Congratulations on completing the Monument to the Underground Railroad FreedomQuest. The Freedom Center is interested in seeing your design and posting it on our web site.

Though this has been a "pretend" project, the task you have completed is similar to real world situations. The Freedom Center is not actually planning to build a monument to the Underground Railroad, but other groups are. The National Park Service and a grass roots organization in southern New York are both considering new monuments to the Underground Railroad. Meanwhile, the Freedom Center is acquiring public art related to slavery and the Underground Railroad to display in our building when it opens. We invite you to visit the Freedom Center when our new facility opens in the summer of 2004 on the bank of the Ohio River at Cincinnati.

We hope working on this project has inspired you to practice the lessons of the Underground Railroad-courage, cooperation, perseverance, and desire for freedom-in your own life.

	Who would you want to be the audience for the monument you designed?
	What message(s) would you want them to leave with after viewing your monument?
	In our society, who should decide: which monuments get built? where they will be placed? who gets shown in them? which causes get memorialized?
	Do you think monuments or statues have the power to change people's attitudes? Why or why not?
	What is your favorite monument in your local community? Why?
	What new monuments would you like to see in your local community? Why?
	What did you like best about completing this project?
	How would you rate your participation in the project?
	What did you learn from this project?

	Take a survey of monuments in your community. Create a features chart to compare them.
	Create a video or photographic journal of local monuments, sculpture, and memorials.
	Check out these September 11 memorials created by young students. Click on students' names to see and read about their memorials. Which one(s) do you like best? www.lcen-hs.eu.odedodea.edu/middle/socstud/memorial/
	At this site, you'll find monuments designed by older students. Click on each title. www.theseminarroom.net/seminar/monuments/monument.htm
	Continue reading and learning about the Underground Railroad. Select a children's book on the subject each week to read.
	Have fun exploring this site about public sculpture. SOS4KIDS (Save Outdoor Sculpture for Kids) was created just for kids and has several fun activities! www.heritagepreservation.org/programs/SOS/4kids/s4khome.htm
	Using your local library or historical society, research the original dedication of a local monument or sculpture, then reenact it.
	As a class, volunteer to clean-up the grounds of a local monument or help landscape it.