Quilting: The story of the Underground Railroad
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/17/g35/quilts.html
A lesson plan for grade 5 Social Studies
In this lesson from Xpeditions, students use the Internet to research the dangers that escaping slaves faced along the Underground Railroad and the factors that helped the slaves make it to freedom. They’ll conclude by designing quilts describing what they’ve learned.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Social Studies (2003)
Grade 5
- Goal 1: The learner will apply key geographic concepts to the United States and other countries of North America.
- Objective 1.07: Analyze the past movement of people, goods, and ideas within and among the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America and compare it to movement today.


