- Did the student use a topic sentence or introduction?
- Did the student indent for each paragraph?
- Did the child use the proper verb tense?
- Everyone must mention how quilts were used
- Grammar and spelling are important!
- The children were challenged to create an interesting title
The Underground Railroad was a secret way for slaves to escape to the north. Slaves used the Underground Railroad to escape from the slave owners. It was a series of houses called stations. Conductors helped the slaves get f rom station to station. Quilts were used as signs for slaves so they would know which house was safe and which were not.
Harriet Tubman was a conductor in the Underground Railroad. The slaves sometimes called her Moses because Moses had freed the slaves. She was a slave herself and wanted to help others. Harriet helped over 300 slaves get to freedom.
Aren - Freedom At Last
The Underground Railroad was as pathway to free hundreds of slaves. Underground Railroad means secred and hidden. The Underground Railroad had station houses for the slaves to hide. Harriet's nickname was Moses. The North Star was used for direction to freedom. Quilts were used for direction too. Harriet saved over 300 slaves in 19 trips. Harriet Tubman was a slave herself. If the slaves made it to Canada, they were safe.
Joshua - Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman freed many slaves and was a great conductor on the Underground Railroad. Harriet freed over 300 slaves. Harriet Tubman sewed a quilt to freedom and memorized every patch on the quilt so she left it there for other slaves. People called Harriet Moses because she freed many slaves like Moses. When Harriet freed slaves none of her people got caught and neither did Harriet.
Spencer - The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a path to freedom. Harriet Tubmad was a famuos conductor helping slaves on the Underground Railroad. The slaves followed the North Star to freedom. Harriet Tubman helped hundreds of slaves to be free.
Quilts helped the slaves escape. The quilts gave the slaves warnings if it was dangerous or safe. The quilts gave them signs of where the North Star was. The quilts were maps for the slaves.
Aram - The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a secret way for the slaves to escape north. Once there was a girl named Harriet Tubman. When Harriet was at the age of 7, Harriet made an escape map. She told all the slaves about her map. It showev the way you should go and the way you should not go. The quilt showed the North Star, it was a signal to freedom.
Kathryn - The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a secret way for slaves to escape north. The slaves had to get to freedom. Harriet Tubman was a conductor to help slaves escape to the north. The slaves had to cross the Ohio River. Three hundred people got to freedom with help from Harriet.
The quilts were a way to get the slaves to Canada. Slaves followed quilt maps to get to freedom. The slaves would know to go to the safe house if a quilt was hung on the fence. I think the quilts were great.
Gabby - Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a pathway to freedom for hundreds of slaves. Harriet Tubman was a conductor on the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman earned her freedom and walked north but then she walked all the way back to free other slaves. She freed over three hundren slaves. The Underground Railroad wasn't really a railroad. It was just dirt leading to different states and countries.
On the Underground Railroad slaves used quilts in different ways. Most slaves used them for maps to escape or maybe they sold them for money. Not only slaves used quilts, other people did too. They used quilts by hanging it on their window showing if it was safe to come in or not. People also used their chimmneys as signals. Slaves used quilts by finding all these scraps of fabric and sewing it all together. Every block on each and every quilt has a meaning that the slaves knew.
Mimi - Harriet Tubman
The Underground Railroad was a secret way for slaves to escape north. Everybody called Harriet Tubman Moses because she freed the slaves. She was a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad. When she was a little girl she ran away and followed the North Star. Harriet made quilts to lead her way to freedom. Harriet led over 300 slaves to safe station houses. The slaves adored her and cared for her because she led them to a new world. Harriet Tubman led the slaves to freedom because if a slave catcher spotted her she would go to jail. She saw quilts that were red and black and knew to send to the black not the red. Red meant danger and black meant safety.
Henry - Underground Transport
The Underground Railroad was a secret way for slaves to escape up North. Slaves always followed the North Star. The slaves followed it because it pointed to freedom. Slaves stopped their journey at station houses. These houses that were safe for slaves. These slaves might get caught if there were no quilts to show if it was all right to come in. There was a conductor in each group of escaping slaves; they were the leader.
Harriet Tubman was a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad. Harriet's nickname was Moses. Harriet was very tough, She would shoot a slave if he decided to go back. She did it for the slaves freedom. The Ohio River was a divider of the slavery and freedom. Harriet freed over 300 slaves.
Nicole - Traveling North
The Underground Railroad was a secret way for slaves to escape north. Even though it was called Underground Railroad it was not underground and not a railroad. Lots of slaves wanted to go to Canada because there was not slavery there. Harriet Tubman led over 300 slaves across the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tuman was a slave too. She was called Moses because he freed slaves too. Slaves sang songs to communicaate also.
There are quilts that slaves made that were ued as maps. Slaves like Clara, Addy, and Jane made some of these quilts. There were also quilts that hung outside of the safe houses. They had a black sqaure to say safety to the slaves in the middle of them. There were also just blanket quilts too. You can learn a lot about quilts and Harriet Tubman.
Thomas - The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a secret way for slaves to escape north. Harriet Tubman freed over 300 slaves. They called her Moses. They called her that because she did what Moses in the Bible did. The slaves went from station house to station house. Harriet was also an Underground Railroad conductor. The slaves escaped north with Harriet. The quilts showed it was safe or not to travel. The North Star showed the way to freedom. The slaves crossed the Ohio River, went to Canada, then freedom. The quilts meant different things. It helped salves escape. The red in the middle is danger the black in the middle meant safe. The slave catchers thought it was the other way around. If they caught them they would be beaten.
Kylan - The Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman lead hundreds of slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad. She was a conductor on the Underground Railroad. Harriet went up north to freedom. The Underground Railroad was not really a "railroad" and it was not really "underground". The Underground Railroad really means secret way. Slaves followed the drinking gourd (big dipper) up north to freedom. The Underground Railroad was sequence of stations (houses). The stations were marked by a white row of bricks on the chimney or a black square in the center of a design on a quilt.
Quilts had different designs that meant different things. Some signs meant the house was safe. Some other signs meant to remember things like follow the drinking gourd. Some things meant to run in a zig-zag line. If you didn't, the slaves catchers would catch you. Most of the quilts were from every day people. Since everyone hung up blankets including the every day people; the slave-hunters just thought that they were regular blankets they never knew it was a station.