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Henrys Freedom Box
Henrys Freedom Box | Ellen & Kadir Nelson Levine
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Japanese edition of Henry's Freedom Box. Winner of 2008 Caldecott Medal. Inspired by an actual 1830s lithograph, this beautifully crafted picture book briefly relates the story of Henry "Box" Brown's daring escape from slavery. The story tells of his life... Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.
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SophieA
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“But not the kind they imagine.“

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SophieA
Henry's Freedom Box | Ellen Levine

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I would use this book to talk about slavery and what some slaves did to become free.

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SophieA
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This book won a Caldecott medal in 2008. It is about a boy who is a slave and gets sold to a new owner. He meets a girl and has kids, but then the wife and kids get sold and Henry does not know what to do. He decides to mail himself to a place where he can be free and live his life.

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channingfortney
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This is a children's book about a young boy who is enslaved how is fight to escape and become free. It also is a story about the underground railroad. Henry fights for his freedom for a very long time, but is never able to get it. Until, one day he decides he is going to mail himself to freedom. The story follows Henry on his hard journey to freedom all while hiding in a small wooden box with little to no airways. This is a very moving book.

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channingfortney
Henry's Freedom Box | Ellen Levine
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This is a story about a young boy who is enslaved and is fighting for his freedom. He decided the only way that he could get his freedom is if he mailed himself to America. Despite a very rough journey, he made it and was even able to celebrate his birthday. This book won the Caldecott Award. I highly recommend.

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loganhiller
Henrys Freedom Box | Ellen & Kadir Nelson Levine

Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen and Kadir Nelson Levine is a children's book about “the Underground Railroad's most famous runaway slaves“ and Henry's great idea to help these enslaved escape in a creative way.

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erinhannahs
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Henry's Freedom Box was written by Ellen Levine. This story is about a young boy named Henry who escapes to freedom through the underground railroad. Henry ships himself in a box in order to be free....

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Mboyd28
Henry's Freedom Box | Ellen Levine

Henry Brown wasn't sure how old he was.

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Mboyd28
Henry's Freedom Box | Ellen Levine

This would be a great story to use when discussing slavery, abolition, and the Underground Railroad. The emotions in this story are powerful and would give students an idea of how things used to be and even how injustice is still a problem today.

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Mboyd28
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A touching, true story about Henry Brown and how he mailed himself to freedom. The story and illustrations draws the reader in and brings out the emotions of how heartbreaking Henry's story is. The author also gives information on Henry and what he did once he gained his freedom in the North.

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sarahyurco
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Published: 2007
This is written based on the true story of an enslaved man who mailed himself to freedom after his family was split up. I actually read this book with 3rd graders and they all really liked the story and were able learn more about the Underground Railroad through it.
Awards: Caldecott Honor in 2008, American Library Association Notable Children's Book in 2008, National Council for Social Studies Notable Social Studies Book in 2008

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This B., Caldecott Medal Award book, Henry's Freedom Box, is excellent to share with the students, because of its inspiring story. The book is about a man who was a slave and loses his family. Henry escapes slavery, by deciding to place himself on a shipping box to Philadelphia. Henry arrives in Philadelphia as a free man able to seek his family. This book encourages students to persevere in the midst of adversity.
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ztorres This book is great for D.R., teachers can have students be different characters and reenact the important events of Henry‘s life. The teacher can also use props and costumes to make the story come to life. This will allow students to remember the story and the main events of the story. This story includes UDL‘s strategy 3.1 “activate or supply background knowledge” 3.2 “ highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships.” 3y
ztorres ESOL strategies: Provide contextual support through audiovisuals, models, demonstrations, realia, body language, and facial expressions. Have students use timelines to arrange and sequence important facts and information. 3y
ztorres Teacher resource: https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/henrys-freedom...
It's an excellent tool to use for the lesson. It gives you lesson plan and content area connections.
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Viviannef
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Henry‘s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine and illustrated by Kadir Nelson is a powerful HF B book for children. This Caldecott Award-winning book can also be used in a social studies lesson as it contains the true story of Henry and his journey in the underground railroad. The book follows Henry through his experiences in hopes to reach freedom. What does Henry‘s box have to do with his journey? You‘re going to have to read to find out. #ucflae3414su20

