search
search
user.png
vertical menu
Activities > Activities By Subject > Social Studies Activities > American Dream Activities

Harriet Tubman's Life and Achievements eBook

Harriet Tubman's Life and Achievements eBook preview
Harriet Tubman's Life and Achievements eBook preview
Harriet Tubman's Life and Achievements eBook preview 2
Harriet Tubman's Life and Achievements eBook preview 3
Harriet Tubman's Life and Achievements eBook preview 4
Harriet Tubman's Life and Achievements eBook preview 5
Harriet Tubman's Life and Achievements eBook preview 6

Look Inside · 10 pages · answer key included

Growing Up in Slavery: students read about Minty's 1820 Maryland birth, family and plantation work, beside her photograph
Opening read-aloud on Tubman's childhood
Reading on Minty's head injury, 1849 escape with her brothers and their return, with a $300 runaway reward notice
Primary-source talk: examine the reward notice
Journeys to Freedom: text on Minty's solo 90-mile escape by the North Star and the Fugitive Slave Law, with a woodcut
Map follow-up: trace the route north to freedom
Passage on rescuing niece Kessiah, the name 'Moses' and winter Saturday departures, with a painting of escapees in snow
Discussion: why leave on Saturday nights?
Reading on 300 people led north and Underground Railroad helpers like Thomas Garrett, with a Frederick Douglass portrait
Build a who-helped list for a class chart
Tubman's Work during the Civil War: text on Union Army nursing, John Brown and the Harpers Ferry raid, with an engraving
Link to a Civil War causes unit
Passage on the Combahee River Raid freeing 700 people and her postwar Auburn, New York home, with an engraving of her
Close reading: her roles as spy and scout
Later Life and Legacy: reading on suffrage work, her 1913 death and honors, with a family photo and a Tubman quote
Wrap-up: how is she remembered today?
Closing reflection asking 'What difference will you make in this world?' with a question mark and small figures
Journal prompt or exit-ticket reflection

Answer key included

Answer key included
Attributes
Subject

Social Studies, Biographies

Grades

Grade 3, 4, 5, 6

Types
File

PDF

Editable
No
Author
Anyone Can Learn
Rating
Add To Collection
Add to collection Add to collection

About This Product

This resource is a social studies eBook titled Explore More About Harriet Tubman's Life and Achievements.

It is an 18-page book full of information about Harriet Tubman. Students will learn about her early life, her impact on slavery, and so much more.

What's Included

1 PDF with 18 ready to print pages

Resource Tags

abolitionists slavery Harriet Tubman biographies history ebook

0 Reviews

Explore related searches