Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

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After his wife and children are sold at the slave market, the grieving man makes a bold plan to free himself. Social Justice Picture Books Copyright © 2019 by Ruth McQuirter, editor and Gurbinder Kaur, contributing editor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4. Clutter-Free Classroom is the place where elementary teachers get the time-saving tips, ideas and resources they need to make teaching easier and more enjoyable. Check out the teaching ideas for reading comprehension strategies, grammar topics and social emotional learning skills that can be taught using this children’s book.

The titles in this list cover critical time periods like the Great Depression and the civil rights movement as well as the lives of influential African American leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. This resource includes matching/sorting cards and a sorting mat for four cause and effect sentences in Henry's Freedom Box. The subject matter in Henry's Freedom Box will naturally encourage students to ask questions to enhance their comprehension.The author of Henry's Freedom Box uses descriptive language to establish the scenes, action and characters throughout the book. For readers who have some knowledge of this time in history, this is an excellent selection for teaching more advanced strategies, such as asking questions, identifying the author's purpose, and synthesizing.

His story is illustrative of the horrors families in slavery faced and the ways in which these families longed to love and grow together in peace and freedom and yet most often, if not always, encountered violence, degradation, humiliation, and separation. They'll also have a chance to discuss how the answers to their questions can deepen their understanding. The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. iPad slide show with pictures of ways people tried to obtain freedom for visual reference (pews, boxes, etc.Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity. Literary Elements at Work: There are two important literary elements at work in this story: artistry and the straightforward narrative of Henry’s life and plea as representative of all life and everyone’s plea: I am a human being, and I long to be free. Diagnostic– Getting an idea of what students think and how they see the world is incredibly important so that teachers can start to lay the foundation of a topic. Readers will be able to create mental images and then compare with the book's illustrations to confirm their understanding. It’s not easy to explain the reality of slavery to children of all ages, but this book does it with eloquence and heart.

With themes of compassion and perseverance, this Henry’s Freedom Box picture book by Ellen Levine is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms.After 27 hours of travel in the crate, some of it upside down, Henry "Box" Brown arrived in Philadelphia safe and sound on March 30, 1849, and became famous in the U. Since 1976, Americans have celebrated Black History Month each February — a time to honor the accomplishments of African Americans in the United States. All other trademarks, service marks and trade names referenced on this site are the property of their respective owners.