While working for plantation owners, peg leg joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd the big dipper. This story is about a man named peg leg joe who worked at plantations and taught salves a. Follow the drinking gourd supposedly encodes escape instructions and a map. Interactiveresearch national geographic provides several activities including the journey, routes to freedom and a timeline. For the old man is waiting to carry you to freedom. Follow the drinking gourd lapbook pictures contributed by kendall.
Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter lesson plan and activities. Listen to the recording of follow the drinking gourd on the slave life and the underground railroad page of the web site. A story of the underground railroad study unit worksheets for teachers to print. Activities and discussions which raise awareness of the sky would be helpful. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. This activity is advised in order to assess, at the onset of the lesson, student understanding of the. Follow the drinking gourd postvisit packet ritter planetariumbrooks observatory mail stop 1 the univ. There are questions about its authenticity, but if accurate, drinking. Once in canada, slaves gained their freedom and were no longer an object owned by a master. If you need more background information, you can start with the book section a note about the story.
In this craft your child will create her own drinking gourd to hang in her window. Elizabeth behrens follow the drinking gourd facebook. The lesson plan for grades 912 covers the material from this lesson and also goes into latitude, longitude, right ascension and declination african americans in astronomy and astrophysics. Why was the folk song follow the drinking gourd so important to slaves. Reading follow the drinking gourd smithsonians history. The river ends between two hills, follow the drinking gourd. Students explore the hidden meaning of follow the drinking gourd and create secret directions for finding their own school.
Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter lesson plan and. This craft is an excellent way to learn about africanamerican history, and it also provides fine motor practice. Share follow the drinking gourd with the students appropriately based on their age and ability. When the great big river meets the little river, follow the drinking gourd. Follow the drinking gourdafrican american spiritual. Follow the drinking gourd book activity guide with images book. Follow the drinking gourd is a historical fiction book about slavery. After reading, have the students complete the comprehension worksheet which includes the following questions. After listening to the song and hearing the story of peg leg joe, try to answer the following questions.
Love in action was a continuous theme throughout this row. Fifth graders complete a short unit on slavery and the u. The drinking gourd study guide by colleen schreurs for the book by f. Read the book follow the drinking gourd to your students. For the old man is awaiting for to carry you to freedom if you follow the drinking gourd. The title of this inspiring story is the title of an important folk song from a troubled part of our nations history. Other astronomy information and classroom activities may be found at the. Read the book, follow the drinking gourd, by jeanette winter i. According to legend, the song was used by a conductor of the underground railroad, called peg leg joe, to guide some fugitive slaves. Grades 48 rating americas history level 5, published by ginn and company, 1986 follow the drinking gourd picture book about how slaves used the north star and the big dipper. 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.
The drinking gourd, otherwise known as the big dipper, helped to lead slaves to canada. Reading questions multiple choice and short answer. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter tells the story of captain peg leg joe, who aids slaves on their escape on the underground railroad you can visit to learn more about follow the drinking gourd. The teacher will need a copy of jeanette winters book follow the drinking gourd optional resource. Follow the drinking gourd is a book about historical fiction, written and illustrated by jeanette winter. Why do you think peg leg joe hired himself out to plantation owners as a handyman. See more ideas about five in a row, black history month and black history. The drinking gourd song was supposedly used by an underground railroad operative to encode escape instructions and a map. Used by permission from dragonfly books a division of alfred a. This book activity guide is designed to go with the book follow the drinking gourd, story and pictures by jeanette winter. Follow the drinking gourd was based on an askeric lesson plan, which. A chalkboard, white board, or chart paper to record information from the text. An askeric lesson plan follow the drinking gourd, by jeanette winter educators guide to follow the drinking gourd optional 9 x 12 sheets of black construction paper white color crayon glue or glue stick star stickers pen lesson plan the entire lesson plan is available online at. A wonderful collection of activities that correlate with the book, follow the drinking gourd.
This engagingly illustrated picture book tells the story of peg leg joe. Follow the drinking gourd extension activities scholastic. Goalongs, printables, topical resources, and more for follow the drinking gourd. Featured book follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. For the old man is waiting for to carry you to freedom.
