{"id":1449,"date":"2025-07-27T03:48:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T03:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discover.hubpages.com\/education\/Underground-Railroad-Lesson"},"modified":"2025-07-27T03:48:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T03:48:55","slug":"underground-railroad-hands-on-lesson-plan-for-elementary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/?p=1449","title":{"rendered":"Underground Railroad Hands-on Lesson Plan for Elementary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><time datetime=\"2025-07-26T23:48:55-04:00\" title=\"Jul 26, 2025\">Jul 26, 2025<\/time><br \/><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Underground Railroad Lesson for Kids\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/81770c3dd17e8b6494ae98f281b89671.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Underground Railroad Lesson for Kids<\/p>\n<p>This is the 23rd lesson in a series of 27 hands-on lessons covering U.S. American History through 1865. This lesson focuses on the Underground Railroad &amp; Harriet Tubman. I used this plan while teaching a 45 minute history class for children in Kindergarten, 1st, &amp; 2nd grades. Each lesson includes a biography report, history notebook page, history song, our favorite children&#8217;s books, YouTube video, a history joke, &amp; a variety of hands-on activities to make each lesson engaging &amp; memorable. Use these fun lessons with your classroom, homeschool, after-school program, or co-op!<\/p>\n<h2>Student Biography Presentation: Harriet Tubman<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Student biography presentation on Harriet Tubman\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/fa1d07041801639dac5d7247217078a2.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Student biography presentation on Harriet Tubman<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Student biography presentation on Harriet Tubman<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Review &amp; Presidents Song<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Review: What land did Lewis &amp; Clark and Sacajawea explore by whom?(Louisiana Territory) Who did President Madison declare war on during the War of 1812? (England) What was the Trail of Tears? (President Andrew Jackson forced the Cherokees to leave their homes &amp; move West.) What trail did many pioneers take to travel out West? (Oregon Trail) Which battle inspired Texans to fight harder for their independence from Mexico? (Battle of the Alamo) What was discover in California in 1848? (gold) Who invented the cotton gin? (Eli Whitney) Who helped improve the steamboat? (Robert Fulton) What canal was built in New York to connect the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean? (Erie Canal) Two companies worked together to build which well-known railroad track? (Transcontinental Railroad)<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Now let&#8217;s go through all the Presidents. Sing through the entire song 2 times while either showing the video or flipping through pictures of the Presidents. (Be sure to add in &#8220;Donald Trump&#8221; at the end.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>You will need:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Screen to show the below video or a book showing Presidents or point to their pictures on a President place mat<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2>Slavery Overview &amp; Runaway Slave Stories<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Various true stories about runaway slaves\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/d801ccea104a278c76ee924b90b0e47b.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Various true stories about runaway slaves<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Use <em>William Still and His Freedom Stories<\/em> to give a brief overview of slavery and how William Still wrote down the stories of many runaway slaves in order to help reunite families.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>William Still lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which is where many slaves ran to because there were many people there who helped runaway slaves. Find Pennsylvania on the map of the United States we used last week and color it yellow.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Also find Ohio on the map and color it yellow. It will become an important place for escape after the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which we&#8217;ll discuss later in class. Can you see how it&#8217;s next to Canada? That&#8217;s the way slaves went if they needed to escape America and go to Canada, where slavery was illegal.  <\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Two true stories William Still wrote down are found in <em>Henry&#8217;s Freedom Box<\/em> and <em>The Daring Escape of Ellen and William Craft. <\/em>Summarize their heroic escapes by quickly flipping through the children&#8217;s books while summarizing them or by showing a picture of each person.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2><strong>You will need:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>United States map used in the last lesson that we used for coloring in the Great Lakes<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Stories about slavery and real runaway slaves such as <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1561459356\/?tag=hubacct7155-20\">William Still and His Freedom Stories<\/a>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01A60Y9L4\/?tag=hubacct7155-20\">Henry&#8217;s Freedom Box<\/a>, and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0876147872\/?tag=hubacct7155-20\">The Daring Escape of Ellen and William Craft<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Student supplies: a light colored crayon such as yellow<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2>Harriet Tubman &amp; the Underground Railroad<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Runaway slaves used many daring and creative ways to escape, but one of the most common ways was to use the Underground Railroad. (Remind the children throughout this talk that it was not a real railroad.