Discussion topics during/after reading: 

• What do the students know about slavery and the Underground Railroad?
• How can a quilt tell a story? Are there other symbols or codes that communicate without words?
• Discuss the use of simile and metaphor in this story.  Have the student find metaphors and similes in the book and discuss them.  How can the night be like a quilt?

Journal/Writing ideas

• Have students draw a map of the journey described in the book.
• Have students draw a quilt that sends a message