mariahroze's review against another edition
4.0
I love reading the "Who Was..." and "What Was…" books, even as an adult. This story was really interesting and I learned about some people (who I had never heard of before) that escaped slavery. One person escaped by being mailed in a giant box to the North. Also, I had no idea how involved Quakers were in helping people escape slavery. That is something you never read about.
I planned to read a lot more of these books :)
I planned to read a lot more of these books :)
kellycoburn37's review against another edition
5.0
I read this one aloud to my students and I thought it did an excellent job of discussing the Underground Railroad in a way that was easy for young readers to understand. I liked that if focused on specific people and their journeys.
taun's review against another edition
4.0
We (students) give this book 4.5 stars. This book is short, but has a lot to it. There’s accounts of different people, like Harriet Tubman & Henry ‘Box’ Brown, who were former slaves who had run away.
This book taught me that slavery is wrong, people are not to be owned. Runaway slaves were sometimes caught by slave catchers and were sent back to their owners, often to be beat in front of the other slaves as a warning. Running away was dangerous.
We learned that the Underground Railroad was not a railroad, but it was a series of safe houses, called stations. Conductors were the people that led runaways to freedom, some of those conductors were former slaves. They used blankets & lamps as signs, false walls and floor panels in safe houses to hide runaways. The journey was always very dangerous and very hard.
This book taught me that slavery is wrong, people are not to be owned. Runaway slaves were sometimes caught by slave catchers and were sent back to their owners, often to be beat in front of the other slaves as a warning. Running away was dangerous.
We learned that the Underground Railroad was not a railroad, but it was a series of safe houses, called stations. Conductors were the people that led runaways to freedom, some of those conductors were former slaves. They used blankets & lamps as signs, false walls and floor panels in safe houses to hide runaways. The journey was always very dangerous and very hard.
tessapm's review against another edition
5.0
This was a great book to teach Logan about slavery, and to start her learning about historical Black figures who did brave, inspiring things.
meganhazy's review against another edition
3.0
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My rationale for selecting the text Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: The Underground Abductor for my intermediate level twin text is because it gives an account of a slave and her experience with the underground railroad that is based off of a true story. What makes this text particularly unique and engaging is that it is narrated by a historical figure who is able to interact with the reader by asking direct questions, as well as move between different historical time periods and interact with other characters in the text. The story is also told in the form of a graphic novel with chapters, rather than the traditional narrative text, making it more engaging for readers.
The primary text structures for What Was the Underground Railroad? are Sequence of Events and Problem and Solution. First, the book gives a sequence of the important events including the institution of slavery in the United States, the Civil War era, through the abolition of slavery. It also presents the “problem” of slavery in the United States and a “solution” to the problem came about. This is an informational texts with chapters and includes titles, subtitles, numbering (chapters), photographs with captions, a timeline of both the Underground Railroad and of the world overall, illustrations, and a table of contents.
The strategy application I would use that will engage students in critical thinking by making connections between the texts is The Story Face for Unspoken. Since there are no worlds in the text, students will have to engage in a higher level of thinking to make inferences and conclusions about the text. The students will then complete an Anticipation Guide for What is the Underground Railroad? to activate prior knowledge about slavery and the Underground Railroad. Students will determine a purpose for reading and promote active reading of the text.
Hale, N. (2015). The underground abductor. (Nathan Hale's hazardous tales, vol. 5.): An abolitionist tale. New York: Amulet Books.
My rationale for selecting the text Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: The Underground Abductor for my intermediate level twin text is because it gives an account of a slave and her experience with the underground railroad that is based off of a true story. What makes this text particularly unique and engaging is that it is narrated by a historical figure who is able to interact with the reader by asking direct questions, as well as move between different historical time periods and interact with other characters in the text. The story is also told in the form of a graphic novel with chapters, rather than the traditional narrative text, making it more engaging for readers.
The primary text structures for What Was the Underground Railroad? are Sequence of Events and Problem and Solution. First, the book gives a sequence of the important events including the institution of slavery in the United States, the Civil War era, through the abolition of slavery. It also presents the “problem” of slavery in the United States and a “solution” to the problem came about. This is an informational texts with chapters and includes titles, subtitles, numbering (chapters), photographs with captions, a timeline of both the Underground Railroad and of the world overall, illustrations, and a table of contents.
The strategy application I would use that will engage students in critical thinking by making connections between the texts is The Story Face for Unspoken. Since there are no worlds in the text, students will have to engage in a higher level of thinking to make inferences and conclusions about the text. The students will then complete an Anticipation Guide for What is the Underground Railroad? to activate prior knowledge about slavery and the Underground Railroad. Students will determine a purpose for reading and promote active reading of the text.
Hale, N. (2015). The underground abductor. (Nathan Hale's hazardous tales, vol. 5.): An abolitionist tale. New York: Amulet Books.
jennybeastie's review against another edition
4.0
Well done. I liked the combination of individual stories in the context of the larger history.
ricksilva's review against another edition
3.0
A history of the Underground Railroad for young readers. This was a good entry in this series, but could have used a bit more depth in places. The historical background felt a bit rushed. It did a better job when it was telling the stories of individuals who made the escape from slavery, and there were a number of people highlighted in these chapters whose stories I was unfamiliar with. I read this with my son, who is very interested in social justice issues, and I felt like it did a good job of holding his interest while providing some background and context.