ILA Presentation 4th Grade HistoryGLCE 4-H3.0.7 Use case studies or stories to describe the ideas and actions of individuals involved in the Underground Railroad in Michigan and in the Great Lakes region.

By: Ann Marie Arseneau

Case Study: Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist. She led hundreds of

enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad.

Books

A biography of the 19th century woman who escaped slavery and helped many other slaves get to freedom on the URR.

Who Was Harriet Tubman?---Yona Zeldis

Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (Caldecott Honor Book)

This poetic book is a resounding tribute to Tubman's strength, humility, and devotion. With proper reverence, Weatherford and Nelson do justice to the woman who, long ago, earned over and over the name Moses.

Caldecott Winner

Moses Book Read Aloud Video

Books

An introduction to the life and work of Harriet Tubman, who helped free slaves through the Underground Railroad and continued helping freed slaves after the Civil War.

Harriet Tubman -Wil Mara

A biography of the black woman whose cruel experiences as a slave in the South led her to seek freedom in the North for herself and for others through the Underground Railroad.

Go Free or Die -Jeri Ferris

PoetryHarriet Tubmanby Eloise Greenfield

Harriet Tubman didn't take no stuffWasn't scared of nothing neitherDidn't come in this world to be no slaveAnd wasn't going to stay one either

"Farewell!" she sang to her friends one nightShe was mighty sad to leave 'emBut she ran away that dark, hot nightRan looking for her freedom

She ran to the woods and she ran through the woodsWith the slave catcher right behind herAnd she kept on going till she got to the NorthWhere those mean men couldn't find her

Nineteen times she went back SouthTo get three hundred othersShe ran for her freedom nineteen timesTo save black sisters and brothers

Harriet Tubman didn't take no stuffWasn't scared of nothing neitherDidn't come in this world to be no slaveAnd didn't stay one eitherAnd didn't stay one either

PoetryThey Shall Run (Harriet Tubman Poems) By: Quraysh Ali LansanaThe spirit and voice of Harriet Tubman is captured in this verse. The poems traces the journeys of Tubman and her fugitives through the backwoods of America while taking a look at the cruelty of slavery.

What, When, Where, Why Poems about Harriet Tubman written by a class of 2nd graders. Great examples for students to use for their own HT poems.Poems About Harriet Tubman (2nd Grade Authors)

ArtworkHarriet Tubman Leading The Way

Harriet Tubman Leading The Way. It is part of my Underground Railroad series and features Harriet Tubman who is helping the escaping slaves as they continue their perilous journey towards freedom.

Artist: Janice Northcutt Huse

Harriet Tubman Hounds In The Distance

Harriet, in the latter stages of her life was still saving people, even though she had already reached her own freedom. This depicts Harriet at various stages of her illustrious life.

Artist: Everna Taylor

Because many slaves knew the secret meanings of these songs, they could be used to signal many things. Harriet Tubman used the song “Wade in the Water” to tell escaping slaves to get off the trail and into the water to make sure the dogs slavecatchers used couldn’t sniff out their trail. People walking through water did not leave a scent trail that dogs could follow. The words of "Wade in the Water."

Chorus: Wade in the Water, wade in the water children. Wade in the Water. God's gonna trouble the water.

Who are those children all dressed in Red? God's gonna trouble the water. Must be the ones that Moses led. God's gonna trouble the water.

Chorus.

Who are those children all dressed in White? God's gonna trouble the water. Must be the ones of the Israelites. This website has a few songs relating to Harriet TubmanGod's gonna trouble the water.

Music

Chorus.

Who are those children all dressed in Blue? God's gonna trouble the water. Must be the ones that made it through. God's gonna trouble the water.Chorus.

Songs Harriet Tubman

Wade In The Water AUDIO

Videos

Harriet Tubman Documentary

In this edited documentary of Harriet Tubman, aimed at middle-school and high school students, Harriet Tubman and her contributions to history are presented.Harriet Tubman Documentary

*This website offers free educational videos for grades K-12

WebsitesWebHunt: Harriet Tubman

Tubman Museum

Tubman Museum is located in Georgia, but the website has a lot of free information about Tubman and AA history with an emphasis for the artwork.

WebHunt website for Harriet Tubman through scholastic.com & the hunt links to many different websites featuring Harriet Tubman

WebsitesAll About Harriet Tubman Website

This website offers a lot of information about HT with information about historical places and documents and links to kid material as well.

WebsitesHT Biography

Find the latest research and information about Harriet Tubman, her family, the places she lived and worked, the people she knew and loved, and her activities on the Underground Railroad by navigating through this website.

More Lesson Plan Ideas

More Lesson Resources On URR and HT

CitationsScholastic. (n.d.). Tubman Web Hunt. Retrieved from http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/harriet_tubman.htm

Greenfield, E. (2006, August 26). [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://poetryforchildren.blogspot.com/2006/08/poetry-and-girlpower.html

Good Reads. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/869718.They_Shall_Run

Harriet Tubman Poems. (2007, February 25). Retrieved from http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/5wpoems.htm

Grant, P. (n.d.). Watchknowlearn. Retrieved from http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=3011

PWTSMultiMedia. (n.d.). Harriet tuman website. Retrieved from http://www.harriettubman.com/index.html

Harriet tubman biography. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.harriettubmanbiography.com/index.html

Northcutt, J. (n.d.). Harriet tubman leading the way. Retrieved from ttp://janicehuse.com/

Taylor, E. (n.d.). Hounds in the distance. Retrieved from http://fineartamerica.com/featured/harriet-tubman-hounds-in-the-distance-everna-taylor.html

Pathways to freedom. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://pathways.thinkport.org/secrets/music2.cfm

Rigby. (n.d.). Go free or die mrs.rigby’s class projects. Retrieved from http://www.teachers.cr.k12.de.us/~galgano/ht.htm