Lesson Plan
Get on Board with Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman’s accomplishments were kept secret for a very long time before she became a well-known hero in society. Use this lesson to teach your students about Harriet Tubman’s impact on history.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to describe the relationship between a series of historical events.
Introduction
(10 minutes)- Ask students what they know about life in the 1800s or slavery during those times.
- Tell students that slavery was the practice of owning other people. These people were forced to work for their owners.
- Instruct students to imagine how they would act and what they would believe if they lived back then.
- Ask students if they have ever heard about a woman named Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad.
- Listen to student answers.
- Explain to students that the Underground Railroad was a connected group of people and safe houses that helped slaves escape, or get away, from slavery.
- Tell students that today they are going to learn about a very important historical figure who was an abolitionist, a person who was against slavery, named Harriet Tubman and her impact on the lives of many people.
- Tell students that while they learn about this hero, they will be focusing on a sequence of important events in her life.