Flight to Freedom: Rochester’s Underground Railroad

Immerse yourselves in re-created environments, first-person accounts, and hands-on experiences of the period leading up to the Civil War. Use primary documents to discover how Rochesterians fought against slavery.

 

Subjects: Physical Sciences, The Arts, Earth Science
Program Type: Permanent Exhibition
Supporting Curriculum Materials:

Educator Guide

NYS Standards:

• Pre-K
  Physical Sciences: PS4.B
  Earth and Space Sciences: ESS1.A
• Kindergarten
  Civic Ideas and Practices:4a
  Geography, Humans, and the Environment: 6b
  Time, Continuity, and Change: 8b
• 1st Grade
  Waves: Light and Sound: PS4.B
  Space Systems: Patterns and Cycles: ESS1.A
  Individual Development and Cultural Identity: 1b, 1c, 2a
  Geography, Humans, and the Environment: 5b
• Time, Continuity, and Change: 7a, 8a, 8b
• 2nd Grade
  Time, Continuity, and Change: 6b
• 3rd Grade
  Civic Ideas and Practices: 8a, 8b, 8c
• 4th Grade
  In Search of Freedom and a Call for Change: 5a, 5b
• 5th Grade
  Government: 6c
• 7th Grade
  Colonial Developments: 2e
  Reform Movements: 7b
  Nation Divided: 8b, 8e

NGSS Keywords: Earth Systems, Physical sciences

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