Underground Railroad

This Transatlantic Slave Economy (old term: transatlantic slave trade / slavery) lesson investigates what makes the Underground Railroad significant. Students will learn about those who worked, helped and escaped through the Underground Railroad to explain its significance.

This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, clip questions/activities, think pair share activities, mini plenaries, information sheet with questions to complete, case studies, a consolidation written question and a code breaking plenary.

Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.

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