Elizabeth behrens follow the drinking gourd facebook. We started reading this book around valentines day. The riverbank makes a very good road, the dead trees will show you the way. 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. But he didnt stand a chance of survival unless, of course, he acquired spots himself. The story is about a slave named peg leg joe who leads other slaves to freedom by teaching them a song instructing them to follow the drinking gourd. Left foot, peg foot, traveling on, follow the drinking gourd.
The drinking gourd is another name for the big dipper asterism. The river bank makes a mighty good road, dead trees will show you the way, and the left foot, peg foot, traveling on, just you follow the drinking gourd. This is a story about the underground railroad in the precivil war days. Find books like follow the drinking gourd from the worlds largest community of readers. When the sun comes back and the first quail calls follow the drinking gourd, for the old man is awaiting for to carry you to freedom if you follow the drinking gourd the riverbank makes a very good road. Mar 22, 20 follow the drinking gourd is a story of slavery and escape in the mid1800s. It follows the story of peg leg joe and his efforts to help slaves runaway to freedom in the north. That map is a song called follow the drinking gourd. Monjo is published by harpercollins childrens books, a division of harpercollins publishers. Map adapted from the educators guide to follow the drinking gourd, 1995. More than a picture book, follow the drinking gourd is an important tribute to the struggle of antebellum slaves, and the people who helped them. 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. Short story follow the drinking gourd the way of delight.
After the class has learned the song, reread the text, pausing to have the class sing the song segments. Used here it is a code name for the big dipper star. An underground railroad story by cari meister adapter, robert squier illustrator follow the drinking gourd is an american folk song from the 1920s. Follow the drinking gourd childrens books read aloud youtube. Follow the drinking gourd extension activities scholastic. Reading questions multiple choice and short answer. While working forplantation owners, peg leg joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinkinggourd the big dipper. The drinking gourd is a code name for the big dipper star formation, which points to polaris, the pole star, and north.
Wonderful this book would be wonderful for children with background info from teachers or parents. Winters story begins with a pegleg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the underground railroad. An underground railroad story night sky stories cari meister, robert squier, david burgess, richard cooper on. Help the class learn the follow the drinking gourd song as written in the back of the book.
A story unfolds about five slaves who made it to canada using the stars. According to legend, the song was used by a conductor of the underground railroad, called peg leg joe, to guide some fugitive slaves. A young slave girl sets off north with her brother and mother, following the star in the drinking gourd, or big dipper, that points to freedom. While working for plantation owners, peg leg joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd the big dipper. Follow the drinking gourd is an african american folk song first published in 1928. Morgan freeman reads this story, accompanied by music by taj mahal.
As the note at the beginning of this historical childrens book tells, slaves learned a folk song entitled follow the drinking gourd. The one black boy is following the drinking gourd big dipper to find his way north to freedom. Lee hayss follow the drinking gourd lyrics appear at the beginning. Goodreads members who liked follow the drinking gourd also liked. Follow the drinking gourd childrens books read aloud. Follow the drinking gourd is another tender story from rabbit ears american heroes and legends series and it masterfully details the story of how a family of africanamerican slaves tried to escape slavery through the underground railroad. This lesson is designed to establish the skill of visualizing for primary students, using the story follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. The drinking gourd rise and shine i can read level 3. Rabbit ears stories open a door to the world of great literature. Mar 02, 2019 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. Winters story begins with a pegleg sailor who aidsslaves on their escape on the underground railroad. 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 road and makes it into a story. Legend has it that a man called peg leg joe taught slaves the song to help them escape to freedom. There are several stories about quilts being set out, or messages being woven into quilts.
In this entry in the night sky stories series, peg leg joe travels from plantation to plantation, singing a song with special significance to the slaves working the fields when the sun comes back, and the first quail calls, follow the drinking gourd. It tells of a family who helped slaves hide, and make their way to freedom. The age range reflects readability and not necessarily content appropriateness. This short story is based off of the song follow the drinking gourd a song about the underground railroad. Follow the drinking gourd is a book about historical fiction, written and illustrated by jeanette winter. The story is a poignant and inspiring tale of one africanamerican familys desperate flight to freedom and how they used constellations to guide the way. For any of you who dont know, this was a secret organisation that peaked during the 1850s that helped slaves escape from their plantations down south to free land up north. This book activity guide is designed to go with the book follow the drinking gourd, story and pictures by jeanette winter.
This touching story captures all the drama of a perilous flight to freedom, told through the experience of a young girl. I had to write an empathetic research paper on a folk song from american history. The big dipper was known as the drinking gourd and the slaves learned how to follow the gourd in the sky to take them to a life free of slavery. Follow the drinking gourd paperback by jeanette winter a great story of following directions if you look at its simplest form. 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 valentines day. Although the vast majority of books that have lexile measures did not change, a small subset of books required updated lexile measures.
The planetarium show follows and explores the fictional story follow the drinking gourd, written by jeanette winter and published in 1988 by dragonfly books, a division of alfred a. The title of this inspiring story is the title of an important folk song from a troubled part of our nations history. By following the directions in the song, the drinking gourd, taught to them. The river bed makes a mighty fine road, dead trees to show you the way and its left foot, peg foot, traveling on follow the drinking gourd.
