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Born to a family of farmers, Lincoln stood out from an early age—literally! (He was six feet four inches tall.) As sixteenth President of the United States, he guided the nation through the Civil War and saw the abolition of slavery. But Lincoln was tragically shot one night at Ford’s Theater—the first President to be assassinated. Over 100 black-and-white illustrations and maps are included.

Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone's property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer. It was from other field hands that she first heard about the Underground Railroad which she travelled by herself north to Philadelphia. Throughout her long life (she died at the age of ninety-two) and long after the Civil War brought an end to slavery, this amazing woman was proof of what just one person can do.

No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from—there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. With 80 black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, the Underground Railroad comes alive!

A youtube reading of the story Moses written by Carole Boston Weatherford

• link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvuSK59gX-A

We didn't get into the assignment on creating a path with different signs. Instead, we learned more about hidden messages in quilts, and created our own quilt squares

• link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SaqmPjkFt4

A short cartoon that told the story of Abraham Lincoln

• link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLzCfpDql_A&t=7s