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Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

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Henry dreams of a world where his life belongs to him. But when his family is sold, he risks everything for what he knows is right.

Author: 
Ellen Levine
Grade Level: 
Elementary
Length: 
0:12
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

Harriet Tubman and Her Escape to Freedom (2008)

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Millions of enslaved African-American men, women and children lived in the United States less that 200 years ago. During that period of American history, many brave men and women attempted an escape to freedom. Harriet Tubman is perhaps the best known of these American heroes.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Length: 
00:14
Harriet Tubman and Her Escape to Freedom

Escaping Slavery on the Underground Railroad (2008)

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Stirring dramatizations, archival photographs and colorful maps help tell the story of the Underground Railroad.

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Middle
High
Length: 
00:11
Escaping Slavery on the Underground Railroad

Causes of the Civil War (2003)

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This compelling program reveals how the interests of the industrial North and the agricultural South (the Cotton Belt) came to clash over critical issues such as plantation slavery, and how these issues eventually led to the secession of the southern states.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:14
Causes of the Civil War

Follow the Drinking Gourd (1992)

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Based on the traditional American folksong, this compelling tale recounts the daring adventures of one family's escape from slavery via the Underground Railroad. This touching story captures all the drama of a perilous flight to freedom.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Middle
Length: 
00:26
Follow the Drinking Gourd

Elijah of Buxton (Unabridged)

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When you first walk into a room in a house, or into a stable, they have a way of telling you they know you're there. It ain't nothing particular noticeable, but the air inside of 'em changes like it's saying, "I'm watching you".

Author: 
Christopher Paul Curtis
Grade Level: 
Elementary
Lexile: 
1070L
Length: 
08:59
Elijah of Buxton (Unabridged)

The Legend of Bass Reeves: Being the True and Fictional Account of the Most Valiant Marshal in the West (Unabridged)

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Cowboy stories and movies about the Wild West are full of amazing characters. Yet many of the lawmen we think of as heroes were anything but - some were violent scoundrels and outlaws themselves. Among all the lawmen of the frontier, one man stands out as a true hero: Bass Reeves.

Author: 
Gary Paulsen
Grade Level: 
Middle
Lexile: 
950L
Length: 
03:56
The Legend of Bass Reeves: Being the True and Fictional Account of the Most Valiant Marshal in the West (Unabridged)

Forge (Unabridged)

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The young soldiers at Valley Forge are suffering from hunger, cold, and the threat of the British army. Their newly forged bonds of friendship might be enough to help them survive. But the chains of Curzon's past threaten to shackle him again.

Author: 
Laurie Halse Anderson
Grade Level: 
Middle
Lexile: 
820L
Length: 
07:46
Forge (Unabridged)

Magic Tree House, Book 47: Abe Lincoln at Last! (Unabridged)

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Jack and Annie are ready for their next adventure in the New York Times best-selling middle-grade series - the Magic Tree House!

Author: 
Mary Pope Osborne
Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Lexile: 
470L
Length: 
01:29
Magic Tree House, Book 47: Abe Lincoln at Last! (Unabridged)

Freedom: The Underground Railroad

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Early in the history of the United States, slavery was an institution that seemed unmovable but with efforts of men and women across the country, it was toppled.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
120 min.
Freedom: The Underground Railroad

Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom

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In lyrical text, Carole Boston Weatherford describes Tubman's spiritual journey as she hears the voice of God guiding her North to freedom on her very first trip to escape the brutal practice of forced servitude. Tubman, courageous, compassionate and deeply religious, would take 19 subsequent trips back South, never being caught, but none as profound as this first. Harriet Tubman's bravery and relentless pursuit of freedom are a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. This is a unique and moving protrait of one of the most inspiring figures of the Underground Railroad.

Author: 
Carole Boston Weatherford
Lexile: 
AD660L

Henry's Freedom Box

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Copies: 1

A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist.

Author: 
Ellen Levine
Lexile: 
AD380L

American Archaeology Uncovers the Underground Railroad

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American archaeologists uncover information about an "early underground railroad" which brought African-American slaves from the South to the North for safety and new freedom. Also includes persons who were part of this movement like Harriet Tubman, and Henry Ward Beecher, and members of churches.

American Archaeology Uncovers the Underground Railroad

Teaching the Underground Railroad Through Play

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Slavery is a sensitive topic in American history. This book provides resources and lesson plans for a week-long unit covering slavery, the Underground Railroad, and the abolition movement built around an award-winning board game. In Freedom: The Underground Railroad, students will take on the role of abolitionists helping slaves reach freedom in Canada. Background knowledge, primary source documents, and detailed lesson plans on teaching slavery and using the game provide full support for instruction. Customized Freedom mini-game scenarios designed by Brian Mayer and Christopher Harris.

Teaching the Underground Railroad Through Play

Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad

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From one of the most troubled and dramatic periods in American history comes a story of courage and true love that transcends the ages. Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad chronicles the dangerous flight of four determined slaves from a cotton plantation in America to the "Promised Land" in Canada. It is the story of heroic fugitives, bold conductors, and a candle in the window; the story of those who risked their lives by taking charge of their destiny, all for the chance to be free.

Director: 
Don McBrearty
Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
01:35
Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad

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