Underground Railroad Lapbook

This Underground Railroad lapbook contains many interactive foldable items sure to keep your students' interest. An introductory PowerPoint presentation is also included.

WHAT DOES THIS RESOURCE INCLUDE?

1. Underground Railroad LapBook

As a great activity to be incorporated into your Black History Month studies, US History 1800s unit, or the Civil War, this lapbook includes directions, examples and several printables such as:

* Freedom quilts (quilt examples plus quilting folklore)
* Biographies of key people (Harriet Tubman, William Still, John Parker, Frederick Douglass)
* Mini foldable vocab folders
* Map coloring activity
* Who am I - expandable
* Freedom Acrostic Poem

2. Worksheet about secret code words used on the underground railroad.

3. Introductory PowerPoint Presentation

This PowerPoint will help you to introduce the Underground Railroad to your students to get them excited about studying this topic. The presentation also includes an embedded 5 minute educational Underground Railroad video. Since it is embedded you do not need Internet access to view it.

(This zipped resource contains one 17 page PDF document and one 8 slide PowerPoint.)


What are lapbooks?

A lapbook is a file folder that is refolded a certain way. Inside, learners glue in notes or foldables on a particular topic.

What are benefits of lapbooks?

• Motivation for reluctant learners
• Easily stored projects
• Creative outlet
• High subject matter retention
• Review tool for students
• Alternate assessment tool for teachers

Enjoy!

~ SunnyDaze on TPT