This is book carries a powerful message about american histo. After the class has learned the song, reread the text, pausing to have the class sing the song segments. If you need more background information, you can start with the book section a note about the. Have students study the faces of the runaway slaves as illustrated in the book. 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. A copy of the song, follow the drinking gourd, you can play for the students.
Follow the drinking gourd contained coded instructions on how and when to escape, and directions for traveling to safe havens along the way. Many families use fiar for all but the grammarreading and math, and others use it in conjunction with other resources. However, education world offers a number of lesson plans and activities specifically developed for womens history month. This is an original lesson plan for follow the drinking gourd by winter. Education world offers a number of lesson plans and activities specifically developed for womens history month. Students will be divided into 3 groups and will design original choreography for the refrain of the song. Winters story begins with a pegleg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the underground railroad. Follow the drinking gourd supposedly encodes escape instructions and a map. Chorus follow the drinking gourd, follow the drinking gourd, where the great big river meets the little river.
If you are interested in more information, or to see the complete booklist, check out our main page, more fiar inspired literaturebased lesson plans, especially for homeschool and homeschool coops. If necessary, engage a music teachers assistance in order to accurately decipher the musical score. Social studies book social studies lesson plans post reading activities music activities teaching american history history lesson plans middle school history underground. Follow the drinking gourd when the sun comes back and the first quail calls, the river ends between two hills, follow the drinking gourd. After reading follow the drinking gourd have students study the faces of the runaway slaves as illustrated in the book. What to discuss before and after reading the book by jeanette winter.
Here are some ideas for how to structure a kids yoga lesson based on the book follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter ground in. The teacher will need a copy of jeanette winters book follow the drinking gourd optional resource. Teach the kids a balance pose from the lesson, falling star. Follow the drinking gourd is a book featured in five in a row, a literaturebased unit study curriculum. Explain the story of the drinking gourd to your child and its importance in helping to direct the fleeing slaves to freedom. These directions then enabled fleeing slaves to make their way north from mobile, alabama to the ohio river and freedom. There are questions about its authenticity, but if accurate, drinking.
Follow the drinking gourd is a book featured in five in a row, a literaturebased unit. Follow the drinking gourd lesson plan for prek 2nd. The lesson plan for grades 912 covers the material from this lesson and also goes into latitude, longitude, right ascension and declination. Jun 23, 2018 here are some ideas for how to structure a kids yoga lesson based on the book follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter ground in. The teacher will read the book, follow the drinking gourd, by jeanette winter and will remind students of how the song of the same name acts as a coded map to lead slaves to freedom. Follow the drinking gourd story and pictures by jeanette winter. Even though we find this song in the third grade music book, it most definitely is not a third grade song. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter lesson plan and. The route instructions were given to slaves by an old man named peg leg.
Follow the drinking gourd bound to stay bound books. Sojourner was familiar with the song, follow the drinking gourd. 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 drinkin gourd how spirituals helped slaves. Find follow the drinking gourd lesson plans and teaching resources. Sequence, main events, and theme, a lesson in three parts. The teacher will need a copy of jeanette winters book follow the drinking gourd. One of the great books i have found is follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter isbn 0679819975. Images from the graue mill one of the stops along the underground railroad, gettysburg, and civil war era photos set to richie havens the drinking gourd from the song of the civil war ken. The drinking gourd refers to the hollowed out gourd used by slaves and other rural americans as a water dipper. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. They are following the drinking gourd, a constellation in the northern sky that points the way to freedom.
Discuss with the student the difficulties the slaves has during the trip i. From a highlyrespected picture book authorillustrator comes a lyrical evocation of philippe petits 1974 tightrope walk. Introductionfollow the drinking gourd betterlesson. White boardmarkers to facilitate discussion for older students. In this unit, i have included a one week lesson plan, vocabulary, a nonfiction reading passage and quiz about the big dipper, a copy of the poem follow the. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter from the bookflap. While working for plantation owners, peg leg joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd the big dipper. Students watch and then discuss what part of the solar system they will chose to represent. Lesson plan follow the drinking gourd in class internet access. Mar 17, 2003 follow the drinking gourd lesson plan.
Follow the drinking gourd follow the drinking gourd for the old man 1 for to carry you to freedom if you follow the drinking gourd. Read the book follow the drinking gourd to your students. Of all the routes out of the deep south, this is the only one for which the details survive. He helps them find their way to the underground railroad. Prepared by the center for the history of physics at aip 1 lesson plan follow the drinking gourd in class internet access computers for each group of 35 students. Fullcolor paintings and a simple text brings history to life and make it understandable for young readers. Follow the drinking gourd is a coded song that gives the route for an escape from alabama and mississippi. Resisting claims of a coded message in the african american spiritual follow the drinking gourd. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines. Looking through the lenses of history this book has a lot of appeal, it brings to the for front the movement of the underground rail. Follow the drinking gourd was based on an askeric lesson plan. When the sun comes back means winter and spring when the altitude of the sun at noon is higher each day. Looking through the lenses of history this book has a lot of appeal, it brings to the for front the movement of the underground rail road and makes it into a story of a single family.
Watch a video regarding the solar systemwatch a video regarding the underground railroad and the use of the constellations for the african americans escape. Underground railroad book activity ms word document underground railroad direction sheet ms word document underground railroad lesson plan ms word document. The students will learn about the song follow the drinking gourd, the lyrics, and the meaning through a picture book written by jeanette winters and the creation. This readers theater script for the drinking gourd, by f.
