====== The Underground Railroad in Boone County: Teacher Kit ====== **Grade Level 4-8, Subject: History, American History** Margaret Garner Controversy Video \\ **VIDEO: //Margaret Garner Controversy// (4:46),"The Age of Slavery (1800-1860): The African Americans-Many Rivers to Cross." In 1856, Garner escaped from Boone County, KY to Ohio but was apprehended. She killed her children rather than return them to slavery. (c)2013 PBS** Learning Goals: - To learn and understand the concept of The Underground Railroad. What it meant to those enslaved and those who helped to conduct - To learn about the brave people who conducted the Underground Railroad and helped slaves head north towards freedom - To understand the courage, fear and personal sacrifices of the enslaved who ran away - To learn about the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and other laws concerning slavery The Underground Railroad in Boone County Activities The Underground Railroad in Boone County History Underground Railroad Discussion Questions Common Core State Standards ====More Information==== * [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/25217/0|The Underground Railroad in Boone County Resource Page]] * [[http://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/education/upload/Junior-Ranger-Activity-Booklet.pdf|Discovering the Underground Railroad, Junior Ranger Activity Book]]- provided by the National Park Service ===Suggested Reading=== Beloved by Toni Morrison The Underground Railroad, An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Operations by Mary Ellen Snodgrass People of the Underground Railroad, A Biographical Dictionary by Tom Calarco Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriett Beecher Stowe The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom by Wilbur H. Siebert Encyclopedia of the Underground Railroad by J. Blaine Hudson