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Author:
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Brian Dunbar
NASA
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This video segment explores how slaves traveling on the Underground Railroad used astronomy to guide them. Viewers learn that the slaves located the North Star by finding the Drinking Gourd, also known as the Big Dipper, which pointed to the star.
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underground railroad, nasa, children's literature, astronomy, drinking gourd
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Grade School,
Middle School
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Language:
English
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