The oldest students have all read Two Tickets to Freedom: The True Story of Ellen and William Craft, Fugitive Slaves by Florence B. Freedman. This has been part of their social studies unit on the Civil War. After completing the assigned reading, they met in small groups to discuss questions that not only exercised their comprehension of the reading but opened up discussion about the fugitive slave law, conditions of slaves, risk, the emancipation proclamation, unalienable rights, the constitution and the beliefs of slave owners compared to abolitionists. Each student also mapped the journey of Ellen and William.