Underground Railroad

little mermaids swimming to freedom=homeschool history

 

Part of our homeschooling is learning about the 1800s.  Lately, we've been studying slavery, the underground railroad, hate, compassion and good/bad choices.

We've been watching videos and reading books about the bravery of Harriet Tubman,

listening to spirituals, looking up at the sky to see what guided the slaves North, 

being awed at the courage of those who fought their way to freedom,

coloring,

making freedom quilts,

and pretending that mermaids are slave conductors. 

"I had reasoned this out in mind, there was one of two things I had the right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other."
~Harriet Tubman