Harriet Tubman: Guide to Freedom

We are going to read Harriet Tubman: Guide to Freedom a story that describes the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman's role in helping free the slaves in the south in the 1800s.  Before we read the story in our textbook, you are going to learn a little about The Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman by watching a video, completing a web quest and completing an interactive journey on The Underground Railroad yourself.

Watch Underground Railroad on PBS. See more from History Detectives.
Click here to watch a video about Harriet Tubman

Your assignment is to complete the web quest on Harriet Tubman. Follow the directions on the sheet and learn more about Harriet Tubman. There is a copy of the webquest questions posted on Google Classroom.

Click here to go to interactive Underground Railroad site







Further Reading-
Click here to go to our Follet Book Shelf in Library Resources on the Barnard Webpage -you will need to log in-
username: guest
password: barnard
From the virtual bookshelf choose either Go Free or Die or How Did Slaves Find a Route? and read more about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad.  
Then show what you know.  Add three tags to the Harriet Tubman Thinglink. 
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1.  Image with a caption
2.  Link to a website/video that adds to our knowledge of the topic
3.  Fact or detail that tells more about the image you put your tag on