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Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter
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Theme: |
Black History
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Grades: |
6 - 8
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Subject: |
Reading and Language Arts
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Duration: |
45 minute class session
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Standards
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Florida State Standards
- The student uses the reading process effectively. LA.A.1.1
- The student constructs meaning from a wide range of texts. LA.A.2.1
- The student understands the nature of language. LA.D.1.1
- The student understands the power of language. LA.D.2.1
- The student understands historical chronology and the historical perspective. SS.A.1.3
- The student understands the world in spatial terms. SS.B.1.3
Note that standards in this lesson plan are for example only. This lesson can be easily adapted to meet your state's specific standards.
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Objectives: |
Students will:
- Listen to/read Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter
- Use a map of the United States to determine possible routes taken along the Underground Railroad from specific slave states
- Identify how the slaves found North at night
- Create the Big Dipper or “Drinking Gourd” using construction paper and seven star stickers
- Differentiate between free and slave states
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