In glowing paintings and simple text, winter tells the story of one brave family who followed the drinking gourd north to freedom. These directions then enabled fleeing slaves to make their way north from mobile, alabama to the ohio river and freedom. Follow the drinking gourd for the old man is awaiting for to carry you to freedom if you follow the drinking gourd. As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any device with the free kindle app. What to discuss before and after reading the book by jeanette winter. For instance, do you tell them that the lyrics we sing today were not actually sung by escaping slaves. Use the opportunity to correct any misconceptions about slavery. Winters story begins with a pegleg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on. 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 january 15, 1992 edition. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube.
If you do not have adobe reader already installed on your computer, you can download the installer and instructions free from the adobe web site. We cannot guarantee that aquila s drinking gourd book is in the. 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. Learn about the underground railroad and sing along with mrs. It is loaded with knowledge and wisdom you wont really feel monotony at at any moment of the time thats what catalogs are for. While working for plantation owners, peg leg joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter alibris. By jeanette winter follow the drinking gourd reprint. Download full aquila s drinking gourd book or read online anytime anywhere, available in pdf, epub and kindle. Create free account to access unlimited books, fast download and ads free. Listen to the recording of follow the drinking gourd on the slave life and the underground railroad page of the web site. 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.
By following the directions in a song, the drinking gourd, taught them by an old sailor named peg leg joe, runaway slaves journey north. Students will listen to and read the lyrics of follow the drinking gourd, a song that directed slaves on how to use the stars to navigate their way north. They will also use a website that will allow them to explore how stars move across the sky, how they look from different places on earth and how the stars can be used for navigation. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter goodreads. Rich paintings interpret the strong story in a clean, primitive. 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. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter tells the story of captain peg leg joe, who aids slaves on their escape on the underground railroad you can visit to learn more about follow the drinking gourd.
But hidden in the lyrics of the song were directions for following the underground railroad. Follow the drinking gourd kindle edition by winter, jeanette. The intended age group for this book is primary intermediate. The drinking gourd song was supposedly used by an underground railroad operative to encode escape instructions and a map. Used by permission from dragonfly books a division of alfred a. Winters story begins with a pegleg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the underground railroad. The riverbed makes a very good road dead trees 4 will show you the way left foot, peg foot 5 traveling on if you. Included in this guide reading questions multiple choice and short answer. Everything you need for a complete literature study on follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. Images from follow the drinking gourd courtesy of jeanette winter. Follow the drinking gourd discussion guide scholastic.
Read jeannette winters book follow the drinking gourd. Study score tiger tales dk readers, level 3 reading alone dk readers day at greenhill farm level 1 beginning to read. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter, january 15, 1992, dragonfly books edition, paperback in english. This is a story about the underground railroad in the precivil war days of 1840 when africans began to break the cruel. Hrgbuatskevo book follow the drinking gourd related books athome tutor language, grade 2 dont line their pockets with gold line your own a small how to book on living large shepherds hey, bfms 16. Aunt harriets underground railroad in the sky by faith ringgold is the story of cassie, who, with harriet tubman as her guide. Download full the drinking gourd book or read online anytime anywhere, available in pdf, epub and kindle. Follow the drinking gourd download pdf follow the drinking gourd authored by jeanette winter released at filesize. Peg leg joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd the big dipper.
The riverbank makes a very good road dead trees 4 will show you the way left foot, peg foot 5 traveling on if you. Follow the drinking gourd find kindle follow the drinking gourd download pdf follow the drinking gourd authored by jeanette winter released at filesize. Follow the drinking gourd by winter, jeanette ebook. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter tells the story of captain peg leg joe, who aids slaves on their escape on the underground. Exploring follow the drinking gourd musical explorers. Follow the drinking gourd is a book about historical fiction, written and illustrated by jeanette winter. The words on each page is a guideline for each picture. Follow the drinking gourd 9780679819974 by winter, jeanette and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Also useful for an adult faith discussion on liberation theology. Follow the drinking gourd isbn 9780394896946 pdf epub. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter, paperback. The lesson plan for grades 912 covers the material from this lesson and also goes into latitude, longitude, right ascension and declination african americans in astronomy and astrophysics. Follow the drinking gourd is one of the more lengthy books that i have read so far this semester.
If you teach the jeanette winter picture book, consider. When the sun comes back, and the first quail calls meant spring, when travel might be least hazardous. While working for plantation owners, peg leg joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd the big dipper. Follow the drinking gourd book guide book activity guide is designed to go with the book follow the drinking gourd, story and pictures by jeanette winter. Celebrate black history month with this popular planetarium program about the underground railroad and learn how the stars of the northern sky led slaves to. Read jeannette winter s book follow the drinking gourd. Follow the drinking gourd read ebook follow the drinking gourd download pdf follow the drinking gourd authored by jeanette winter. Discover other books like this, author exclusives, and more. The american folksong follow the drinking gourd was first published in 1928. Reviews of the immensely popular childrens book by jeanette winter. About this book download the reading guide pdf images from follow the drinking gourd courtesy of 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 follow the drinking gourd. We cannot guarantee that the drinking gourd book is in the library. Pdf the drinking gourd download full ebooks for free.
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Editions of follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. Pdf aquila s drinking gourd download full ebooks for free. Download pdf follow the drinking gourd authored by jeanette winter released at filesize. The river ends between two hills follow the drinking. The drinking gourd is the big dipper, which points to the north star. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter tells the story of captain peg leg joe, who aids slaves on their escape on the underground railroad. Follow the drinking gourd playing at the virginia living. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading follow the drinking gourd. A couple, their son, and two others make their escape by following the songs directions. Follow the drinking gourd kindle edition by winter. Follow the drinking gourd storybook by jeanette winter. After listening to the song and hearing the story of peg leg joe, try to answer the following questions.
Sometimes the pictures give more details of the story than the words do. Winter s story begins with a pegleg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the underground railroad. Follow the drinking gourd by, jeanette winter read. The looks on the slaves faces were full of worry and exhaustion. Ask students to explain in their own words how much they know about slavery in our history. Follow the drinking gourd lesson plan for grades 912. This book is about slavery, and the underground railroad.
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