How did the underground railroad work?

How did the underground railroad work?
LO: to know what the underground railroad was and describe how it functioned.

• fully resourced
• fully adaptable
• differentiated
• answers included
• stretch and challenge
• powerpoint presentation and hand out included
• about an hours lesson
• discussion and AFL points

This lesson begins explaining what the underground railroad was including its purpose, its routes and why it was necessary. There is a task based on a graph showing the routes to freedom from the south to the north (answers included) . There is also a reading task with knowledge check questions (answers included). There are challenge questions to stretch the most able. Then follows think and discuss key questions. Then a few of the heros of the underground railroad are introduced like Tubman, Wilson and Meachum. Then the plenary is a true and false section with answers included.