UNIT 1: Freedom Express
All Aboard!!! The 1st and 2nd Grade Combo TAG Freedom Express is traveling on the tracks exploring the Underground Railroad and how it helped many enslaved people escape and find freedom.
Students will:
• understand the value of, desire for and willingness to risk everything for Freedom
• learn about astronomy
• use topography to create maps
• investigate animals and plants that live underground
• learn about types of resources
• discover the purpose of the Underground Railroad
• create a digital story
As they “travel”, they will also discover how using their own senses and relying on themselves help to make them independent thinkers. Through various critical thinking strategies, these students will gain insight on how we, as a worldly nation, must focus on peace, understanding and treating everyone fairly.
I am looking forward to working with your children!
Marsha Foster
Engineer
Students will:
• understand the value of, desire for and willingness to risk everything for Freedom
• learn about astronomy
• use topography to create maps
• investigate animals and plants that live underground
• learn about types of resources
• discover the purpose of the Underground Railroad
• create a digital story
As they “travel”, they will also discover how using their own senses and relying on themselves help to make them independent thinkers. Through various critical thinking strategies, these students will gain insight on how we, as a worldly nation, must focus on peace, understanding and treating everyone fairly.
I am looking forward to working with your children!
Marsha Foster
Engineer