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The Underground Railroad is the name we give to a collection people (conductors), sites (safe houses) and routes used by escaped slaves as they moved from the South to the North and ultimately Canada.  Visit these websites to gather information about the Underground Railroad.  Each web site has an address (URL).  Type the URL in the go box on your web navigation program (i.e. Netscape; Microsoft Explorer, etc.)

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/

Read and make choices along the way.  Record facts about this one example of a journey along the Underground Railroad. You will record the information on the Data Retrieval Chart.

http://education.ucdavis.edu/NEW/STC/
lesson/socstud/Railroad/contents.htm

As you move through this website, gather information about the various parts and elements of the Underground Railroad. Record this information on the Data Retrieval Chart.

http://www.ket.org/underground/

Visit this site about the Underground Railroad in Kentucky.  Kentucky is Ohio’s neighboring state to the South.  Most escaped slaves had to move through Kentucky before they crossed the Ohio River.  Gather information about what they might have experienced during their journey and record this information on the Data Retrieval Chart.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html

View the pictures about the Civil War.  What do these images tell you about the war? Record your thoughts and insights on the Data Retrieval Chart.

www.cr.nps.gov/NR/travel/underground/states.htm

Scroll down the list of states to Ohio.  Visit the various Underground Railroad historical sites in Ohio.  Gather facts and information about them. Record this information on the Data Retrieval Chart.

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