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Maryland: Fredrick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and the Underground Railroad

June 25, 2011 Ticia 7 Comments

I had fabulous plans for what I was going to do for these two brave people.  Glorious plans, first we were going to read these two books:

Which we did, and then we were going to make Underground Railroad quilts.  Like the ones in the Quilt Code.  But, here’s the problem, the more I read about them being Hidden in Plain View, the more I found out it probably didn’t happen that way.

 

So, it’s more of an urban legend than fact.  That, and it would take a lot of work to get those shapes ready for a group of kids to do it……  A LOT of work……….

 

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Instead, I found a list of slave states and free states right before the Civil War, and we very carefully colored in the different types of states and created a key.

 

It’s not very exciting, or interesting to write about, but it was interesting to realize things.  Like, I always forget Maryland was a slave state, I don’t know why.  Or how much harder it was for a slave to escape from South Carolina versus Maryland.

 

If we hadn’t been studying the maps we wouldn’t have noticed these things.

 

As to the books………

 

I highly recommend “Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led her People to Freedom.”  It’s very poetic and lyrical in writing style.  Also the illustrations are wonderful.

 

“Fredrick Douglass: Last Day of Slavery,” is also good, but it’s a more difficult read and is much longer.  I edited it a little bit while I was reading it to everyone, but it’s a hard book to sit through, partially for the subject matter.

 

I’m gonna link this over to, rather than the abortive post I tried to write earlier as my brain sat here fried from Rock the Rock this week.  I know we read a lot of books this week, but for the life of me I don’t remember a single one other than what I read them for bed tonight.

history Civil War, Underground railroad, US history

Comments

  1. Susan @ learning ALL the time!! says

    June 25, 2011 at 11:57 am

    These two books look very good.
    I love the idea of the quilts being signs along the Underground Railroad…I know it is probably not true, but still I love the idea.

    Have you read any of the Elm Creek Quilt series by Jennifer Chiaverini? (adult stories) I really enjoy the series!

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  2. Phyllis says

    June 25, 2011 at 2:01 pm

    You really have enjoyed studying Maryland, haven't you? I never thought to ask you before but would you like a postcard from Maryland?

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  3. An Almost Unschooling Mom says

    June 25, 2011 at 3:12 pm

    Map studies are extremely intersting to do, even if they don't leave much to write about. I don't think we read a single book this week – so I'm amazed you read any during VBS – even if you can't remember them 🙂

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  4. MaryAnne says

    June 25, 2011 at 11:09 pm

    Thanks for the recommendations! It's amazing how much you can learn from a map.

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  5. Raising a Happy Child says

    June 27, 2011 at 4:14 am

    I saw Moses in the library, but I figured this can wait until daughter is older. Thanks for joining WMCIR!

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  6. Christy says

    June 27, 2011 at 5:48 pm

    Both books sound very interesting.

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