaching components to help young readers strengthen their reading comprehension skills. The Symbols of Freedom series will allow students to explain events or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause versus effect. Each title features photographs, maps, and informational sidebars that work with a Show What You Know section to help readers build their understanding of the topic.

Fulfills the standard: "Read from many periods to build an understanding of human experience" from the English Language Arts Standards for Grades 4-8.Fulfills the standards: "Living and Working Together in Families and Communities, Now and Long Ago" and "The History of Peoples of Many Cultures Around the World" from the National History education Standards for Grades 4-8.Fulfills the standards: "Culture," "Time, Continuity, and Change," "People, Places, and Environments," "Individual Development and Identity," and "Power, Governance, and Authority" from the National Council for the Social Studies Curriculum Standards for Grades 4-8.

United States, 1800s. Due to the need for manual labor, millions of African people were transported to and sold in the United States. These people were treated as property, and many felt this was wrong. These people helped thousands of slaves escape to the North where slavery was illegal. Follow the drinking gourd along the Underground Railroad in these daring graphic novels.