Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter overdrive. That map is a song called follow the drinking gourd. Explain that you are going to read a story called follow the drinking gourd. The looks on the slaves faces were full of worry and exhaustion. Read jeannette winters book follow the drinking gourd. While working for plantation owners, peg leg joe teaches the slaves a song about the.
While working for plantation owners, peg leg joe teaches them a song about the drinking gourd the big dipper. The title of this inspiring story is the title of an important folk song from a troubled part of our nations history. Used by permission from dragonfly books a division of alfred a. Ask students to explain in their own words how much they know about slavery in our history. Follow the drinking gourd discussion guide scholastic. There are questions about its authenticity, but if accurate, drinking. Follow the drinking gourd book authorstream presentation. The story goes that a onelegged sailor named peg leg joe traveled from farm to farm working as a handyman during th e day and teaching slaves a folk song in the evenings. A couple, their son, and two others make their escape. Follow the drinking gourd is a book about historical fiction, written and illustrated by jeanette winter. The riverbed makes a very good road dead trees 4 will show you the way left foot, peg foot 5 traveling on if you. When the sun comes back and the first quail calls, follow the drinking gourd.
Writing child picture is copied from flickr anw was taken by kevin. You will find information that can help you which your assignment at the. A chalkboard, white board, or chart paper to record information from the text. By jeanette winter follow the drinking gourd reprint. The true story of follow the drinking gourd casandersdotnet. Author and illustrator jeanette winter is known for developing historical fiction picture books for younger audiences based on true people and places. Pancake episode tootoo boy cartoon animation for children comedy show for kids duration. I read this book quite often when i was young, so much so. Follow the drinking gourd kindle edition by winter. In this follow up activity, students will complete a cause and effect diagram identifying causes and effects for events in the story. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter alibris.
Lesson plan about black history from reading rainbow created by reading rainbow view the pdf share. 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. They follow it, for it always points to the north star, which can guide them north as they travel at night, the safest time. The riverbank makes a very good road, the dead trees will show you the way. Download the reading guide pdf images from follow the drinking gourd courtesy of jeanette winter. An old white sailor named peg leg joe wanted to help free the slaves. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter goodreads. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter, hardcover. Follow the drinking gourdafrican american spiritual. Follow the drinking gourd sounded like a simple folk song sung by slaves, but it was really a map to freedomfor hidden in the lyrics were directions to the escape route known as the underground railroad. This engagingly illustrated picture book tells the story of peg leg joe. The story of a group of slaves escape on the underground railroad by following directions from the song follow the drinking gourd.
Follow the drinking gourd curled up with a good kids book. Follow the drinking gourd is one of the more lengthy books that i have read so far this semester. Dragonfly books, 1988 white boardmarkers to facilitate discussion for older students time span. Sometimes the pictures give more details of the story than the words do. Big dipper picture is copied from flickr and was taken by jonathan penn. 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. Invite students to gather together to listen to a story. Follow the drinking gourd was supposedly used by engineers in the underground railroad to direct slaves to freedom. 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. Then do online research to answer the following questions. Follow the drinking gourd postvisit packet ritter planetariumbrooks observatory mail stop 1 the univ. This book is about slavery, and the underground railroad. The american folksong follow the drinking gourd was first published in 1928.
Winter s story begins with a pegleg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the underground railroad. A couple, their son, and two others make their escape by following the songs directions. Everything you need for a complete literature study on follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. After listening to the song and hearing the story of peg leg joe, try. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter this picture book begins with a pegleg sailor who aids enslaved african americans on their escape on the underground railroad. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter fictiondb. Winters story begins with a pegleg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the underground railroad. The teacher will need a copy of jeanette winters book follow the drinking gourd optional resource. Jeanette winters illustrations are extremely moving. A copy of the song, follow the drinking gourd, you can play for the students.
Hidden in the lyrics of follow the drinking gourd were directions for following the underground railroad, the covert trail by which black slaves could escape north to eventual freedom. Featured book follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. Copy as an entire packet, or copy pages individually. Left foot, peg foot, traveling on, follow the drinking gourd. Editions of follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. What to discuss before and after reading the book by jeanette winter. Buy a cheap copy of follow the drinking gourd book by jeanette winter. Other verses go into greater detail about following the river banks and which way to go as they head north.
Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter, paperback. These directions then enabled fleeing slaves to make their way north from mobile, alabama to the ohio river and freedom. It appears in jeanette winters follow the drinking gourd, bernardine connellys book of the same name and f. Her books are not only interesting and exciting but are filled with a wealth of educational value. In other words, it is not possible that escaping slaves sang, for the old man is awaiting for to carry you to freedom, since that line was written 80 years after the end of the civil war. Also useful for an adult faith discussion on liberation theology. Follow the drinking gourd paperback by jeanette winter a great story of following directions if you look at its simplest form. For the old man is awaiting for to carry you to freedom if you follow the drinking gourd. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter librarything. Follow the drinking gourd, jeanette winter a young slave girl sets off north with her brother and mother, following the star in the drinking gourd, or big dipper, which points to freedom. This engagingly illustrated picture book tells the story of peg leg joe, a white one. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter scholastic. The words on each page is a guideline for each picture.
Mar 22, 20 follow the drinking gourd is a story of slavery and escape in the mid1800s. Susquehanna plantation kitchen picture is copied from flickr and was taken by maia c. For those who wish to teach as well as entertain, follow the drinking gourd is a musthave. She found the inspiration for follow the drinking gourd in slave narratives and a folksong. Follow the drinking gourd smithsonians history explorer. Follow the drinking gourd is a historical fiction book about slavery.
Dragonfly books 1998 find this book in a library near you, using. Listen to the recording of follow the drinking gourd on the slave life and the underground railroad page of the web site. It appears in jeanette winter s follow the drinking gourd, bernardine connellys book of the same name and f. This is a story about the underground railroad in the precivil war days of 1840 when africans began to break. The drinking gourd song was supposedly used by an underground railroad operative to encode escape instructions and a map. Students will think aboutdrawwrite the following image or something similar. The underground railroad meant freedom for many in the years before emancipation, and it had a map. Follow the drinking gourd picture book about how slaves used the north star and the big dipper drinking gourd constellation in the underground railroad by jeanette winter cobblestone a history magazine for young people. While working for plantation owners, peg leg joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd the big dipper. Helen keller, the story of my life, helen keller this autobiography tells of her early life, her relationship with her favorite teacher, and her.
Follow the drinking gourd oconto falls high school. Follow the drinking gourd listen to the story follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. In glowing paintings and simple text, winter tells the story of one brave family who followed the drinking gourd north to freedom. A cultural history, joel bresler traces the songs current lyrics to a 1947 publication by lee hays of the weavers.
Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter this book was inspired by a simple folk so ng sung by slaves during the early years of slavery. Creating, supporting and promoting a literate community. Jeanette winter is the authorillustrator of numerous books for children that include biographical fiction, retellings of folktales, and stories from many cultures. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter is a great picture book about the underground railroad.
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