Designed for immediate
use in middle and high school classrooms, these lessons -- which adhere to
national learning standards -- contain comprehensive instructions for
classroom implementation, downloadable student handouts, links to relevant
and dynamic online resources, and suggestions for cross-curricular
extensions.
You are a slave. Your body, your time, your very
breath belong to a farmer in 1850s Maryland. Six long days a week
you tend his fields and make him rich. You have never tasted
freedom. You never expect to.
And yet . . . your soul lights up when you hear whispers of
attempted escape. Freedom means a hard, dangerous trek. Do you try
it?
"Escape
to Freedom" is an offering in the Headbone Derby series sponsored by
the History Channel. The Headbone Derby is a multi-episode research
adventure using the World Wide Web (or books). Your points from all
the episodes will add up to your final score for this Derby.
