Annotated Bibliography
Teacher Bibliography
Bordewich, F.M. Bound for Canaan. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2005. This book focuses on the symbolically named Underground Railroad, a clandestine alliance of both black and white abolitionists and slaves who lead tens of thousands of enslaved Africans to freedom.
Cottrell, June. Creative Drama in the Classroom. Chicago: National Textbook Company, 1987. This textbook is full of information useful for guiding and helping one to shape activities for students who need to learn how to use other faculties.
Gara, L. The Liberty Line. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1996. This book places the fugitive slaves at the center of their struggle for freedom and not the passive role often given in history books which ascribe the success of the Underground Railroad to white abolitionists.
Gray White, D. "SimpleTruths." In Passages to Freedom. Edited by David Blight. New York: Smithsonian Institution, 2004. This section of the book highlights information about white power and black survival.
Horton, J.O. "A Crusade for Freedom." In Passages to Freedom. Edited by David Blight. New York: Smithsonian Institution, 2004. This chapter of the book contains information about William Still and the Underground Railroad. It brings to light some of the atrocities of slavery.
Hooks, B. "Representing Whiteness in the Black Imagination." In Cultural Studies. New York: Routledge, Chapman Hall, Inc. This article explores the conscious and subconscious images that African Americans have of European Americans as a result of treatment during and after slavery.
Johnson, J.W. and Johnson, J.R. American Negro Spirituals. New York: Viking Press, 1969. This two volume collection in one is a good source for spirituals and some explanation of their musicality as an African tradition. It also includes an alphabetical listing of the spirituals and their musical arrangements.
Lillard, Angeline Stoll. Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Inc., 2005. More than a scientific validation, this book offers studies that describe how children learn best. Lillard also presents eight insights that are the foundation of the Montessori philosophy and shows how they are used in a Montessori classroom.
_____The Underground Railroad: Life on the road to Freedom. Edited by Pat Perrin. Carlisle: Discovery Enterprises, Ltd., 1999. This short book contains slave narratives written in a very simple statements and big print.
Stevenson, B. "Slavery in America." In Underground Railroad. Washington D.C.: Produced by the Division of Publications National Park Service. Department of the Interior. This is the story that offers insights into America's need to face our collective history together and recreate our past with each generation. It is a handbook that draws on many sources to tell the story anew.
Still, William. The Underground Railroad. Medford: Plexus Publishing, Inc. 2005. This book contains narratives of Africans who ran away to freedom. It is also the story of black and white abolitionists.
Vygotsky, L.S. Mind in Society. Ed. Michael Cole et. al. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1978. This book highlights several of Vygotsky's essays on how children learn.
Wilford, J.N. The Mapmakers. New York: Vintage Books, 2000. This book tells the story of how Earth and then Earth's nearest neighbors came to be mapped.
_____When I Was a Slave. Edited by Norman Yetman. Mineola: Dover Publications, Inc., 2002. This book contains memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection.
Student Bibliography
Ayres, K. Stealing South. New York: Dell Yearling, 2001. This is the story of Will Spencer who helps runaway slaves. www.randomhouse.com/kids
Ayres, K. North by Night. New York: Dell Yearling, 1998. This is the story of sixteen year old Lucy Spencer who helps a family of runaway slaves. www.randomhouse.com/kids
Bradford, S. Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People. Bedford: Applewood Books, 1993. This book is a biography of Harriet Tubman a former slave who led a heroic struggle for her people in the Civil War.
Hamilton, V. Many Thousands Gone. New York: Scholastic, Inc. 1993. This is a book of short stories that tell about slavery in America, the running-aways and the exodus to freedom. It is written in simple syntax, big print and the illustrations are intriguing.
Hamilton, V. The People Could Fly. New York: Scholastic, Inc. 1985. This is a book of American black folktales. These are short tales that are enjoyable and teach a lesson.
Wait, L. Seaward Born. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 2003. This is the story of Michael, a thirteen year old who is lucky to work on the docks and ships in Charleston Harbor. His protective mistress dies and everything changes. Michael is torn between running away to freedom and risking safety by staying a slave.
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