This is a PowerPoint I constructed for one of my college classes. It is meant to enhance the experience of the book while providing hyperlinks to additional information about slavery in the American South. I used it as part of an interactive read aloud lesson. The PowerPoint allows all of the students to have a view of the illustrations and they can read along with the teacher. Overall I think it enhanced their learning experience.
Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream seems farther away than ever when he is torn from his family and put to work in a warehouse. Henry grows up and marries, but he is again devastated when his family is sold at the slave market. Then one day, as he lifts a crate at the warehouse, he knows exactly what he must do: He will mail himself to the North. After an arduous journey in the crate, Henry finally has a birthday — his first day of freedom.
The only parts of this PowerPoint that are my own original work are the narrations, transitions, hyperlink choices, and other formatting options. The text and illustrations belong to the author and illustrator.
1. Henry’s Freedom Box Interactive Book
PowerPoint by Joel Kunkle for EDUC 520, Spring II, 2014
MAT graduate student at Muskingum University
For more information on slavery in America and the Underground
Railroad you may click on most of the pictures in this PPT book.
Click on the speaker icons to hear audio of the text.
Feedback can be sent to jdkunkle@hotmail.com.
