1f2n3n

FREE Article - 1st of 3 Free Items

View 2 more resources at no cost, and then subscribe for full access.

The Underground Railroad Vocabulary

abolitionist = a person fighting for an end to slavery

bounty hunters = people being paid to hunt for runaway slaves and return them to their masters

conscience = the sense or character that gives a person the feeling to do right or good

derogatory = negative

fugitives = people running away from something illegally

stamina = endurance

terrain = a piece of land or geographical area

 



Return to lesson The Underground Railroad


Join TeacherVision
for $39.95 a year and start receiving benefits today!
Free 7-Day Trial

Highlights

December Events

Find educational resources for every day in December. Fill your December lessons with activities for Hanukkah (Dec. 21 -- Sundown), Winter Solstice (Dec. 21), Christmas (Dec. 25), Kwanzaa (Dec. 26), New Year's Eve (Dec. 31), Universal Human Rights Month (Dec.), World AIDS Month (Dec.).

Rulers & Number Lines

Take a look at our collection of printable rulers and protractors and number lines and place-value charts.

Letter-Writing Activities

Develop students' composition skills with these printables and activities. Students will learn about basic letter formats and practice writing formal, persuasive, and friendly letters.

Walden Forums

Wondering about online education at Walden? Get answers to your questions, meet faculty, and learn what it's like to be a Walden student. Click here to check out our free Walden Forums!

2009 Educators' Calendar

There's something worth celebrating every day! Find fun and educationally relevant holidays, events, and celebrations for each day of the year.

Printable Maps

Enrich your lessons with our collection of printable world maps depicting continents, countries, capitals, political boundaries, lines of longitude and latitude, climate zones, oceans, land forms, and more. Plus, browse our collection of Unites States maps.

Daily Printables

Add a TeacherVision widget to your blog, personalized homepage (such as iGoogle or Pageflakes), or social networking sites (such as Facebook). Our widgets feature a different fifth-grade language arts printable or fourth-grade math printable for each day of the year.