Viviannef UDL principle 3.1 Activate or supply background knowledge. ESOL strategy 6 Continually monitor students‘ comprehension. This book would work great as an SR as the teacher could ask students to study/make connections between the illustrations and the text. 4y
Viviannef The resource I have provided includes pre-reading activities to increase background knowledge, discussion questions, and great extension activities. https://www.scholastic.com/content/dam/teachers/lesson-plans/migrated-featured-f... 4y
RamzieM This seems like such a good job!! I love the resource that you chose it will definitely come in handy in our future classrooms. 4y
Emma_Barcena I‘ve been seeing this book around and I definitely want to purchase it! This text would be a great SR, I could even see this is as a RA! I like the resource you provided, it makes me more excited to read and share this book with students! Thank you for a great post :) 4y
DrSpalding Scholastic being the largest publisher of children‘s books in the world, you have made an excellent resource selection. This book is usually considered a biography however I am sure the author took some creative liberty as well. It‘s phenomenal to think that he mailed himself to freedom. Use this in your social studies class! 4y
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ashleyshugars
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Henry‘s Freedom Box, is a wonderful HF book written by Ellen Levine, and illustrated by Kadir Nelson. This beautiful picture book is the winner of the Caldecott Medal. This real story will bring a tear to your eye as you listen to how slavery drove Henry to mail himself in a crate to freedom! Will it pay off for Henry, or will he continue a life of slavery forever? Read to find out! #ucflae3414su20

ashleyshugars This touching story would be a wonderful PR as students can talk about the realism here. Try using this resource for a few activities, questions for reading, and important vocabulary students can do together. https://www.scholastic.com/content/dam/teachers/lesson-plans/migrated-featured-f... This would support UDL strategy 8.3 and ESOL strategy 32. (edited) 4y
Viviannef Hi Ashley! I also made a post about this book! It‘s such an incredible book that should be read in the classroom. This HF B book is great to use in a social studies lesson as well to teach children about the Underground Railroad and slavery. Thank you for your resource, it has amazing ideas and is super useful! Great job 👍🏽 4y
Emma_Barcena Woah! I definitely want to add this to my classroom library! This is a great example of a HF! I actually would love to read this book and integrate this into a PR! Great post :) 4y
DrSpalding Henry was a real person! What genre do you think this is now? This would be an excellent book to use during a civil rights social studies unit. 4y
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Henry‘s Freedom Box is a Caldecott award-winning book about a man named Henry who grew up as a slave. Henry meets a woman who is also a slave named Nancy who he starts a family with. But one day, he is given the news that his family was sold at the slave market. What will Henry do next? Read this book to find out.

The genre is HF. This book would be best told as a story traditionally or digitally (S).

Nkaufmann In doing so, this allows the students to tell the story of this book in a creative manner using visual aids. This will help them to better understand the story by breaking it up into pieces.

The UDL principle 1.1 regarding offering ways of customizing the display of information and the EL principle 17 regarding providing contextual support through audio, visuals, models, demonstrations, realia, body language and facial expressions, can be met
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Nkaufmann by this picture book. Using visual aids can be very helpful because it can help not just ELLs but all students get a better idea of what the story is trying to say and it is also more engaging than just having the students write about the story.

Resource: https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/henrys-freedom...
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DrSpalding Henry was a real person. Now what do you think the genre should be? This is a phenomenal story. Your resource is excellent and provides many different activities for this amazing, award-winning book. Add this book to your classroom library. 4y
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juliap99
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This HF book is about Henry, a slave, that is longing for freedom wants to mail himself to freedom. It‘s great for IR to have students figure out how they can connect this book to prior knowledge ( EL #4) (UDL 3.1). Students can activate their background knowledge of the Underground Railroad and slavery by doing the activities linked here . https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/henrys-freedom...

