Underground Railway by Breanne and Geetanjali

Define spirituals.  What role did the spirituals play in helping black slaves come to Canada?

- A spiritual is an individuall who insists on living on the spiritual side of life.

 

3.  Choose an underground railroad spiritual song. Post the song title and a brief synopsis of the song. In a few sentences, explain the significance of the lyrics.  Find at least two images that illustrate the message the song is giving to runaways.

- Follow The Drinking Gourd
This song is significant because it is about finding your way through the underground railway because it was supposedly written in code with escape instructions which enabled slaves to flee and help them get to freedom.

4.  Search for the song on Youtube.  Listen to the song and post the link onto the blog

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw6N_eTZP2U

5. Find a contemporary that has similar themes and post the name and  some of the lyrics. As an easy example,  Bob Marley wrote many songs that speak to the same themes of spiritual songs of African Americans.  But the themes can be universal.  Every human wants freedom. The charter of Human Rights contains many universal themes of humanity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCjJyiqpAuU

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star lyrics:
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
How I wonder what you are.