Students can also bring in newspaper articles for display as evidence of modern attitudes about civil rights. Have students make a list of these images. For example, Bill is a wily opponent who tricks his football pursuers by retracing his steps. One way they did so was through song. Have students create lyrics for a song that relates how Sarny feels about her life on the Waller plantation.
Tobacco is used as a natural insecticide.
If possible, students might visit a farm that produces natural fruits and vegetables. Nightjohn may have gone North via the Underground Railroad. Have students explore the escape routes that were used by slaves and plot them on a map. Students could label the free states, the slave states, and the locations of some of the stations. They might read stories about Harriet Tubman, another escaped slave who went North and returned to the South via the Underground Railroad.