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Jump to Freedom

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Burlington Books

Julie Hart

T E A C H E R ’ S M AT E R I A L

CONTENTS To the Teacher

2

Before Reading

3

After Reading

4

Final Test

5

Answers to Final Test

6

Answers to Activities in the Reader

6

Answers to Cross-Curricular Focus

7

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to the teacher List of Main Chara cters

Molly: a child slave on the Smith’s plantation.

Mrs Smith: John Smith’s wife.

Sarah: Molly’s mother. She is also a slave.

Edward: John Smith’s son.

Tom: a child slave and Molly’s friend.

Jacob: John Smith’s house servant.

John Smith: the owner of the plantation. Plot Su mmary

In 1848, Sarah and her daughters, Molly and Ella, are slaves on a plantation in Virginia. When Molly is six years old, the master sells her friend, Tom, at the slave market. This frightens Molly and she starts to dream about being free. In the dream, she and Tom are in a boat and they’re escaping from Mr Smith. Tom tells her to jump to freedom. One day, the master’s wife, Mrs Smith, visits Sarah’s cabin with her baby daughter, Catherine. Mrs Smith notices how good Molly is with Catherine. So, Jacob comes to Sarah’s cabin and takes Molly to the Smiths’ big house. Mrs Smith tells her to take care of Catherine. Molly must stay in the big house now, but she is unhappy. She misses her mother and sister very much, and the master’s son, Edward, is mean to her. One night, Edward wakes the baby and Molly doesn’t hear her crying. In the morning, the master punishes Molly with his whip. After Molly’s seventh birthday, she returns to her home and starts to work in the cotton fields. The work is very hard and she soon gives up hope of ever being free. The years pass, and Molly grows into a teenager. Edward gets married and to Molly’s horror, the master gives her to the married couple as a wedding present. Molly must move away from her family and live with cruel Edward and his wife. One evening, Edward plays a card game with an army captain and a man from the city. Edward loses the game and Molly has to go with the captain to pay Edward’s debt. Her life is worse than ever with the captain. He is as cruel and mean as Edward. One day, the captain takes Molly on a trip to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. To her delight, she meets her old friend, Tom, there. Tom was also on a trip from Virginia with his master. She learns from Tom about the laws in Pennsylvania. People can’t have slaves there! Molly and Tom decide to escape. They climb onto a wall and they jump to freedom. background

• Slavery: Americans started to transport slaves from Africa to North America in the 16th century. Some slaves worked in houses, but most worked in mines or on plantations. The slave owners didn’t want the slaves to learn to read and write because this might encourage them to escape. Some owners gave their slaves money for doing a good job. Others were very cruel and punished them. • Plantations: There were more slaves in the southern states because the plantation owners needed workers for their large farms. Most of the plantations grew cotton or tobacco. In 1793, the cotton gin was invented and more plantations began to grow cotton. The owners bought thousands of slaves to plant and pick the cotton. The plantation slaves were called field hands. They started work at the age of seven and they worked very long hours. • Free States: After the American Revolution many states abolished slavery and these were called Free States. All the states to the north of Maryland and the Ohio River became free. However, becuase of the need for labour for the cotton industry, slavery was expanded and kept in the South. This was one of the causes of the American Civil War. The war ended in 1865 and slavery finally became illegal in all of the United States.



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Before reading These activities are designed to help the students’ reading comprehension. They help to activate the students’ background knowledge and ability to predict. At this level, these activities will usually be conducted in the students’ mother tongue. Students with a strong vocabulary can do some of these activities in English. Ask the questions and elicit the answers from the whole class. Some possible answers are provided in italics. If you prefer, students can work in pairs or small groups. Suggestions for Lead-in Ac tivities

1. How was life different in 1848? Think of as many differences as you can. (There wasn’t any electricity in homes. Women wore long skirts. Rich people had servants and some people had slaves.) 2. Think of as many differences as you can between modern workers and 19th century slaves in the southern states of the USA. (Modern workers get a salary and have much better working conditions than slaves.) 3. How would you feel if you were a slave? (miserable, angry) Do you think you would try to escape? Explain why. (Yes, I would. I’d rather risk death for freedom than die a slave. / No, I wouldn’t. It’s too dangerous.) 4. Do you think children from 7 to 12 years old should be allowed to work? Why? / Why not? (Yes. Children should be able to earn money for things they want or need. Work teaches children responsibility and to appreciate things more. / No. Children should spend their time studying or playing. Hard work can cause health problems in children.) 5. Imagine you are living in Virginia in the year 1850 and your parents own slaves. Try to persuade them that it is wrong to have slaves. (All people are born equal. You are causing a lot of misery. Everyone should be paid for the work they do. You should do your own work.) 6. Talk about an interesting dream you had. What happened in the dream and what do you think it means? Before R eading Ac tivities

