Community Resource Project and Booklist
For this assignment, you will identify and create a list of three community resources that you could use to teach about freedom. A booklist with at least 5 books for each community resource should be included with each of the community resources identified.
Use the following table to organize your information. Please list the community resource including the address, provide a brief overview describing the resource, and include 5 books that you might read with your class before or after your visit.
Community Resource Identified(3 total) / Community Resource Overview
(provide an overview of the resource and the benefits) / Booklist including title, author, illustrator and “why statement” – 5 books for each resource
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As part of the Teaching for Freedom workshop, one of your community resources should be a visit to the houses or exhibits identified in the presentation. For example, you may choose to visit locations such as the Rankin House, the John Parker House, the Harriet Beecher Stowe house, or the Freedom Center. After your visit, in addition to completing the table, please prepare a one-page overview of how you could use this resource to teach your students about slavery and the Underground Railroad. Please include pictures to help further explain your ideas. You may also post your ideas and pictures on the Teaching for Freedom blog.
Teaching for Freedom Booklist and Multimedia Resources
Primary Grade Books
Armand, Glenda. (2011).Love Twelve Miles Long. New York: Lee and Low.
Clinton, Catherine. (2007).When Harriet met Sojourner. New York: Amistad.
Evans, S. (2011).Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom. New York: Roaring Book Press.
Levine, E. (2007). Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad.
New York: Scholastic Press.
Halfmann, Janet. (2008).Seven Miles to Freedom: The Robert Smalls Story. New York: Lee
and Low
Hopkinson, D. (1995). Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt. New York: Dragonfly Books.
Hopkinson, D. (1995). Under the Quilt of Night.London: Aladdin.
Kulling, M. (2000).Escape North! The Story of Harriet Tubman. New York: Random House.
McKissack, P. (2011). Never Forgotten. New York: Schwartz & Wade Books.
Nelson, K. (2011). Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans. New York:
Harper Collins.
Ringgold, Faith. (1992). Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky. New York: Crown.
Shange, Ntozake. (2012). Freedom’s a-Callin Me. Amistad.
Stroud, B. (2007). The Patchwork Quilt. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick.
Tingle, Tim. (2006). Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom. El Paso:
Cinco Puentos Press.
Winter, Jeanette. (1988).Follow the Drinking Gourd. New York: Knopf.
Primary Grades Multimedia
Catlett, Elizabeth. (1975). Harriet. [Print]. Retrieved from:
http://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/explore/collection/collections/?u=6920582
Frederick Dougless Family Foundation (2013). Frederick Douglass Family Foundation.
Retrieved from: http://www.fdff.org
National Park Foundation. (2013). National Underground Railroad: Network to Freedom.
Retrieved from: http://www.nationalparks.org/explore-parks/national-
underground-railroad-network-freedom
National Park Service. (2011). National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.
Retrieved from: http://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm
Teacher’s Domain. Teaching Tips: African/African-American Culture: Zudio. Retrieved
from: http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/viewtext_printer_friendly/
resource/14366
The Spirituals Project. (2004). Sweet Chariot: The Story of The Spirituals, Spirituals During
Slavery. Retrieved from: http://ctl.du.edu/spirituals/freedom/slavery.cfm
Webber, Charles T. (1893). The Underground Railroad. [Painting]. Retrieved from:
http://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/explore/collection/collections/?u=6922094
Primary Grade Museums
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. http://www.freedomcenter.org/
National Underground Railroad Museum in the Bierbower House.
http://www.bierbower.org/Pages/default.aspx
Middle & Secondary Grade Books
Anderson, Laurie Halse. (2008). Chains. New York: Simon and Schuster Children’s
Publishing Division.
Curtis, C.P. (2009). Elijah of Buxton. Scholastic.
Bail, Raymond. (1999). The Underground Railroad. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Douglass, Frederick. (1845). Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave.
New York: Dover Publications, Inc.
Draper, S. (2006). Copper Sun. New York: Athenaeum.
Fradin, D. & J. Fradin. 5,000 Miles to Freedom: Ellen and William Craft’s Flight from Slavery.
(2006). New York: National Geographic Society.
Fradin, Dennis. (2000) Bound for the North Star: True Stories of Fugitive Slaves. Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt
Halfmann, J. & D. Smith. (2008). Seven Miles to Freedom: The Robert Smalls Story. Lee &
Low
Lester, Julius. (2007). Day of Tears. New York: Hyperion Book, CH.
Lester, Julius. (2001). To Be a Slave. San Val, Incorporated
McKissack, Patricia. (2011). Never Forgotten. Schwartz & Wade
Mosley, Walter. (2005). 47. New York: Hachette Book Group.
