Underground Railroad Further Reading and Website Links
Further Readings:
Blockson, Charles I. Escape from Slavery: "The Underground Railroad." National Geographic,July 1984.
Bordewich, Fergus M. Bound for Canaan. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 2005.
Passages to Freedom: The Underground Railroad in History and Memory, ed. David Blight. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 2004.
William Still. The Underground Railroad: Authentic Narratives and First-Hand Accounts. Medford, New Jersey: Plexus Publishing, Inc., 2005.
Suggested Websites:
UNC University Library, "Documenting the American South," http://docsouth.unc.edu/
PBS, "Africans in America: The Underground Railroad,"http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p29944.html
National Park Service (NPS), "Aboard the Underground Railroad: A National Register Travel Itinerary," http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/underground/
NPS, "National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom,"http://home.nps.gov/ugrr/TEMPLATE/FrontEnd/index.cfm
k - 3 Suggested Readings:
Adler, D. A Picture book of Harriet Tubman. New York Holiday House, 1992.
Bail R. The Underground Railroad. Boston: The Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995.
Lawrence, J. Harriet and the Promised Land. New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1993.
Levine, E. Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad. New York: Scholastic Press,2007.
Nelson, V. Almost to Freedom. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 2003.
Osborne, M. Civil War on Sunday. New York: Random House, 2000.
Rappaport, D. Freedom River. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2000.
Schroeder, A. Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman. New York: Puffin Books, 1996.
Woodruff, E. Dear Austin: Letters from the Underground Railroad. New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1998.
K - 3 Suggested Websites:
Harriet Tubman
PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html
United States Library of Congress: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/tubman
National Geographic: http://nationalgeographic.com/railroad/j2.html
Underground Railroad
National Geographic: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/kids.html
Social Studies for kids:http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/undergroundrailroad1.htm
PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2994.html
4 - 8 Suggested Readings:
Grade 4:
Curtis, Christopher Paul, Elijah of Buxton. Scholastic Paperbacks, 2009.
Clark, Goff Margaret. Freedom Crossing. Scholastic Paperbacks, 1991.
Houston, Gloria. Bright Freedom’s Song: A Story of the Underground Railroad. Silver Whistle, 1998.
Grade 5:
Bial, Raymond. The Underground Railroad. Sandpiper, 1999.
Fleishman, Paul. Bull Run. HarperCollins, 1995.
Petry, Ann. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad. Amistad Publishing, 1995.
Grade 6:
Collier, Christopher. Jump Ship to Freedom (Arabus Family Saga). Yearling, 1987.
Feeling, Tom. The Middle Passage: White Ships / Black Cargo. Dial Publishers, 1995.
Grade 7:
Ayres, Katherine. North by Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad. Yearling, 2000.
Erikson, Paul. Daily Life on a Southern Plantation 1853. Lodestar Books.
Horton, James Oliver, and Lois E. Horton. Slavery and the Making of America. Oxford University Press, 2006.
Grade 8:
Katz, William Loren. Breaking the Chains: African American Slave Resistance. Sagebrush Bound, 1999.
Reed, Stephanie. Across the Wade. Kregel Publications, 2004.
Yetman, Norman R. Voices from Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives. Dover Publications, 1999.
4 - 8 Suggested Websites:
Co-nect Teleprojects, http://exchange.co-nect.net/Teleprojects/project/?pid=3&cid=7
Crossroads: Middle School Curriculum,
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec5/Unit_06/
Harriet Tubman (primary grades)
PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html
United States Library of Congress: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/tubman
National Geographic: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/j2.html
Additiaonl Educator Resources from the National Undeground Railroad Freedom Center