juliap99 This book is a Caldecott award winning book for its illustrations. 4y
DrSpalding This is a true story! This actually happened which means it is not historical fiction. What genre do you believe it is now? Be sure to expand and incorporate all required elements of the rubric. 4y
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carolinem
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“Henry‘s Freedom Box” written by Ellen Levine and illustrated Kadir Nelson is an incredible B RA about Henry who has no idea how old he is because no one kept record of the slaves birthdays. Henry gets old and marries. He has children and a situation let him to freedom when that became his new birthday. This book won Jane Addams Peace Award and Coretta Scott King Award. #UCFLAE3414SP20

carolinem This is a wonderful resource guide by Scholastic for teachers to guide their students with reading this story. https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/henr 4y
carolinem UDL principle 9.3 which is develop self assessment and reflection which is useful for this book since the level is for older students.
ESOL strategy 44 is focus on thinking skills like predicting, classification, etc which can be used with this book!
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ShardaeP Your description of this book is great. I definitely want to read this book to find out how Henry reaches freedom. 4y
DrSpalding Good for you! This is a biography. It is hard to believe but this actually happened! Scholastic is an excellent resource you should continue to use in future lesson planning. 4y
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peytonfleming
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Review: Henrys Freedom Box, by Ellen Levine, 2007, is a Caldecott Honor winner about the true story of a mans journey to freedom. It has beautiful illustrations and portrays the story very well.
Blurb: I would use this story in my class to talk about slavery. It's a nonfiction tale so its a good resource to use.
Quote: “Henry Brown wasn‘t sure how old he was. Henry was a slave. And slaves weren‘t allowed to know their birthdays.“

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Niaaelizz
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This book is a very good display for young children on slavery and I would use in my classroom definitely!

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Niaaelizz
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“Some slaves were freed by their owners. Henry‘s heart beat fast. Maybe the master would free him.”

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Niaaelizz
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This book is a great take on slavery as it is kid friendly and has a great approach to introducing slavery: the idea that Henry ships himself off to freedom can be a less brutal approach on the reality of how things were for slaves. The book still provides a lot of important aspects/facts for children to know about.

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mollywimmers1
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“welcome to Philadelphia“

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my favorite part was when the two men flipped the box over to sit on it and the illustration was funny.

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mollywimmers1
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I loved this book, such a good story of history. I really liked the illustrationsand the way the story flowed

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“But something‘s missing..”

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Cd053917
Henrys Freedom Box | Ellen & Kadir Nelson Levine

This book is a wonderful story about a young slave who undergoes many hardships! I will definitely incorporate this into my classroom!

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Cd053917
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“Henry‘s Freedom Box” was written by Ellen & Kadir Nelson Levine in 2007. This book is a wonderful example of historical fiction by telling a story about a young black slave who escapes and has to make a new life.

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“At last Henry had a birthday - March 30, 1849, his first day of freedom! And from that day on, he also had a middle name. Everyone called him Henry “BOX“ Brown.“

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I would use this book in my classroom to explain the Underground Railroad and slavery and everyone's fight for freedom, no matter how crazy the ways were. The book is easy to comprehend but it's an emotional piece because of how real and accurate the situation was.

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Henry'd Freedom Box written by Ellen Levine. Tells the true story from the Underground Railroad about Henry Brown and his journey to freedom by mailing himself to Philadelphia. The details of the person, place and time as well as values and norms of the culture depicted is historically correct.

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easch
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“I‘m afraid he will sell our children” I don‘t like this quote but it spoke to me. I could never imagine being afraid of something like that. Having you children is one of the greatest things and having to worry about that is horrible.

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easch
Henry's Freedom Box | Ellen Levine

I would read this to my class. I think they would be surprised to hear that children were taken away from their families and you had to work or you would be beaten. I think it is important to teach children these things.

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easch
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Henry‘s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine, 2007. This book was a tough one to read. It‘s easy to forget what slaves went through. The horrific truth that they were ripped away from their families and had to watch their own children be sold like animals. I couldn‘t even imagine. At the end Henry was finally free after being suffocated in that box but the book never said where his family ended up.

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“At last Henry had a birthday - March 30, 1849, his first day of freedom!”

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ev844718
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I think this book can be very knowledgeable for the kids! It teaches them at a young age how things were in the past.

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ev844718
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Henry‘s Freedom Box is written by Ellen Levine and was published in 2007. The book is about a young boy who was a slave. He was controlled by a master & had to deal with losing his family members. However, he was placed in a box and able to escape.

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abbychlosta
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“He tried to forget what Nancy had said.”

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abbychlosta
Henrys Freedom Box | Ellen & Kadir Nelson Levine

This is a great story to teach children about what it was like to be a slave and all that they had to deal with. It would also be a great book to read as an introduction for the Underground Railroad.