This book can give children the scaffolding they need to begin to learn about such a large and complex topic. 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 road and makes it into a story of a single family. In this unit, i have included a one week lesson plan, vocabulary, a nonfiction reading passage and quiz about the big dipper, a copy of the poem follow the drinking gourd and a link to the song. Part of the awardwinning rabbit ears series american heroes and legends. We talked about code words for run and travel there was a group about ready to leave and home being canada.
Follow the drinking gourd is an american folk song from t. S11e06 reading rainbow follow the drinking gourd youtube. In this lesson, students use clues from the text to create their own images and imagine how characters are thinking and feeling. Follow the drinking gourd contained coded instructions on how and when to escape, and directions for traveling to safe havens along the way. Reviewed titles print book supported by capstone interactive accelerated reader. Mar 14, 2017 follow the drinking gourd paperback by jeanette winter a great story of following directions if you look at its simplest form. Follow the drinking gourd is a historical fiction book about slavery. It is a book that depicts the underground railroad through the tale of two boys. Follow the drinking gourd contained coded instructions on how and when to. The drinking gourd song was supposedly used by an underground railroad operative to encode escape instructions and a map. In follow the drinking gourd, jeanette winter tells his story and the story of escaping slaves, molly, james, their son isaiah, old hattie, and her grandson georgie. The underground railroad meant freedom for many in the years before emancipation, and it had a map.
An underground railroad story by cari meister adapter, robert squier illustrator follow the drinking gourd is. The program is based on a childrens book, follow the drinking gourd, written and illustrated by jeanette winter. Folklore has it that slaves in the united states used it as a point of reference so they would not get lost. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter is a great picture book about the underground railroad. Diana and funny stories with toys compilation video duration. Jun 09, 1970 this book is a great entry way into slavery for children. On trees or rocks, he scratched his signa foot and peg markto point the way. For the old man is awaiting for to carry you to freedom, theres another river on the other side, if you follow the drinking gourd. Legend has it that a man called peg leg joe taught slaves the song to help them escape to freedom, and they used the big dipper and the north star to guide the way. Follow the drinking gourd is an american folk song from the 1920s. The river ends between two hills, follow the drinking gourd. Follow the drinkin gourd, we gonna follow the drinking gourd is from the woodum original. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter goodreads. Peg leg joe took jobs on plantations doing carpentry.
Follow the drinking gourdafrican american spiritual. Please note that the lexile measures for a small population of books have been recently updated. 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. This is a book study of the drinking gourd by fn monjo.
This engagingly illustrated picture book tells the story of peg leg joe, a white one. Follow the drinking gourd audiobook by rabbit ears. Follow the drinking gourd childrens books read aloud duration. This version collected in 1912 hot springs, north carolina, 19 louisville and 1918 waller, texas. An old white sailor named peg leg joe wanted to help free the slaves. A couple, their son, and two others make their escapeby following the songs directions. The intended age group for this book is primary intermediate. If necessary, engage a music teachers assistance in order to accurately decipher the musical score. These directions then enabled fleeing slaves to make their way north from mobile, alabama to the ohio river and freedom. Not only is this a great story about the underground railroad, it also inspired my daughters interest in astronomy.
Rich paintings interpret the strong storyin a clean, primitive. The true story of follow the drinking gourd the underground railroad meant freedom for many in the years before emancipation, and it had a map. A couple, their son, and two others make their escape by following the songs directions. I made myself quite familiar with the song, follow the drinking gourd, so that i was actually able to sing the songparts of the book. This engagingly illustrated picture book tells the story of peg leg joe. Preschoolgrade 2 winters picture book relates the story of an old white sailor called peg leg joe who went from plantation to plantation in the precivil war. Follow the drinking gourd when the sun comes back and the first quail calls, the river ends between two hills, follow the drinking gourd. Follow the drinking gourd was supposedly used by engineers in the underground railroad to direct slaves to freedom. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter is an excellent childrens historical fiction book about the underground railroad. Resisting claims of a coded message in the african american spiritual follow the drinking gourd. Follow the drinking gourd singles reproducible kit. For the old man is awaiting for to carry you to freedom if you follow the drinking gourd. See more ideas about underground railroad, five in a row and gourds.
This book is about slavery, and the underground railroad. The drinking gourd alludes to the hollowed out gourd used by slaves and other rural americans as a water dipper. Parks follow the drinking gourd has ever been printed in the realm of american folklore. Love in action was a continuous theme throughout this row.
Expand product details the title of this inspiring story is the title of an important folk song from a troubled part of our nations history. In this follow up activity, students will complete a cause and effect diagram identifying causes and effects for events in the story. The true story of follow the drinking gourd casandersdotnet. At night he taught the slaves the song, follow the drinking gourd, which became a map to freedom for them. The drinking gourd is written for kids ages 7 to 9. Follow the drinking gourd kindle edition by jeanette winter. Now i love writing stories, and i love history, so this was a great paper to write. It teaches children that this family was breaking the law, but it was the right thing for them to do. This story tells all about the drinking gourd big dipper and the underground railroad. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter, paperback.
There are questions about its authenticity, but if accurate, drinking. Based on the traditional american folksong, this compelling tale recounts the daring adventures of one familys escape from slavery via the underground railroad. Chorus follow the drinking gourd, follow the drinking gourd for the old man is awaitin to carry you to freedom follow the drinking gourd. When all the animals moved away, the hungry leopard had to follow them to the striped, splotchy, spotted forest. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette jeanette scholastic. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter scholastic. The drinking gourd referred to the constellation known as the big dipper which guided them northward along waterways and mountain passes.