This lesson plan is designed:

• To analyze how African American slaves may have planned escapes
• To analyze the song" Follow the Drinking Gourd."
• To enhance the learning of the Underground Railroad by viewing a play.
• To work effectively in a group.

This lesson plan was part of the Gateway to Dayton Teaching American History: Citizenship, Creativity, and Invention project which was sponsored by the Ohio Humanities Council and was a National Endowment for the Humanities We The People project.