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TheatreworksUSA presents
Freedom Train
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
9:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.
$6.00
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Approximate Length:
60 minutes
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Recommended Grades:
3-9
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Themes/Curriculum Associations:
Communication & Language Arts, Social Studies, Musical, Multi-Cultural, Relationships and Family
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Downloadable Study Guide
Adobe Acrobat PDF (185.4 kb) |
Show Details
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Harriet Tubman was born a slave, but at the age of 25 she made her perilous escape from a Maryland plantation, leaving her family behind. Pursued by dogs and relentless slave catchers, she followed an escape route laid out by Quakers- secret hiding places in churches, barns, cellars and homes. The escape route soon became known as the Underground Railroad, and she quickly became one of its most celebrated ‘conductors,’ guiding more than 300 slaves, including her aged parents, to freedom. Freedom Train brings Harriet Tubman to life in an extraordinary production that uses the dialogue, dance and music of the period.
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