This follow the drinking gourd lesson plan is suitable for prek 2nd grade. Follow the drinking gourd extension activities scholastic. Lesson plans, unit studies, teacher resource curriculum, and hands on ideas. As the conversation continues, reinforce ideas that refer to visualization as a. See more ideas about underground railroad, five in a row and gourds. The drinking gourd song was supposedly used by an underground railroad operative to encode escape instructions and a map. Then ask her to take a look at the picture of what this constellation looks like and remember it. Read the book follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter to the class.
The big dipper was known as the drinking gourd and the slaves learned how to follow the gourd in the sky to take them to a life free of slavery. For the old man is awaiting for to carry you to freedom, theres another river on the other side, if you follow the drinking gourd. Lesson plan about social science from reading rainbow created by reading rainbow view the pdf share. Follow the drinking gourd lesson plan for grades 912. Follow the drinking gourd discussion guide scholastic. Discuss the solar system and all of its components. Use a lesson that is designed to establish the skill of visualizing for primary students, using the story follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. For the old man is waiting for to carry you to freedom, if you follow the drinking gourd. In this lesson plan, students will learn how african americans escaping slavery on the underground railroad relayed their knowledge of astronomy to one another, and how they used that knowledge to find their way to freedom. Pause reading the book when you get to this part of the song and discuss student ideas.
The american folksong follow the drinking gourd was first published in 1928. Dec 03, 2008 images from the graue mill one of the stops along the underground railroad, gettysburg, and civil war era photos set to richie havens the drinking gourd from the song of the civil war ken. Follow the drinking gourd is a historical fiction book about slavery. It is an authentic song from the time of the underground railroad, and was so very important in communicating the plans and secret codes necessary for a successful slave. Goalongs, printables, topical resources, and more for follow the drinking. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. Follow the drinking gourd lesson plan for prek 2nd grade.
Follow the drinking gourd jeanette winter, author alfred a. In this lesson, students use clues from the text to create their own images and imagine how characters are thinking and feeling. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. Ask students to explain in their own words how much they know about slavery in our history. 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. Teach your kids and students yoga through books, stories, and.
In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. In this unit, i have included a one week lesson plan, vocabulary, a nonfiction reading passage and quiz about the big dipper, a copy of the poem follow the drinking gourd and a link to the song. Tommy learns that his father has hidden the family in the barn until he can take them across the river at night. When the sun comes back 2 and the first quail 3 calls follow the drinking gourd for the old man is awaiting for to carry you to freedom if you follow the drinking gourd. This lesson plan was inspired by the music k8 recording of follow the drinking gourd from music k8, vol. Fifth graders complete a short unit on slavery and the u. When the sun comes back and the first quail calls follow the drinking gourd, for the old man is awaiting for to carry you to freedom if you follow the drinking gourd the riverbank makes a very good road. Appendix teachers guide to follow the drinking gourd. Ask her to then take a sheet of black paper, which will represent the night. This book inserts the song into a story about peg leg joe and how he traveled from plantation to plantation and taught the song to the slaves, giving them directions to freedom. Mar 22, 20 follow the drinking gourd is a story of slavery and escape in the mid1800s. 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. Left foot, peg foot, traveling on, follow the drinking gourd.
Follow the drinking gourd paperback by jeanette winter a great story of following directions if you look at its simplest form. The drinking gourd referred to the constellation known as the big dipper which guided them northward along waterways and mountain passes. When tommys father comes home, they hide the runaways in a hay wagon and drive them to the river. Peg leg joe teaches slaves the words to a song, which are actually the directions for following the underground railroad to freedom. Help the class learn the follow the drinking gourd song as written in the back of the book. 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. S11e06 reading rainbow follow the drinking gourd youtube. He would help the slave owner around the plantation but then at night he would teach the slaves who worked on the plantation a song that would lead them to freedom. A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the historical fiction mentor text picture book follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. Follow the drinking gourd was based on an askeric lesson plan, which is no longer available on the web. A story of the underground railroad 2nd grade books, guide. Follow the drinking gourd was supposedly used by engineers in the underground railroad to direct slaves to freedom.
This is a book study of the drinking gourd by fn monjo. They read a picture book to learn the story of how harriet tubman and peg leg joe led slaves to freedom. Thanks for looking around, and welcome to the site. Its also a story about people helping other people. The moose came to him a while ago and he knew, just knew, that it was meant to be his. Students create an art project based on follow the drinking gourd, a song used to guide slaves to freedom during the civil war. A story of the underground railroad study unit worksheets for teachers to print. That map is a song called follow the drinking gourd. In this interdisciplinary lesson plan, 4th graders listen to the book, follow the drinking gourd, which demonstrates the types of communication used by slaves traveling the underground.
The lesson plan is 90 minutes long and it includes pre, during, and post reading activities, internet activities, song lyrics, kwl chart, wordfind, and vocabulary. The underground railroad meant freedom for many in the years before emancipation, and it had a map. An old white sailor named peg leg joe wanted to help free the slaves. Monjo, deals with tommy discovering runaway slaves hidden in his fathers barn. Lesson plan about black history from reading rainbow. The true story of follow the drinking gourd casandersdotnet. Monjo, underground railroad, late 1700s 1860, slavery, harriet tubman, canada.
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