Underground Railroad Tasks in the Computer Lab Today!

Hello boys and girls,

  Welcome to the computer lab!

  Your tasks today have to do with Black History Month in general and The Underground Railroad in particular. By now, we've read the stories of Henry "Box" Brown and Harriet "Moses" Tubman, but it's time to dig a little deeper into the history of the Underground Railroad.

  PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS BELOW!

Task #1: Select one of the following links and work on the tasks for at least fifteen minutes. If you complete one of them, visit the other.
Choice A: Scholastic interactive 
Choice B: National (explore) Geographic Interactive

Task #2: Write a comment on this blog with FOUR full sentences. The first two sentences should be things that you learned from your work in Task #1, the third should be a question that you have/something that you're wondering, the fourth should be something you think or feel after reflecting on this and taking on a first person perspective.
For example: "I worked on the Scholastic Interactive and I learned that "abolitionists" were the people who helped slaves on the Underground Railroad and that they wanted to abolish slavery. I also learned that there were "Wanted" posters that offered people rewards to turn in escaped slaves, even in the northern "free" states. I wonder if these "Wanted" posters were also posted in Canada and if slaves were often turned in. Doing these tasks, I felt for the slaves who used the Underground Railroad to escape, and felt very grateful to be living in a time and place where we know that people are all created equally and deserve to be treated equally."
Notice what is included in this comment. Please check over yours for the following success criteria before posting:
Success Criteria for Underground Railroad Comments:
-posted as a comment on THIS post
-written in full sentences
-sentences make sense
-you have checked over your spelling, using the built in spellchecker
-sentences end with proper punctuation (. ! or ?)
-sentences begin with capital letters
-2 sentences describing juicy facts you learned
-1 sentence describing something you are still wondering
-1 sentence reflecting on how you feel about all this

Task #3 (optional): If you finish Tasks 1 and 2 and still have time left, please visit IXL and work on one or more of the following areas.
Grade 5s, work on:
-A.1 - Place values in whole numbers
-A.2 - Word names for numbers
-A. 3 - Compare numbers up to millions
-A.4 - Word names for numbers
Grade 6s, work on:
-A.1 - Place values in whole numbers
-A.2 - Word names for numbers
-section E - Money

Have a great time in the lab!

Shauna

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Shared Reading: Henry's Freedom Box

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