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 Lesson Objectives

Core Content Objectives

Students will:

 Demonstrate familiarity with slavery and the controversy over

slavery in the United States

 Describe the life and contributions of Harriet Tubman

 Identify the Underground Railroad as a system of escape for

enslaved Africans in the United States

 Demonstrate familiarity with the poem “Harriet Tubman”

 Demonstrate familiarity with the song “Follow the Drinking Gourd”

Language Arts Objectives

The following language arts objectives are addressed in this

lesson. Objectives aligning with the Common Core State

Standards are noted with the corresponding standard in

parentheses. Refer to the Alignment Chart in the Introduction for

additional standards addressed in all lessons in this domain.

Students will:

 Determine the meaning of the poem “Harriet Tubman” (RL.2.2)

 Determine the meaning of the song “Follow the Drinking Gourd”

(RL.2.2)

 Use information gained from an illustration in “Harriet Tubman,

Part II” to demonstrate understanding of the characters, setting,

or plot (RL.2.7)

 Interpret information from the Slavery and Freedom T-Chart

from the read-aloud “Harriet Tubman, Part I” to discuss what a

“journey to freedom” along the Underground Railroad meant to

the runaway slaves (RI.2.7)

Harriet Tubman, Part II

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