Unspoken+Reinforcing+Activity


 * __Materials: __**
 * Expo Markers
 * White Board
 * Paper and Pencil
 * Copies of the story’s pictures
 * //Unspoken // by Henry Cole


 * __Procedure: __**
 * Start the class off with a discussion of what the students know about the Underground Railroad
 * Write up on the board what the class thoughts and ideas are
 * Introduce the book, //Unspoken,// by saying it is a story with no words and that it is about the Underground Railroad
 * Tell the students to think about what each picture means to the story
 * Go through the book with the students
 * Pair the students up and assign them a page in the book
 * As a pair the students are to write their own words for the story
 * When all the pairs are done the teacher will collect the students work and then read the story that the class came up with
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">After the reading of the class story, go back to what the student had said about the Underground Railroad and ask them what they have learned about the Underground Railroad from the story
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hopefully the students will see how dangerous and hard it was for both the slaves and the families that were part of the Underground Railroad
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Another thing that it will clear up is the misconception of the Underground Railroad being underground
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">For the closing of this activity have the students write a paragraph or poem about the Underground Railroad from either the slave’s or family’s perspective
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This activity will connect the student to those two parties and have them try to see what they went through during this time in history

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">I think that doing a reinforcing activity with history is the only Ohio Academic Social Studies Strand that would work with this book.


 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Keywords: __**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> History, Underground Railroad, Slavery, North Star, Anti-Slavery Movement, Freedom, Compassion