1. Look at the picture of the plantation on pages 8 and 9. Describe what is happening. When do you think the story is set? (There are people picking cotton. There’s a man on a horse. The story is set in the past.) 2. Read the third paragraph on page 8 and the first and second paragraphs on page 9 to find information about slaves. What do we learn about their lives? (They have one meal a day. They get new work clothes and shoes once a year. They get one day off a month. Their children are also slaves and start work at the age of seven.) 3. Look at the picture on page 14 and describe the cabin. (The cabin is very plain. There isn’t much furniture.) 4. Look at the picture on page 21. Describe the room. Do you think rich people or poor people live there? (The room is big and the furniture is beautiful, there are elegant curtains and nice decorations.) 5. Read the second paragraph on page 26. What does the little girl, Molly, do every day? (Molly helps wash the clothes, takes Catherine to the garden, takes her for walks, sings her to sleep, folds dry clothes.) 6. Look at the picture on page 32. Why do you think the girl is crying? (The man is cruel to her.) 7. Read the paragraph below the picture on page 32. What does Molly learn from the experiences? (They are very cruel.) list of irregular verbs

The following is a list of irregular verbs (Past Simple) which appear in the story. The page number refers to the page where the Past Simple tense of the verb first appears. Go over the list with your students. bring - brought (page 40) come - came (page 10) cut - cut (page 32) feel - felt (page 11) get - got (page 8) go - went (page 21) have - had (page 9) hear - heard (page 14)

hit - hit (page 32) hold - held (page 16) know - knew (page 10) leave - left (page 14) lie - lay (page 23) make - made (page 8) put - put (page 9) run - ran (page 17)

say - said (page 9) see - saw (page 8) send - sent (page 35) shake - shook (page 28) sing - sang (page 16) sit - sat (page 10) sleep - slept (page 10) speak - spoke (page 35)

take - took (page 15) teach - taught (page 10) think - thought (page 15) throw - threw (page 32) wake - woke (page 15) wear - wore (page 15)



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After reading Drama Activities

Work with a partner or a group. Learn one of the dialogues below and act it out in front of the class. 1. Jacob comes to Ruth and Tom’s cabin. Jacob: Dress your son Tom in his best clothes. Ruth: Why? Jacob: He’s going on a trip with the master. One day Ruth meets Jacob. Ruth: Where is Tom? What’s happening to him? Jacob: I’m sorry, Ruth, but Tom has got a new master now. Ruth: T  ell me everything. Jacob: Our master weighed Tom. Then, he took him to the slave market to sell him. Ruth: (Falling on the floor crying.) I’ll never see my son again! 2. Molly enters Catherine’s room. Mrs Smith and Eve are inside with baby Catherine. Mrs Smith: Come here, child. Catherine likes you. Sing to her for a while! (She gives Molly the baby.) Molly: (She starts to sing.) I think she likes music, Madam. Mrs Smith: Incredible. You are very good with her! You must stay in the house now, Molly. You’ll sleep next to the baby’s room and you must comfort her if she cries. Molly: Yes, Madam. Mrs Smith leaves and Molly talks to Eve. Molly: Isn’t the master going to sell me? Eve: No, Molly. You’ll start to work in the house.

3. Edward is playing a card game with the captain and a gentleman from the city. Molly is in the room. The captain: W  in the game and I’ll give you my horse. Edward: Y  our racing horse, Champion? The captain: (laughing) No, I’ll never bet Champion. You can have my black horse. Edward: That old horse! I don’t want that! The captain: W  hat will you bet? How about this little slave girl? Edward: She’s lazy and slow! But you can have her! (He puts some cards on the table.) You won’t beat this. The captain: (putting cards on the table) I win! The slave girl is mine. 4. M  olly is in the servants’ rooms in a house in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She’s talking to a servant. Molly: Your master is good to his slaves. Servant: We aren’t slaves, we’re servants. Tom appears at the door. Tom: Slavery is illegal here in the state of Pennsylvania. Molly: Do you live here? Tom: No, I came with my master from Virginia. Molly: T  om! Don’t you recognise me? Tom: Molly??? How is my mother? Molly: Didn’t you hear? You left and then your mother became ill and ... she died. Tom: Mr Smith is responsible for her death!

Project Suggestions

You may want to present some of these activities in the students’ own language. 1. Imagine you are Molly or Tom. Write a short paragraph in your secret diary about your day as a slave. 2. Make a list of rules for the slaves on the Smith’s plantation. Use the story for your ideas. 3. Imagine you are Edward’s wife. Write a short letter to your parents about your life with Edward. 4. Work in a small group. Imagine you’re a character in the story. The other students can ask ten questions to try to guess who you are. You can only answer the questions Yes or No. 5. Imagine you are in a scene in the story. Describe what you can see and ask your partner to find the scene. 6. Read a paragraph from the story to your partner. Then ask your partner to tell you what happens next. 7. Which character do you dislike the most? Find adjectives in the story to describe his / her personality and design a wordsearch puzzle with those adjectives. 8. Imagine you are the captain and you can’t find Molly. Design a WANTED advert for her. 9. What do you think happened to Molly and Tom after they escaped? Write a short epilogue to the story. 10. Use the Internet to find a story about a real slave on a cotton plantation.



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FINAL TEST A Number the sentences in the correct order to tell the plot of the story.

a. The master sells Tom. b. Molly goes to live in the big house. c. Mr Smith gives Molly to Edward. d. Edward and Molly fight. e. Molly returns to her mother.



f. The captain wins Molly in a game. g. Molly and Tom escape. h. Molly meets Tom again. i. The master punishes Molly. j. Mrs Smith comes to Sarah’s cabin.



