Sample_Jr_Ranger_booklet_3_0001.pdf

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

JUNIOR RANGER BOOK

THIS BOOK BELONGS TO:

Church Creek, Maryland

FOR AGES 5-8

www.nps.gov/ugrr www.nps.gov/ntf

What is a Slave?

A long time ago in our country, some people were forced to work for others without getting paid. These people were called slaves.

Even slave children were forced to work. The slaves could not choose the work to do and had to do what they were told. Many of the slaves worked on farms.

Would you rather work or play?

Circle the pictures that you like to do and put a box around the pictures that are work.

Created by Wicomico County Board of Education: Ruby Brown; Wicomico County Public Schools staff: Christopher Cuppett, Dr. Roxie Dennis, Adrienne Jenkins, Mary Kinnamon, Marchelle Mills, Estelle Pappas, Teresa Price, and Nicole Williams; NPS: Dr. Diane Miller

Getting to Freedom

Slaves wanted to be free to make their own choices. They heard about a secret network called the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad had people who helped them escape. These people were called conductors.

The Underground Railroad was not a real train. It was a secret network of people and places where slaves called Freedom Seekers, could get help while escaping to freedom. To keep the escape plans secret, railroad terms were used. The safe house was called a depot or station. Conductors would hide, feed, give directions, or guide freedom seekers.

Underground Railroad Safe House or Station

Famous Freedom Seekers Henry Box Brown

A slave who mailed himself to freedom in a wooden crate, box.

Read the story of the great escape.

https://safeYouTube.net/w/Xiyz

William and Ellen Craft Slaves who wanted to be free.

Ellen Craft dressed up as a white man.

She pretended that her husband, William, was her slave. They both caught a train to freedom.

https://www.pbs.org › video › georgia-stories-story-william-and-ellen-craft

Famous Freedom Fighters Harriet Tubman

An escaped slave who became a conductor that made many trips back to Maryland and freed over 70 slaves. She followed the North Star to Freedom.

Read about Harriet Tubman

Frederick Douglass An escaped slave who sheltered people in his home and spoke against slavery.

He owned a newspaper called the

“North Star.”

Read about Frederick Douglass https://safeYouTube.net/w/S2Rz

There were many ways that slaves escaped or ran away to freedom.

https://www.ted.com/talks/janell_ hobson_the_breathtaking_courage _of_harriet_tubman?language=en https://safeyoutube.net/w/Xiyz https://safeyoutube.net/w/Xiyz https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=video&cd=8&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjauMPs67rnAhWglXIEHYEgC4kQtwIIUjAH&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fvideo%2Fgeorgia-stories-story-william-and-ellen-craft%2F&usg=AOvVaw0EhvbhyMvUdOWzYjgzkQ-1 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=video&cd=8&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjauMPs67rnAhWglXIEHYEgC4kQtwIIUjAH&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fvideo%2Fgeorgia-stories-story-william-and-ellen-craft%2F&usg=AOvVaw0EhvbhyMvUdOWzYjgzkQ-1 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=video&cd=8&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjauMPs67rnAhWglXIEHYEgC4kQtwIIUjAH&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fvideo%2Fgeorgia-stories-story-william-and-ellen-craft%2F&usg=AOvVaw0EhvbhyMvUdOWzYjgzkQ-1 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=video&cd=8&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjauMPs67rnAhWglXIEHYEgC4kQtwIIUjAH&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fvideo%2Fgeorgia-stories-story-william-and-ellen-craft%2F&usg=AOvVaw0EhvbhyMvUdOWzYjgzkQ-1 https://safeyoutube.net/w/S2Rz https://safeyoutube.net/w/S2Rz https://www.ted.com/talks/janell_hobson_the_breathtaking_courage_of_harriet_tubman?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/janell_hobson_the_breathtaking_courage_of_harriet_tubman?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/janell_hobson_the_breathtaking_courage_of_harriet_tubman?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/janell_hobson_the_breathtaking_courage_of_harriet_tubman?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/janell_hobson_the_breathtaking_courage_of_harriet_tubman?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/janell_hobson_the_breathtaking_courage_of_harriet_tubman?language=en

Robert Smalls took command of a ship and sailed to freedom.

If you were a slave or freedom seeker, how would you escape?

Draw a picture of yourself escaping or running away.

Learn more about

Robert Smalls.

https://safeYouTube.net/w/0dH0 https://safeyoutube.net/w/0dH0 https://safeyoutube.net/w/0dH0

ESCAPING TO FREEDOM

Sometimes, the slaves who were Freedom Seekers, would hide in wagons something like this one to escape.

Complete the dot-to-dot and then draw a picture of yourself hiding in this wagon.

Freedom Bag Imagine that you are a Freedom Seeker getting ready to escape. You can only take five items with you.

CIRCLE the five items you would take and explain why you took those items.

Is there anyone or anything else you would take with you?

Explain why.

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Sometimes slaves had to decode symbols to know when, where and how to escape. Can you decode the words below?

THARREI ____________________

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Directions: Draw a line from the word to the matching picture

JOURNEY MATCHING

How would you describe Harriet Tubman

Write a character trait in each star.

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I plan to keep learning about the U nderground Railroad.

I plan to share what I have learned about slaves and freedom seekers.

I will rem em ber all those who fought for freedom in the U nited States of A m erica.