Aunt harriets underground railroad in the sky 1st2nd grade ms word. In this songs worksheet, 2nd graders read and sing the song dixie, follow the drinking gourd, and when johnny comes marching home. Follow the drinking gourd book activity guide with images book. Drinking gourd, the book 2nd grade books, guide for school, cc cycle. The drinking gourd, otherwise known as the big dipper, helped to lead slaves to canada. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter from the bookflap. They read a picture book to learn the story of how harriet tubman and peg leg joe led slaves to freedom. For the old man is waiting for to carry you to freedom, if you follow the drinking gourd. Help the class learn the follow the drinking gourd song as written in the back of the book. Lesson plan from smithsonian national museum of american history created by smithsonian national museum of. Jun 09, 1970 this book is a great entry way into slavery for children.
Used here it is a code name for the big dipper star formation, which points to polaris, the pole star, and north. Follow the drinking gourd lesson plan for grades 912. A couple, their son, and two others make continue reading. The drinking gourd song was supposedly used by an underground railroad operative to encode escape instructions and a map. After the class has learned the song, reread the text, pausing to have the class sing the song segments. Follow the drinking gourd is a book that recounts the story of an old white man, pegleg joe who helped lead slaves to freedom on the underground railroad by teaching them a song to follow the drinking gourd the big dipper. It appears in jeanette winters follow the drinking gourd, bernardine connellys book of the same name and f. Prior to this activity, the teacher presents background information on the way in which poetry and songs have been used throughout history as a means of conveying hidden ideas. The lesson plan for grades 912 covers the material from this lesson and also goes into latitude, longitude, right ascension and. Assessment assess students on the finished art project, student participation during discussion and singing, and ability to recall information by answering questions after reading the story. For those that dont know the tale, the drinking gourd is the big dipper and runaway slaves used to follow it north to freedom. In this craft your child will create her own drinking gourd to hang in her window.
It is a book that depicts the underground railroad through the tale of two boys. This book is a great entry way into slavery for children. When tommys father comes home, they hide the runaways in a. The underground railroad meant freedom for many in the years before emancipation, and it had a map. When the sun comes back and the first quail calls, follow the drinking gourd.
The river ends between two hills, follow the drinking gourd. After that, students will be asked to brainstorm other ways they think that slaves may have been able to escape. This is an original lesson plan for follow the drinking gourd by winter. Wonderful this book would be wonderful for children with background info from teachers or parents. This book activity guide is designed to go with the book follow the drinking gourd, story and pictures by jeanette winter. Harriet tubman 2nd 3rd grade ms word document 3rd readings. Published by user, 19 years ago i used this book to help fulfill a story project requirement for my childrens literature class at kent state university. Tommy learns that his father has hidden the family in the barn until he can take them across the river at night. Students explore the hidden meaning of follow the drinking gourd and create secret directions for finding their own school. They read and analyze the book, follow the drinking gourd, compose their own secret song, complete an abraham lincoln crossword puzzle, and dramatize a historical.
Third grades performance of follow the drinking gourd. Use a lesson that is designed to establish the skill of visualizing for primary students. When the sun comes back means winter and spring when the altitude of the sun at noon is higher each day. This lesson is designed to establish the skill of visualizing for primary students, using the story follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. Follow the drinking gourd lesson plan for prek 2nd grade. If necessary, engage a music teachers assistance in order to accurately decipher the musical score. They are following the drinking gourd, a constellation in the northern sky that points the way to freedom. In other words, it is not possible that escaping slaves sang, for the old man is awaiting for to carry you to freedom, since that line was written 80 years after the end of the civil war. Dec 28, 2014 follow the drinking gourd book activity guide from right down the middle with andrea on 16 pages five in a row school plan 2nd grade reading music activities folk music teaching music black history month reading skills third grade. We wanted to create a flexible guideline in order to help guide the lesson, but to leave most of the decisions up to the teacher within their own classroom with their particular students.
Encourage students to write and discuss their ideas with the other students in their group. Discuss with the student the difficulties the slaves has during the trip i. Students read and sing these songs many times during the month. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter this story is a perfect music teacherclassroom teacher collaboration book that includes the music and words for a song used on the underground railroad. I looked through a dozen books and stories and settled on the book. Science teaching literature community resources for science. Prek and kindergarten lesson plans elementary lesson plans middle school. In this lesson, students use clues from the text to create their own images and imagine how characters are thinking and feeling. This is a story about the underground railroad in the precivil war days of 1840 when africans began to break the cruel. There are 38 lesson plans in this book divided into the following categories. Aunt harriets underground railroad in the sky, follow the drinking gourd. Tanner for preparing our students for todays performances.
Follow the drinking gourd discussion guide scholastic. This book can give children the scaffolding they need to begin to learn about such a large and complex topic. Students create an art project based on follow the drinking gourd, a song used to guide slaves to freedom during the civil war. Pupils read the story follow the drinking gourd and complete discussions questions as they read the story. Worksheets are water wise work, lesson 1 filtering water, teacher resources lesson 6 water treatment, t water cycle water c, lesson 2 treatment of water teachers guide, first grade water, water muddle up and clean up lesson plan, teacher and activity guide. Even though lessons are divided into categories, many overlap and focus on similar issues.
