The Underground Railroad {1830-1860} and Harriet Tubman {1820-1913}
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad is a topic that is very familiar to us.
Near the area in which we lived is this marker...
and this plaque...
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This is the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad scenic highway, which shows important people and places to Harriet Tubman and the route in which she often took to lead others to freedom.
We listened to Follow the Drinking Gourd on CD in our car.
We colored maps...
and reviewed the Big Dipper (or Drinking Gourd, or in Australia they call it the Saucepan...have you had any other names for it?), as we have studied it before.
We made star cupcakes which we could then arrange into constellations before consuming.
We have already done some activities with quilt squares, but this time we looked at them in terms of tools to help the underground railroad and the secret messages they could send, which got the boys interested in secret spy missions in general.
We listened to Follow the Drinking Gourd on CD in our car.
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| Alex's (age 18, special education) notebook page |
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| James' (age 11) notebook page |
books:
- Follow The Drinking Gourd (Book on CD by Rabbit Ears)
- The Underground Railroad, Raymond Bial
- Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman, Dorothy Sterling (4th grade/age 9 and up)
- The Last Safe House: A Story of the Underground Railroad, Barbara Greenwood (3rd grade/age 8 and up), has hands-on activities.
related posts:
inspiration and sources:
inspiration and sources:
- Follow the Drinking Gourd at Delightful Learning
- Lapbook at Homeschool Share
- Star Cut-Out Cupcakes at Helping Little Hands
- Underground Railroad Quilt Guide at Really Good Stuff
- Star Wheel at Family Fun
- Reliving the Underground Railroad at Adventures in Mommydom