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Quickly summarize <em>Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom<\/em> as you flip through the pages in order to introduce the terms of the Underground Railroad and to share about Harriet Tubman&#8217;s life. Also quickly note who Moses was in the Bible and how many slaves could relate to the Israelites being slaves in Egypt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You will need:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0786851759\/?tag=hubacct7155-20\">Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford<\/a> or other book on Harriet Tubman<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2>Underground Railroad Songs<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Ask who likes to sing. Does anyone like to sing or listen to music while working?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Many of the slaves would sing to keep their minds off of their work. Sometimes they sung songs about God and Jesus, and those songs gave them hope and cheered them up a bit during the difficult times.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Another reason some slaves sung songs was to pass along secret messages. Harriet Tubman would sing songs to communicate with slaves that she was ready to leave. Two of her favorite songs to use were <em>Bound for the Promised Land<\/em> and <em>Go Down Moses<\/em>. She&#8217;s change the speed of the songs to let slaves know when it was safe to come out of hiding. Let&#8217;s sing <em>Go Down Moses<\/em>. You an join in whenever you&#8217;d like.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Pass out a paper with the words to the song. [The paper can go in their history notebooks.]<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p><strong>GO DOWN MOSES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When Israel was in Egypt&#8217;s land,<br \/> Let my people go,<br \/> oppressed so hard they could not stand,<br \/> Let my people go.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Refrain:<\/strong><br \/> Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt&#8217;s land,<br \/> tell old Pharaoh: Let my people go.<\/p>\n<p>The Lord told Moses what to do,<br \/> Let my people go,<br \/> to lead the Hebrew children through,<br \/> Let my people go. [Refrain]<\/p>\n<p>As Israel stood by the waterside,<br \/> Let my people go,<br \/> at God&#8217;s command it did divide,<br \/> Let my people go. [Refrain]<\/p>\n<p>When they had reached the other shore,<br \/> Let my people go,<br \/> they let the song of triumph soar,<br \/> Let my people go. [Refrain]<\/p>\n<p>Lord, help us all from bondage flee,<br \/> Let my people go,<br \/> and let us all in Christ be free,<br \/> Let my people go. [Refrain]<\/p>\n<p><strong>You will need:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a paper with the words to Go Down Moses (and <em>Wade in the Water<\/em> on it, punched with a 3 hole punch<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p>(Teacher note: According to the nps website, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot and Wade in the Water were both written after Harriet Tubman&#8217;s time, so they were not songs she used on the Underground Railroad. Here&#8217;s the web link: https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/hatu\/planyourvisit\/upload\/MD_TubmanFactSheet_MythsFacts_2.pdf )<\/p>\n<h2>Disguises before sneaking away<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dressing up to escape using the Underground Railroad\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/06ee8c25b2a046b21a0241766681c309.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dressing up to escape using the Underground Railroad<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>(Optional: IF you have a small class) At some &#8220;stations&#8221; (homes), the &#8220;station masters&#8221; (home owners) would give the runaway slaves new clothing to help them look different. Slaves usually didn&#8217;t have a way to buy new clothing, so slave catchers would be looking for someone wearing the same clothing the slave had been wearing before. Allow the children to each take 2-3 pieces to put on as disguises.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>You will need:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>costume pieces (hats, scarves, big shirts, etc.)<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2>Trying to escape on the Underground Railroad<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sneaking through the &quot;forest&quot; while trying to escape - Even though you can't see if because of my camera's flash, the lights were turned off &amp; the room was dark\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/06a7f50548bd8c9611b353778db5447f.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sneaking through the &#8220;forest&#8221; while trying to escape &#8211; Even though you can&#8217;t see if because of my camera&#8217;s flash, the lights were turned off &amp; the room was dark<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Harriet Tubman&#8217;s father helped her learn how to successfully escape and she used those skills to help over 70 other slaves (including her father) to escape.