American History Ink The Underground Railroad

All Features

• Engaging, stories from history combine words and images to draw students’ interest.
• Historical fiction topics offer content-area reading practice in American history, social studies, language arts, and humanities classes.
• A story introduction provides background information, sets a purpose for reading, and activates before-reading discussion.
• Biographical sketches, maps, timelines, and fascinating facts reinforce and extend students’ understanding of the story and the time period.
• End-of-book activities encourage students to apply critical thinking to personal responses and to vocabulary practice.