The true story of follow the drinking gourd casandersdotnet. 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. I used this book after reading a simple biography about harriet tubman and watching some utubes about the folk song follow the drinking gourd with an adult literacy class. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter, paperback. The intended age group for this book is primary intermediate. In this poem activity, learners read a selection, follow the drinking gourd, then read about the background of the selection and complete a related crossword puzzle. Musical explorers cd or online audio, musical explorers student guide time required. Follow the drinking gourd was supposedly used by engineers in the underground railroad to direct slaves to freedom. When the sun comes back and the first quail calls, follow the drinking gourd. Predicting story elements beginning middle end main idea with details vocabulary multiple activities abc order kwl writing about the main idea with a summary who what when w.
Folklore has it that slaves in the united states used it as a point of reference so they would not get lost. Invite students to gather together to listen to a story. Some of the worksheets displayed are follow the drinking gourd teachers guide, the drinking gourd, follow the drinking gourd, follow the drinking gourd, follow the drinking gourd, draft 1 subject area, follow the drinking gou rd, slave life and the underground railroad r follow the. Poem activity worksheet is suitable for 2nd 5th grade. I planned to row follow the drinking gourd in february since its black history month emphasizing civil rights and treating others with love and kindness. An old white sailor named peg leg joe wanted to help free the slaves. The american folksong follow the drinking gourd was first published in 1928. Explain that you are going to read a story called follow the drinking gourd. Download the reading guide pdf images from follow the drinking gourd courtesy of jeanette winter. What is the hidden meaning in follow the drinking gourd. Inside overview civil war flap with list of states that joined the confederacy big dipper seven sheet and information on the song, follow the drinking gourd when you lift the big dipper sheet by bringing it forward. Follow the drinking gourd fiar civil war activities, enrichment activities.
The drinking gourd is another name for the big dipper asterism. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter scholastic. Theres another river on the other side, follow the drinking gourd. Follow the drinking gourd is a book featured in five in a row, a literaturebased unit study curriculum. Help the class learn the follow the drinking gourd song as written in the back of the book. Follow the drinking gourd lesson plan for grades 912. Follow the drinking gourd is an african american folk song first published in 1928. Wonderful this book would be wonderful for children with background info from teachers or parents. If you teach the jeanette winter picture book, consider explaining that it is just one. A copy of the song, follow the drinking gourd, you can play for the students. Starting tomorrow afternoon, all videos will be live streamed on youtube since they offer closed captioning and i want to make sure we consider all people who may want to access at home learning. The drinking gourd rise and shine i can read level 3. Above is information about the author and illustrator.
Read the book follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. The underground railroad meant freedom for many in the years before emancipation, and it had a map. We started reading this book around valentines day. When the sun comes back and the first quail calls, follow the drinking gourd, for the old man is awaiting to carry you to freedom, follow the drinking gourd. Where the wild things are book read aloud childrens books read aloud bedtime stories duration. Drinking gourd, the book 2nd grade books, guide for school, cc cycle. A few years ago, i stopped using a homeschool lesson planner. After the class has learned the song, reread the text, pausing to have the class sing the song segments. Aunt harriets underground railroad in the sky by faith ringgold is the story of cassie, who, with harriet tubman as her guide. Many families use fiar for all but the grammarreading and math, and others use it in conjunction with other resources.
Winters story begins with a pegleg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the underground railroad. Showing top 8 worksheets in the category drinking gourd. The old man is awaitin for to carry you to freedom. Read jeannette winters book follow the drinking gourd. Mar 22, 20 follow the drinking gourd is a story of slavery and escape in the mid1800s. This book is about slavery, and the underground railroad. Lesson plans individual, guided reading books, literacy center ideas. If necessary, engage a music teachers assistance in order to accurately decipher the musical score. That map is a song called follow the drinking gourd. Junior ranger activity book from the national parks service. These directions then enabled fleeing slaves to make their way north from mobile, alabama to the ohio river and freedom.
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