50 Aunt Harriet S Underground Railroad In The Sky Summary

This book weaves the history harriet tubman and her work with the underground railroad into a modern tale of one girl s quest to find her brother.

Aunt harriet s underground railroad in the sky summary. Aunt harriet acts as a guide on the girl s journey and shares the history of slavery and their family. Donate your contribution will help us to provide free books and literacy resources to children across the nation. Before reading this book it would be helpful if students had knowledge regarding slavery and more specifically what it meant for a state to be a free state and what it meant for a state to be a slave state. Discuss the themes of freedom courage and dreams in faith ringgold s books my dream of martin luther king the invisible princess and aunt harriet s underground railroad in the sky.

Cassie who flew above new york in tar beach soars into the sky once more. Marching with aunt susan read aloud duration. Ringgold includes and author s note at the end going into greater detail about the life of harriet tubman and the important role she played in the underground railroad. See more support materials for aunt harriet s underground railroad in the sky.

This book is a story of a young girl cassie and her brother be be learning about and experiencing the underground railroad through an imaginary journey through the sky. They see a train while on their journey and meet the conductor aunt harriet who tells them all about the underground railroad and what life was life for slaves escaping the south. On our shelves now. Aunt harriet s underground railroad in the sky pt 1 christine fischer.

The lesson uses aunt harriet s underground railroad in the sky and provides a link to a photograph of a statue of tubman found in tubman plaza harlem new york city. The 1860 census was the last time the federal government took a count of the southern slave population. Aunt harriet s underground railroad by faith ringgold is a historical fiction story that talks about the the underground railroad except this time the train is flying through the sky. Mapping slavery from the u.

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Free shipping on qualifying offers. The train takes off before cassie can get on and she has to retrace the steps slaves took when they escaped the real underground railroad.