This week we read the story of Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine. The students were fascinated by this true story so we went further with our curiousity and looked up the dimensions of the box and then "built" it. (What a great way to introduce our math unit on area and perimeter : o ) Be sure to ask your child what they know about the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman aka "Minty" and Henry "Box" Brown!
8 comments:
this is a really cool book. how did hi fit in that box mrs.Goins put tape on the floor an we used rulers for the sides and we got in it.It was really fun.You do what you hafe to do.
This book is really really good I think that this man is so cool because he sat in a tiny tiny box for 24 hours what if he had to use the batheroom. I could not do that really I could not do that for 24 hours I would DIE in that BOX.
His name is Henry box brown.
I love this book because in this story he had to work so hard to get little money. And he's master died so then he got married with a woman and had a lot of kids but they were so poor. The next day his wife and kids were Gone!!!!!!
so he mailed him self to calmaney it took 24hours for him to get to calfarney then 4 men open the box. But he never got to see his wife or his kids again. So this feeling is corge because he got to calmaney that's why.
Monika
It's so weird because time goes by so fast and now we have no segregation and we think that segregation is weird but that is how it was back then!
This book was really good! I hope we read it again!
Jasmine nelson
How amazing
I like this book because it shows you that just because of peoples skin color does not mean that you have to judge them by it! I can not belive that he survied in that box for at least 3 days! I mean what if he had to go pee?
Lillie
I love the book Henry's Freedom Box! Jasmine
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