Today you will begin learning about the escape routes known as the Underground Railroad. These were routes used by escaping slaves to get to the north, and eventually to Canada. You have a blendspace activity to do first, and once everyone is done we will look into the next project. It is linked below, OR you can sign into blendspace and it is assigned in that as well.
https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/Kq-0Htc5ITukjw/underground-railroad
Project
1. You will work in partners
2. Your task is to prove to me that you understand what the experience of the Underground Railroad was like.
3. You will have the choice of two options:
a. You can use iMovie to create a video journal, of sorts. You will need to dress up a little, and find places to film three, short (45-60 seconds) video "journals" telling us about your travels. In this option I want you to pretend that you are a slave that is escaping and are stopping to create a "vlog" of sorts. You are allowed to find locations that can appear hidden, and can act like you're talking to the camera, but trying not to be detected. You are to tell us about your travels. The difficulties, the hazardous things that happen, stories of near capture, the route you are following, who you are traveling with, etc, are all things that you might want to talk about in your vlogs.
b. You can do a google map, the same way you did the Oregon Trail. You will need to create the same "journal" entry, you just don't have to do it on video. It will be written instead, and you will have to research to make sure that the location you pick is exact, and accurate. When I say exact, I mean down to the house. You must find houses that were confirmed UGRR houses and include a picture in your journal. You will need to have five posts. The difficulties, the hazardous things that happen, stories of near capture, the route you are following, who you are traveling with, etc, are all things that you might want to talk about in your entries.
Here's a list of a few confirmed houses
4. We will work on these tomorrow as well. We will present them starting Monday.