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Mention how Harriet&#8217;s father probably thought she&#8217;d one day runaway, so he taught her how to quietly pass through a forest without making noise, which berries were safe to eat, and how to find the north (the direction of freedom).<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>If the stars were shining, she could look for the North Star. [Quickly describe what the North Star is. I used a flashlight &amp; held it over my head and spun in a circle under it as if I was the Earth and it was the North Star.]<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>If clouds were covering the stars, she could feel the trees. In the Northern Hemisphere (where we live), most moss grows on the north side of trees.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Pretend to be runaway slaves.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>I played the role of the conductor, Harriet Tubman, &amp; sang the first line of &#8220;<em>Bound for the Promised Land<\/em>.&#8221; That means it&#8217;s time to leave.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>The children quietly escaped to a &#8220;station&#8221; [an empty room] on the Underground Railroad. While there I told them to remember the other song we sang, &#8220;<em>Go Down Moses<\/em>.&#8221; If slave hunters are coming after us with dogs to smell our trail, we&#8217;ll need to get into the water to throw off the dogs. If we need to do that, I&#8217;ll start to sing, <em>Go Down Moses.<\/em><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Since we needed to escape through forests at night, I led them through the rows of chairs in the choir room and the sanctuary with the lights turned out. *I told them to feel the seats\/pews and pretend those were trees. Feel the fabric and pretend that&#8217;s moss. That points us North.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Put a flashlight in one corner of the room to be the North Star.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>When I started singing <em>Go Down Moses<\/em>, the kids got to jump down a step &amp; pretend to be in water.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Pretend to row a boat across the &#8220;River Jordan&#8221; (Ohio River) to Ohio and then to the &#8220;Promised Land&#8221; (Canada) = the classroom. Be sure to say it&#8217;s Canada.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2>True Stories of Escapes to Canada<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"underground-railroad-lesson\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/0ecf6ad459fc584f818c58f3fccf5d5c.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Did you notice Harriet Tubman led you to Canada? As part of the Compromise of 1850, congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which said that even if slaves escaped to a free state, if someone found them, they must by law capture the escaped slave and return them to their master. Slave catchers were paid hundreds of dollars to find, capture, and return runaway slaves. Runaway slaves were no longer safe in America, so many escaped to Canada, where slavery was illegal and slave catchers couldn&#8217;t catch them because it&#8217;s out of the country. Many slaves escaped to Canada through Ohio.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Quickly summarize <em>Freedom River<\/em> and <em>Price of Freedom<\/em> while flipping through the pictures of the books.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p><strong>You will need:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0786803509\/?tag=hubacct7155-20\">Freedom River<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0802721664\/?tag=hubacct7155-20\">Price of Freedom<\/a> or other true accounts of runaway slaves crossing through Ohio to Canada<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2>North Star Notebook Pages<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"North Star Dot to Dot page from http:\/\/www.northern-stars .com\/\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/81e3de45139640bfa29b2cf96b28c4e1.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>North Star Dot to Dot page from http:\/\/www.northern-stars .com\/<\/p>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Follow the Drinking Gourd coloring page from http:\/\/www.northern-stars .com\/\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/b060246c0ca8a64c611d61ca9078ca6d.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow the Drinking Gourd coloring page from http:\/\/www.northern-stars .com\/<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Have children complete the North Star Dot-to-Dot page. Ask them what they see on the Follow the Drinking Gourd coloring page. If you&#8217;re not limited by time, they can color the pages. Have them put the pages in their history notebooks. Tell them to try to locate these stars tonight in the sky.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>You will need:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.northern-stars.com\/Follow_theDrinking_Gourd.pdf\">North Star Dot-to-Dot page &amp; Follow the Drinking Gourd coloring page<\/a>, punched with a 3 hole punch<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Student supplies: crayons<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2>North Star Cupcakes &amp; Review<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"North Star Cupcakes - They should have been white cupcakes with chocolate frosting, but I didn't have those on hand &amp; didn't want to stop by the store. They still got the message across using these ingredients.  \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/4f8fb6440d33e7d04d09da6fa60e5d6a.