Activity Overview
As an alternative assignment to a short answer essay or as a supplementary activity, have students answer a question or prompt about Flight to Freedom and illustrate their answer using evidence from the text. This will provide students with a visual way to show how well they're understanding what they are reading!
The example prompt is, "What sacrifices did people make in order to make the Underground Railroad a success?"
Possible answers to the prompt include:
- Runaways traveled through dangerous terrain in the middle of the night.
- People who helped runaways were fined.
- Agents had a ruse to avoid suspicion.
- Farms were seized by the government.
Other prompts might include: "What risks were slaves willing to make to reach the North?" and "How did the Underground Railroad influence people and the future of the United States?"
Template and Class Instructions
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Student Instructions
Create a storyboard that answers the prompt using at least three examples from Flight to Freedom. Click on "Add / Delete Cells" to change the number of examples.
- Click "Start Assignment".
- Type the question into the central black box.
- Think about examples from the text that support your answer.
- Type text evidence in the description boxes. Paraphrase or quote directly from the text.
- Illustrate each example using scenes, characters, items, etc.
Lesson Plan Reference
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
| Proficient | Emerging | Beginning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support from Text | Examples chosen fully support the answer to the question. | Some of the examples answer the question correctly, but not all. | Most of the examples do not support the answer to the question. |
| Quote / Text | Evidence provided from the text is properly quoted or paraphrased. | There are some minor mistakes in the quote / description from text. | Quote or paraphrase is incomplete or confusing. |
| Illustration of Examples | Ideas are well organized. Images clearly illustrate the examples from the text. | Ideas are organized. Most images help to show the examples from the text. | Ideas are not well organized. Images are difficult to understand. |
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