Name: Betsy Ann Shoffstall School: Indian Lake Local Schools Workshop: Columbus Title: Logan County and the Underground Railroad Grade Level: 4th Curriculum Area: Social Studies and Language Arts Specific Topic: Underground Railroad Summary: This unit is designed to get students involved with local history. Each student will be given a map of Logan County for locating actual stations along the underground railroad. Students will also read books, review articles, explore websites and share information with their classmates. Classroom Books Armstrong, Jennifer. Steal away...to freedom. New York: Scholastic, 1992. (FIC/ARM) Ayres, Katherine. North by night. New York: Yearling, 1998. (FIC/AYR) Brill, Marlene Targ. Allen Jay and the underground railroad. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 1993. (973.7/BRI) Fritz, Jean. Brady. New York: Puffin Books, 1960, 1987. (FIC/FRI) Haskins, Jim. Get on board: the story of the underground railroad. New York: Scholastic, 1993. (973.7/HAS) Houston, Gloria. Bright Freedom's song: a story of the underground railroad. San Diego: Silver Whistle, 1998. (FIC/HOU) McGill, Alice. Miles' Song. New York: Scholastic, 2000. (FIC/McG) Ringgold, Faith. Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky. New York: Crown, 1992. (E/RIN) Ruby, Lois. Steal away home. New York: Aladdin, c1994. (FIC/RUB) Wisler, G. Clifton. Caleb's choice. New York: Puffin, 1996. (FIC/WIS) Library videocassettes Nightjohn. Hallmark Entertainment and Sarabande Productions, 1996. Color. 96 minutes. (VC/FIC/PAU) Uncle Tom's Cabin. Republic Pictures, 1996. color 108 min. VC/FIC/STO) Underground railroad. Triage, Inc., 1999. color. 100 min. (VD/FIC/STO) Library books Fradin, Dennis Brindell. Bound for the north star: true stories of fugitive slaves. New York: Clarion Books, 2000. (920/FRA) Haskins, James. Following freedom's star: the story of the underground railroad. New York: Benchmark Books, 2002. Kallen, Stuart A. Life on the underground railroad. San Diego: Lucent Books, 2000. (973.7/KAL) Kleinman, Joseph. Life on an African slave ship. San Diego: Lucent Books, 2001. 380.1/KLE) Levine, Ellen. ...if you traveled on the underground railroad. New York: Scholastic, 1988. ( 326/LEV) Monjo, F.N. The Drinking Gourd. New York: Harper Collins, c1970. (E/MON) Wright, Courtni C. Journey to freedom: a story of the underground railroad. New York: Holiday House, 1994. Woodruff, Elvira. Dear Austin: letters from the underground railroad. New York: Dell Yearling, c1998. (FIC/WOO) Explore this site, Aboard the Underground Railroad, which is a national register of historic places. Learn about the underground railroad. Try this interactive journey to freedom at the National Geographic Website. See if you can reach freedom. Famous faces of the underground railroad. Who can you recognize? Listen and watch this video clip about the underground railroad. "When I Reach the Promised Land...". By: Buckley, Susan. Appleseeds, Mar2004, Vol. 6 Issue 7, p11, 3p, 3c; (AN 12408919) Get on board the underground railroad: A sample integrated unit for fifth-grade history student. By: Ferguson, Phyllis M.; Young, Terrell A.. Social Studies, Nov/Dec96, Vol. 87 Issue 6, p262, 5p; (AN 9701242012)