Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad Presentation
Explore Harriet Tubman's courageous efforts on the Underground Railroad through an interactive PowerPoint, fostering understanding of slavery, abolition, and Tubman's legacy. Engage students in discussions about Tubman's impact on U.S. history and her potential appearance on the $20 bill.
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HA Resource Hub Submission Form Resource Title: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railway Age Range: 11-14 (yr 7- Yr 9) Author name and email contact: Emma Bevan ebevan@harrogatehighschool.co.uk Resource Details: Powerpoint Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railway Necessary prior learning to complete this: Understanding of what the Transatlantic slave trade is and some knowledge of what life on the plantations are. The start of key words should help summarise prior knowledge. What does it lead to next? The abolition of the slave trade and its lasting legacy. Explanation: How should this resource be used? Students work their way through the activities on the Powerpoint, to help introduce them to the underground railway. Students can then apply their knowledge to the debate about whether Tubman should appear on the $20, which has been postponed by President Trump. This should build diversity and depth into their understanding of the slave trade.
What do these key words mean: 1.Plantation 2.Middle Passage 3.Foreman 4.Passive Resistance 5.Persecution Teacher insert image here
Who was Harriet Tubman? To describe the life of Harriet Tubman Teacher insert image here To explain what the underground railroad was To evaluate the impact it had on the slave trade
What do you think the Underground Railway was? ...these slaves escape and no-one knows how they do it. There must be some kind of underground railroad! A slave owner in southern USA, 18th century Teacher insert image here
Can you draw lines of connections between these six points- how do they link together? The Underground Railroad was not an actual railroad. It was a system of secret paths that slaves could use to escape to the northern states of America. Members of the Underground Railroad were sometimes referred to as conductors. The secret places were slaves would hide on their escape, were known as stations. Teacher insert image here Slaves were told to follow the Drinking Gourd to find the North Star. Following this star would help them to travel to the northern states and to freedom. America was divided in to southern states, which allowed slavery and northern states where slavery had been abolished and was illegal. Members of the Underground Railroad used coded messages to spread the message to slaves about how they could escape. Sometimes these messages were hidden in songs, which slaves would sing to each other. The Underground Railroad was set up by Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave.
The Underground Railroad was not an actual railroad. It was a system of secret paths that slaves could use to escape to the northern states of America. Members of the Underground Railroad were sometimes referred to as conductors. The secret places were slaves would hide on their escape, were known as stations. Slaves were told to follow the Drinking Gourd to find the North Star. Following this star would help them to travel to the northern states and to freedom. America was divided in to southern states, which allowed slavery and northern states where slavery had been abolished and was illegal. Members of the Underground Railroad used coded messages to spread the message to slaves about how they could escape. Sometimes these messages were hidden in songs, which slaves would sing to each other. The Underground Railroad was set up by Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave.
Who was Harriet Tubman? Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in C.1820 Teacher insert image here At a young age she was separated from her mother when she was sold off to another family of slave owners. Harriet s role was to look after her owners children, and was whipped if they cried. She also suffered a traumatic injury when she was hit with a kg weight in the head causing her life long damage. Tubman first discovered the Underground Railway when she used it to escape slavery herself in 1849. From her state in Maryland, it was 90 miles to walk to the freedom of the north https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqoEs4cG6Uw
Who was Harriet Tubman? Teacher insert image here After surviving her own escape she decides to return to help rescue as many others as possible. She does the same journey 11-13 times rescuing over 100 slaves on her own. Sometimes taking them as far as Canada to make sure they were safe. During the Civil War she organised a network of spies for the Union army. In 1863 she freed over 300 slaves from the south by ferrying them safely to the North by water. With the information she had gathered she was able to steer the boats through the dangerous territories. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqoEs4cG6Uw
Who was Harriet Tubman? 1.Who is Harriet Tubman? 2.What is the Underground railroad? 3.How did she help free slaves? 4.What did she do in her later life? Teacher insert image here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv7YhVKFqbQ
Should Harriet Tubman appear on the $20 bill? In 2015, the Treasury Department, under President Obama, announced that it would add a woman of historical import to the American Currency. Why not replace Andrew Jackson an architect of the forced removal and slaughter of native peoples, and a slave owner on the twenty-dollar bill? There had been fights to remove Jackson for decades; here was the chance. Boosted by legislation introduced by the Democratic congressman Luis Guti rrez, of Illinois, the Women on 20s campaign conducted a contest, pitting fifteen female figures, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Sanger, and Rosa Parks, against one another. More than six hundred thousand people voted for the winner: Harriet Tubman, the abolitionist, nurse, scout, and spy for the northern states during the Civil War. However, last month, the Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, citing the development of new security features, told a congressional committee that the d but would be delayed until 2026, leaving the question of the redesign to a future Administration. Mnuchin has denied that political considerations were a factor, but current and former Treasury Department officials told the Times that Mnuchin postponed the bill in order to avoid the possibility that Trump might cause an uproar by cancelling it all together. The New York Times June 18 2019
Should Harriet Tubman appear on the $20 bill? Teacher insert image here