For the old man is awaiting for to carry you to freedom if you follow the drinking gourd. Follow the drinking gourd book activity guide from right down the middle with andrea on 16 pages five in a row school plan 2nd grade reading music activities folk music teaching music black history month reading skills third grade. The drinking gourd referred to the constellation known as the big dipper which guided them northward along waterways and mountain passes. The river bank makes a mighty good road, dead trees will show you the way, and the left foot, peg foot, traveling on, just you follow the drinking gourd. Before teaching the minilesson and sending students off to collaborate with peers prepare materials. Displaying all worksheets related to cleaning drinking water. Respect, responsibility, honestytrust, caring fairness, perseverance, selfdiscipline, courage, citizenship, and life skills. Junior ranger activity book from the national parks service.
Early learning prek kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade. The teacher will need a copy of jeanette winters book follow the drinking gourd optional resource. This craft is an excellent way to learn about africanamerican history, and it also provides fine motor practice. In this comprehension lesson plan, students also make a map and create a constellation. A story of the underground railroad study unit worksheets for teachers to print. Follow the drinking gourd is a book featured in five in a row, a literaturebased unit study curriculum. That map is a song called follow the drinking gourd.
The lesson plan is 90 minutes long and it includes pre, during, and post reading activities, internet activities, kwl chart, wordfind, vocabulary, background knowledge, reading comprehension questions. Fifth graders complete a short unit on slavery and the u. Follow the drinking gourd is a hit with 2nd graders. To my delight and surprise, my son exclaimed, oooooh, but stefani barbatochild safety elementary music must.
The teacher will need a copy of jeanette winters book follow the drinking gourd. Underground railroad book activity ms word document. Follow the drinking gourd extension activities scholastic. The drinking gourd study guide by colleen schreurs for the book by f. The drinking gourd rise and shine i can read level 3. Follow the drinking gourd was based on an askeric lesson plan, which is. Once in canada, slaves gained their freedom and were no longer an object owned by a master. Cleaning drinking water worksheets lesson worksheets.
Follow the drinking gourd book activity guide with. See more ideas about underground railroad, five in a row and black history. Have students study the faces of the runaway slaves as illustrated in the book. Using the night sky constellations worksheet as a guide, draw the big dipper on the board explain that this group of stars, part of the ursa major, or big bear, constellation looks a bit like a drinking ladle. The common thread of all the books on the crs science book list is good writing and accurate science content. Mar 17, 2003 follow the drinking gourd lesson plan. Sometimes songs were also used along with patterns in quilts to guide runaway slaves north such as follow the drinking gourd. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
What is the hidden meaning in follow the drinking gourd. Refer back to the book following the drinking gourd and the discussion about. Also useful for an adult faith discussion on liberation theology. A copy of the song, follow the drinking gourd, you can play for the students. Read the book follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter to the class. If necessary, engage a music teachers assistance in order to accurately decipher the. Weber reads frederick douglass and harriet jacobs lesson plan. Musical explorers cd or online audio, musical explorers student guide time required. May 19, 2014 third grade s performance of follow the drinking gourd. Many families use fiar for all but the grammarreading and math, and others use it in conjunction with other resources. They read a picture book to learn the story of how harriet tubman and peg leg. This follow the drinking gourd lesson plan is suitable for 2nd 4th grade. Lesson plan about social science from reading rainbow created by reading rainbow.
Jun 23, 2018 i looked through a dozen books and stories and settled on the book. Winters story begins with a pegleg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the underground railroad. Follow the drinking gourd lesson plan for 2nd 4th grade. Follow the drinkin gourd, we gonna follow the drinking gourd is from the woodum original. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. The american folksong follow the drinking gourd was first published in 1928. Lesson plans, unit studies, teacher resource curriculum, and hands on ideas. Introductionfollow the drinking gourd betterlesson. Runaway slaves would follow the socalled drinking gourd to the north to find freedom. The one black boy is following the drinking gourd big dipper to find his way north to freedom. The drinking gourd alludes to the hollowed out gourd used by slaves and other rural americans as a water dipper. Best read alouds for black history month picture book brain.
There are questions about its authenticity, but if accurate, drinking. Follow the drinking gourd book activity guide with images. Reading excerpts from the book will graphically illustrate to the students how slaves traveled on slave ships, and provide accurate historical information on the issue of slavery in america. Read the book follow the drinking gourd to your students. Black history month lesson plans from the teachers guide.
Extension activity for follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. This lesson plan was inspired by the music k8 recording of follow the drinking gourd from music k8, vol. Add that this term may have come from africa, where it was sometimes seen as a drinking gourd. See more ideas about underground railroad, teaching social studies, history lessons. Maps with routes of the slaves maps with clearly marked mileage in the key winter, jeanette 1998. The narrative then focuses on one slave family, molly, james and isaiah, about to be broken up through the sale of their father. Used here it is a code name for the big dipper star. Explain that this group of stars, part of the ursa major, or big bear, constellation looks a bit like a drinking ladle. For the old man is waiting for to carry you to freedom. They read a picture book to learn the story of how harriet tubman and peg leg joe led. This follow the drinking gourd lesson plan is suitable for prek 2nd grade. I used this book after reading a simple biography about harriet tubman and watching some utubes about the folk song follow the drinking gourd with an adult literacy class.
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