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>North Star Cupcakes &#8211; They should have been white cupcakes with chocolate frosting, but I didn&#8217;t have those on hand &amp; didn&#8217;t want to stop by the store. They still got the message across using these ingredients.  <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>(Optional) Show a picture of the Big &amp; Little Dipper constellations.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>[Point to the North Star.] The North Star, Polaris, was used to guide escaping slaves so they knew which direction was North.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>The two stars at the end of the bowl of the Big Dipper point over to the North Star, which is the end of the handle of the Little Dipper.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Let children make North Star Cupcakes. I gave them each a cupcake on a napkin. They used a plastic kitchen knife to slice off the top of the cupcake where the liner ended.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>They used their plastic knives to &amp; spread frosting on the to of the cut cupcake while I helped each child take a turn using a star-shaped cookie cutter to cut out a star from the cupcake top.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>They placed their cupcake Polaris &#8220;North Star&#8221; on top of the frosting.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>They can eat their North Star Cupcakes.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p><strong>You will need:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a picture of the Big &amp; Little Dipper constellations<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>an unfrosted cupcake in a cupcake liner per child (white or yellow cake mix preferred) &#8211; Make sure to be generous in your batter portions so they will have nice crowns\/tops.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>a napkin per child<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>a plastic knife per child<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>frosting (chocolate is preferred if you use white or yellow cake mix)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>star-shaped cookie cutters (The kind used for play-dough would also work if you wash it in water before using it.)<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Review: Who was Harriet Tubman? (Former slave who helped many other slaves escape) What was the Underground Railroad? (Route slaves would take while escaping) What is one way they would communicate along the Underground Railroad? (singing) What star would they follow? (North Star\/Polaris)<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Assign next week&#8217;s student biography presentation on Susan B. Anthony.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Book to Read Each Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>on the Underground Railroad &amp; the Fugitive Slave Act<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/ba26ef6f787581fe97461fe30193e577.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"I am Harriet Tubman (Ordinary People Change the World) by Brad Meltzer\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/a1570497dad56693b5e8e75b8db5e417.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Friend on Freedom River (Tales of Young Americans) by Gloria Whelan\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saymedia-content.com\/.image\/c_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cg_face%2Ch_80%2Cq_auto:eco%2Cw_80\/MTc2MjcyOTU0NjkzNjU3Nzcz\/underground-railroad-lesson.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad (Graphic History) by Michael J Martin\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saymedia-content.com\/.image\/c_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cg_face%2Ch_80%2Cq_auto:eco%2Cw_80\/MTc2MjcyOTU0NjkzNzg4ODQ1\/underground-railroad-lesson.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Freedom River (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books) by Doreen Rappaport\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saymedia-content.com\/.image\/c_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cg_face%2Ch_80%2Cq_auto:eco%2Cw_80\/MTc2MjcyOTU0NjkzOTE5OTE3\/underground-railroad-lesson.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saymedia-content.com\/.image\/c_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cg_face%2Ch_80%2Cq_auto:eco%2Cw_80\/MTc2MjcyOTU0Njk0MTE2NTI1\/underground-railroad-lesson.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (Caldecott Honor Book) by Carole Boston Weatherford\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saymedia-content.com\/.image\/c_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cg_face%2Ch_80%2Cq_auto:eco%2Cw_80\/MTc2MjcyOTU0NjkzNTI2NzAx\/underground-railroad-lesson.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Henry&#8217;s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine<\/p>\n<p>1 \/ 7<\/p>\n<p>These were our top 7 favorite books (all of which were used in the lesson):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Price of Freedom: How One Town Stood Up to Slavery by Dennis Brindell Fradin<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Henry&#8217;s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad by Don Tate<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Friend on Freedom River (Tales of Young Americans) by Gloria Whelan<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Freedom River by Doreen Rappaport<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>The Daring Escape of Ellen and William Craft<em><em><em>by Cathy Moore<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford (<em>Harriet Tubman: Escape North <\/em>by Monica Kulling is also a good addition.)