What is Unfreedom?
Thursday, September 25, 2008
For our first lesson, we read Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine. We used maps to talk about how slaves were brought on ships from Africa to the United States. We also
Elijah P. Lovejoy
Thursday, October 3, 2008
Today, we used a timeline to talk about Elijah P. Lovejoy’s life. We also got to see what a printing press from the 1800s looked like - it was huge! Our group used rubber
The Underground Railroad
Thursday, October 9, 2008
In this lesson, we read Under the Quilt of Night by Deborah Hopkinson. We learned that the Underground Railroad wasn’t a railroad at all, but a secret network of safe
Project WOW Heroes of Freedom
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Today’s lesson was really neat, because we used a concept map to link together all twelve Project WOW heroes of freedom. There are so many! Thomas Garrett, Harriet B.
Children of the 1800s
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Today we talked about what life was like for children in the United States during the 1800s. We learned that some things were very different for kids in the Nineteenth
Contemporary Unfreedom
Thursday, November 20, 2008
For our final lesson, we read and talked about The Big Box by Toni Morrison. We also talked about news articles that were written about unfreedom all over the world. Our
Take a look at all of the wonderful things Team Lovejoy accomplished during Project WOW!