Rinaldi, Ann. (2008). Wolf by the Ears. New York: Scholastic, Inc.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher. (2004). Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Fairfield, IA: 1st World Publishing.
Sullivan, George. (1994). Slave Ship: The Story of the Henrietta Marie. Pennsylvania:
Cobblehill Books
Taylor, Mildred D. (1991). Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. New York: Penguin Group.
Middle & Secondary Grades Multimedia
Images and Artwork
(1814). Résumé du témoignage donné devant un comité de la chambre des communes de la
Grande Bretagne et de l'Irelande, touchant la traite des negres. [Fold out plate]. John
Carter Brown Library at Brown University. Retrieved from:
http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/details.php?categorynum=5&categoryNa
me=Slave%20Ships%20and%20the%20Atlantic%20Crossing%20(Middle%20Pass
age)&theRecord=49&recordCount=78
Boudriot, Jean. (1784). Traite et Navire Negrier l'Aurore. [Drawing]. Paris. Retrieved from:
http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/details.php?categorynum=5&categoryNa
me=Slave%20Ships%20and%20the%20Atlantic%20Crossing%20(Middle%20Pass
age)&theRecord=8&recordCount=78
Catlett, Elizabeth. (1973). Phillis Wheatley. [Sculpture]. Retrieved from:
http://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/explore/collection/collections/?u=6933353
Catlett, Elizabeth. (1975). Harriet. [Print]. Retrieved from:
http://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/explore/collection/collections/?u=6920582
Stedman, John Gabriel. (1796). A Negro hung alive by the Ribs to a Gallows.
[Print]. Retrieved from: http://www.blakearchive.org/exist/
blake/archive/object.xq?objectid=bb499.1.comeng.02&java=no
Stedman, John Gabriel. (1796). Flagellation of a Female Samboe Slave.
[Print]. Retrieved from: http://www.blakearchive.org/exist/
blake/archive/object.xq?objectid=bb499.1.comeng.08&java=no
Webber, Charles T. (1893). The Underground Railroad. [Painting]. Retrieved from:
http://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/explore/collection/collections/?u=6922094
Videos
Allen, C., Blackmon, D., & Pollard, S. (Producer), & Pollard, S. (Director). (2012). Slavery by
Another Name [documentary]. United States: Twin Cities Public Television, Inc.
Bales, K. (2010, February). Kevin Bales: How to combat modern slavery [Video file].
Retrieved from:
http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_bales_how_to_combat_modern_slavery.html
Chomsky, M., Erman, J, & Moses, G. (Directors). (1977). Roots. [TV Mini Series]. United
States: David L. Wolper Productions & Warner Bros. Television.
Dillon, J. & Williams, S. (Producers). Dillon, Justin. (Director). (2012) Journey to Freedom.
[Video]. United States: Fair Trade Pictures, LLC. Retrieved from: http://www.
freedomcenter.org/journey-to-freedom/
Kalin, A. & Duke, B. 2007. Prince Among Slaves [Documentary]. United States: PBS.
Kristine, L. (2012, January). Lisa Kristine: Photos that bear witness to modern slavery
[Video file]. Retrieved from:
http://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_kristine_glimpses_of_modern_day_slavery.html
Spielberg, S., Allen, D., Wilson, C. (Producers), & Spielberg, S. (Director). (1999). Amistad
[Motion picture]. United States: DreamWorks, LLC.
Music and Websites
Frederick Dougless Family Foundation (2013). Frederick Douglass Family Foundation.
Retrieved from: http://www.fdff.org
National Park Foundation. (2013). National Underground Railroad: Network to Freedom.
Retrieved from: http://www.nationalparks.org/explore-parks/national-
underground-railroad-network-freedom
National Park Service. (2011). National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.
Retrieved from: http://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. http://www.freedomcenter.org/
National Underground Railroad Museum in the Bierbower House.
http://www.bierbower.org/Pages/default.aspx
My Slavery Footprint. (2013). How Many Slaves Work for You? Retrieved from:
http://slaveryfootprint.org/#sthash.5HBTsyXv.dpbs
Teacher’s Domain. Teaching Tips: African/African-American Culture: Zudio. Retrieved
from: http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/viewtext_printer_friendly/
resource/14366
The Spirituals Project. (2004). Sweet Chariot: The Story of The Spirituals, Spirituals During
Slavery. Retrieved from: http://ctl.du.edu/spirituals/freedom/slavery.cfm
Museums
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. http://www.freedomcenter.org/
National Underground Railroad Museum in the Bierbower House.
http://www.bierbower.org/Pages/default.aspx