Teacher
Resources
Student
Resources
Quilt
Songs
TR #1
TR #2
Commonalities
TR #3
Make
Your Own
TR #4
Interpreting
SR #2
Organizer
SR #3
Make your
Own
SR #4
A sampler of coded messages in quilt
http://societyofschoollibrarians.webs.com/undergroundrailroadquilt.htm
http://www.osblackhistory.com/quiltcodes.php
Teacher Resource Visual #2
Go Down
Moses
Follow the
Drinking
Gourd
Swing Low
Sweet
Chariot
Deep River
Messages in
freedom
songs
Steal Away
Wade in
the
Water
The Gospel
Train’s A
Comin’
Nobody Knows
the Trouble I’ve
Seen
Teacher Resource #3:
“Graphic to Compare Song Texts and Imbedded Messages”
Go Down
Moses
Follow the
Drinking
Gourd
Wade in
the Water
Nobody
Knows the
Trouble I've
Seen
Commonalities
Steal Away
The Gospel
Train's A
Comin
Swing Low
Sweet
Chariot
Keep Your
Lamps
Trimmed
and Burning
Student Resource Sheet #2
“Interpreting Text for Messages”
[Text from song]
• [meaning]
Student Resource Sheet #3
“Make Your Own Quilt Organizer”
Hardships found
in messages in
freedom songs.
My hardships
My modern
hardships/
hopes/joys
Consider the information you already know
about life as a slave as well as the
information you can infer from the freedom
song texts, and then compare it to the
modern day concerns that people struggle
with. Now consider the hardships—large or
small—as well as the joys and hopes that
you face in your life. What would a quilt of
your life look like? What music and
pictures would it include? Are there any that
are similar to the feelings expressed in the
freedom songs?
Music or visuals that address the sentiment
Place your name in the center block and then add song titles and visuals that
express something about the hardships, hopes, or joys in your life.
Go Down Moses
NOBODY KNOWS DE
TROUBLE I’VE SEEN
STEAL AWAY TO
JESUS
WADE IN THE
WATER
SWING LOW
SWEET CHARIOT
THE GOSPEL
TRAIN
FOLLOW THE
DRINKING GOURD
DEEP RIVER