10 points (1 point each)

B Write T (true) or F (false) next to each sentence. Then correct the false sentences.

1. Sarah was happy because Molly learned to read. 2. Molly had dreams about Tom. 3. Catherine always slept all night. 4. Molly never worked in the fields. 5. Edward had a wedding. 6. Molly and Tom were slaves all their lives.



10 points (1 point each)

C Complete the chart. Next to each quote write the name of the correct character. Then complete the sentence to show why he / she said / thought it. Quote 1. I’ll never see my son again! 2. I’m going to tell my father! 3. Let that be a lesson to you. 4. Finally, that horrible man is leaving the plantation. 5. Take the stupid girl!

Who said / thought it? Because the master … Molly … Molly …



Edward … the captain … 15 points (3 points each)

D Answer the questions according to the story.



1. What was Molly’s job in the big house? 2. What happened to Tom’s mother? 3. Where did Molly work after her seventh birthday? 4. What was Mr Smith’s wedding present to Edward? How did Molly feel about it? 5. Where did the captain take Molly on a trip? What happened there?

15 points (3 points each)



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answers to final test A 1. a

3. d

5. i

7. c

9. h



4. b

6. e

8. f

10. g

2. T

3. F

4. F

2. j

B 1. F

5. T

6. F



1. Sarah was worried because Molly learned to read.



3. Catherine woke up every few hours.



4. Molly worked in the fields.



6. Molly and Tom jumped to freedom.

C

Quote

Who said / thought it?

Because

1. I’ll never see my son again!

Ruth

the master took Tom to the slave market.

2. I’m going to tell my father!

Edward

Molly pushed him.

3. Let that be a lesson to you. 4. Finally, that horrible man is leaving the plantation.

Mr Smith Molly

Molly didn’t hear Catherine cry. Edward was mean to her.

5. Take the stupid girl!

Edward

the captain won the game.

D 1. to take care of Catherine

2. She died.



3. in the fields



4. Molly. She was frightened.



5. to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She saw Tom and they jumped to freedom.

answers to activities in the reader PRE-READING ACTIVITIES (page 7)

CHAPTERS 3-4 ACTIVITIES (pages 18-19)

1 a. 2

1 1. dream

b. 3

c. 1

d. 5

e. 4

4. boat

2 Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers.



2. slave market



3. evening

CHAPTERS 1-2 ACTIVITIES (pages 12-13)

2

1 1. c

2. d

3. a

4. e



1. furniture

4. blanket



2. stay

5. dark



3. dangerous

2 1. meat

4. floor



2. wool

5. scarf



3. forehead

5. b

3 1. 4

2. 6

3. 1

4. 100

5. 7

4 1. e

2. d

3. a

4. c

5. b

Answer: shoes



frighte

ne

5. dress

s ngrily l surp pu rised a d sel wait



1. sell

4. angrily



2. push

5. wait



3. frightened

6. surprised

3 1. T

2. F

3. T

4. F

5. F

4 1. d

2. c

3. e

4. a

5. b

6. T

h

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Answers to Activities in the Reader continued CHAPTERS 5-6 ACTIVITIES (pages 24-25)

CHAPTERS 9-10 ACTIVITIES (pages 36-37)

1 1. clean, 2. upstairs, 3. asleep, 4. inside, 5. move, 6. arms, 7. behind, 8. corner, 9. kill

1

1

t k n e e i a r t y r c s 4 h i t e n 2

3

p

a

2 1. busy

2 1. a

2. b

3. b

4. b

3 Sentences 1, 3 and 5 are correct.

4. cook



2. forget

5. pain



3. in front of

6. fear

3 a. 3

b. 5

c. 1

d. 4

e. 2

4 1. f

2. e

3. c

4. d

5. a

1 a. 6

1 1. dead

2 1. recognise

4. brought



2. glasses

5. darkness

3. slow

6. hope



2. tired



2. heart

3 1. b

5. nervous

4. wet

2 1. wash 2. c

b. 3

c. 4

d. 5

e. 2

3. sister

5. carpet



4. recover

6. bottle

3 1. T

2. F

3. T

4. F

5. F

3. a

5. b

4 1. b

2. c

3. a

4. c

5. c

4. b

6. b

CHAPTERS 11-12 ACTIVITIES (pages 44-45)

CHAPTERS 7-8 ACTIVITIES (pages 30-31) 3. empty

s

6. a

f. 1

The hidden picture is a baby’s bottle.

answers to cross-curricular focus The Slave Trade (page 51)

Harriet Tubman (page 53)

1 1. 310

4. the roof was low

3 1. F



2. tribal chiefs

5. gave punishments

4 1. five



3. two months

6. slaves



2. protect



3. Pennsylvania



4. followed; North Star



5. offered money / offered $40,000



6. brave; intelligent

1

2

4

A m e t l a n t i c

A f r 3 p r i s c r i c a

2

g u o n s

2. T

3. T

4. T

5. F

6. F