<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2>The Torchlighters: The Harriet Tubman Story<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image credit: https:\/\/quotesgram .com\/harriet-tubman-quotes-about-dreams\/\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/4b1993cb3fdfd93ee94c8d3d65e9711b.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image credit: https:\/\/quotesgram .com\/harriet-tubman-quotes-about-dreams\/<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking for all of my American History Lessons?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>(Links to my middle school level<\/p>\n<p>American History lessons can be found at https:\/\/hubpages.com\/education\/ColonialismWeeks3-8 .)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>AMERICAN HISTORY FOR EARLY ELEMENTARY:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/American-Indians-and-Columbus\">Native Americans &amp; Columbus Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Jamestown-Lesson-for-Kids\">Jamestown Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Pilgrims-Lesson-for-Kids\">Pilgrims Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/13-Colonies-Lesson\">Thirteen Colonies Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/French-and-Indian-War-Lesson\">French and Indian War Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/American-Colonial-Period\">Colonial Period &amp; Revolution Rumblings Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Boston-Massacre-and-Boston-Tea-Party\">Boston Massacre &amp; Boston Tea Party Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Declaration-of-Independence-Lesson\">First Shots &amp; Declaration of Independence Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/American-War-for-Independence-Battles\">American War for Independence Battles Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Valley-Forge-Lesson\">Valley Forge &amp; Battle of Yorktown Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/American-War-for-Independence-Review\">American Literature Lesson &amp; American War for Independence Review<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Colonial-Christmas-Party-for-Kids\">Colonial Christmas Party<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Constitution-Lesson\">Constitution Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Branches-of-Government\">Three Branches of Government Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/President-George-Washington-Lesson\">President George Washington Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Jefferson-and-Louisiana-Purchase-Lesson\">Louisiana Purchase Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/War-of-1812-Lesson\">War of 1812 Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Monroe-Doctrine-Lesson-for-Kids\">Monroe Doctrine Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Andrew-Jackson-and-Indian-Removal-Act-Lesson\">Trail of Tears Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Oregon-Trail-and-Alamo-Lesson\">Oregon Trail &amp; Battle of Alamo Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/California-Gold-Rush-Lesson\">California Gold Rush &amp; Pony Express Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/American-Industrial-Revolution-Lesson\">American Industrial Revolution Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Underground-Railroad-Lesson\">Underground Railroad Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Abolitionists-and-Suffragists-Lesson\">Abolitionists &amp; Women Suffragists Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Civil-War-Lesson\">Civil War: The Confederate States &amp; Abraham Lincoln Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Civil-War-Battles-Lesson\">Civil War Battles Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/US-History-End-of-Year-Party\">Civil War Party &amp; End of Year Review Game<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>BONUS LESSONS<\/strong> (if you have room for a few extra classes):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/reconstruction-lesson-plan-for-children\">Reconstruction Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/wild-west-lesson-plan\">Wild West Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/immigrants-lesson-plan\">Immigrants Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/tycoons-and-theodore-roosevelt-lesson\">Tycoons &amp; Theodore Roosevelt Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/world-war-i-lesson\">World War I Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/roaring-twenties-lesson\">Roaring Twenties Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/great-depression-and-new-deal-lesson\">Great Depression and the 1930s Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/world-war-ii-lesson\">World War II Lesson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALL MY LESSONS:<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/fun-hands-on-unit-studies\">Fun, Free Hands-on Unit Studies (My Lessons in All Subjects)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a9 2018 Shannon<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Comments<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Shannon (author)<\/strong> from Florida on August 11, 2018:<\/p>\n<p>Thank you very much!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Liz Westwood<\/strong> from UK on August 11, 2018:<\/p>\n<p>This is another great history lesson.  I hope you have another series after this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jul 26, 2025 Underground Railroad Lesson for Kids This is the 23rd lesson in a series of 27 hands-on lessons covering U.S. American History through 1865. This lesson focuses on the Underground Railroad &amp; Harriet Tubman. I used this plan while teaching a 45 minute history class for children in Kindergarten, 1st, &amp; 2nd grades. 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