THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD:

IT WAS AN ENORMOUS NETWORK OF PEOPLE WHO HELPED FUGITIVE

SLAVES ESCAPE TO THE NORTH AND TO CANADA

Unit 2 Reading 1‘The Train to Freedom’

The Big Question

What are the benefits of facing challenges?

Remember: Challenge: a difficulty that makes something hard to do (for example living in a desert).

What are the benefits of

facing challenges?

Build Background

Slavery is a legal or economic system under which people are treated as property. (esclavitud)

Slavery in Chile was abolished in 1823. The Constitution said: ‘En Chile no hay esclavos: el que pise su territorio por un día natural será libre. El que tenga este comercio no puede habitar aquí más de un mes, ni naturalizarse jamás’. Artículo 8

Slavery in the USA was abolished in 1865.Escaping slaves sang songs with secret

information about the Underground Railroad.

A VIDEO GAME!!!http://education.nationalgeographic.com

http://undergroundrailroad.muzzylane.com/play

URGENT!!!

NEWS FLASH

White tiger cub saves his brother.

KEY WORDS

Fugitive: a person escaping from prison or intolerable conditions.

Heritage: something that passes from parents to children, to grand-children…

Network: a group of people or organizations that are connected and that work together.

Runaway: a fugitive; someone who has escaped.

Shelter: a place that gives protection from danger, weather…; a refuge.

Underground Railroad

Write the sentences in your notebook or complete them on a post-it!!!

1. The police looked all over the city for the _______ woman.

2. The fugitives found _______ in an old barn during the storm.

3. The woman was only one of many in the _______ who provided fugitives slaves with supplies.

4. Fugitive, or _______, slaves often became ill from travelling on foot.

5. Freedom is part of America’s _______.6. Many people supported the _______, helping

slaves escape to freedom.

KEY WORDS

Match the words with their meaning in Spanish.

Fugitive RedHeritage RefugioNetwork PrófugoRunaway FugitivoShelter Patrimonio

Now, write in your notebook FIVE sentences using different Key

Words.

1. ______________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________

KEY WORDS

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Academic Words

Look at the definition for the Academic Words on your Student’s Book page 80, and write their meaning in Spanish in your notebook or on a post-it.

Accompanied: _____________Aid: ____________________Challenge: ________________Code: ___________________

Academic Words

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Words from the text.

Copy these words and definitions in your notebook.

Widespread: something that exists or happens in many places or to many people (extendido, generalizado).

Abolitionists: a person in favour of the abolition of something.

Spy: a person who secretly collects and reports information.

Blackouts: a short period when a person becomes unconscious (pérdida de consciencia).

Journey: the act of travelling from one place to another (viaje).

Practice (Student’s Book page 80)

Write the answers to these questions in your notebook or on a post-it. Use the red words in your answers!!!

1. Who accompanied you to school this morning?

2. Have you ever received aid from a classmate? Explain.

3. What is your biggest challenge at school?4. Have you ever sent a message that

contained a secret code? If so, what kind of code did you use?

Reading Strategy: SKIM

SKIM is to read the text quickly especially to find the main ideas.

Look at the title and visuals.Read the first paragraph quickly.Read the FIRST LINE of the next paragraphs.Don’t stop at any words you don’t know.Summarize what you have learnt from the

text.

Reading Strategy: SKIM

Use the SKIM steps from the previous slide to do

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Now, let’s complete the Graphic Organizer!!!