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Harriet Tubman
Track #
19656
Annotations by:
Delilah Gibson
Track Category
Grade(s):
Intermediate (3-4)
Subjects(s):
Social Sciences
Last Modified:
Mar 24, 2000
Format:
Resource list
Track Description
This track is a Unit on Harriet Tubman and her work on the Underground Railroad. It addresses Tennessee Social Studies Framework for grades 3-5. The standards used are numbers one and four under History and standard four under Geography. Some of the objectives addressed in this unit are (1)Students will be able to identify famous people and events of the Civil War era. (2) Students will be able to identify hardships Tubman encountered by giving an explanation of what they would do in a similiar situation (3) Students will be able to list as a group 2 positive and 2 negative effects of slavery. (4) Students will be able to create a timeline with 10 historical events that occured during Tubman's lifetime. (5) Students will be able to create "routes to freedom" and identify approximate distances and time for each route.
The book Follow the Drinking Gourd is used along with this unit.