National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/j1.html

Your job is to follow the trail to freedom.  Create a new file in your portfolio called "underground.html". Use the above website to answer the following questions in complete sentences in your underground.html file*:

* Hint: you can copy and paste the questions below into your underground.html.

1. Most slaves chose not to run away, but fought slavery in other ways. Name three ways that slaves who did not run fought slavery.

2. Who was "Moses"?

3. What river do you need to cross to get safely to Delaware?

4. What did Harriet Tubman say about a lantern on a hitching post.

5.  What animals did the slave hunters use to track down run-away slaves?

6.  You have reached the city of Wilmington, Delaware, where you meet a man named Thomas Garrett. Who was this man and what cause was he committed to?

7. You move on to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and meet William Still. Describe Mr. Still.

8. Even though you have reached a "free" state, why does Mr. Still caution you that you are still not safe?

9. How many miles and over what mountain range do you have to cross to make it to Rochester, New York?

10. In Rochester, New York, you meet a woman named Susan B. Anthony. Why were you fortunate to meet Susan B. Anthony?

11. Now that you are in New York, you only need to leave the United States and cross into Canada to be safe from the slave hunters. To make it to the safety of Canada, you first have to cross Lake Erie. Why is it dangerous to cross Lake Erie?

12. Now that you have made it into Canada, what priveledges do you now have? What challanges do you still face?

Add a KidPix picture to your "underground.html" file. The picture should be based on one of your answers to the above questions.

Link your underground.html file to the Writing and Social Studies parts of your portfolio.