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Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Harriet Tubman Web Hunt: Leading the Way to Freedom

For Students 5th - 8th
A "web hunt" activity where students answer questions about Harriet Tubman and her experience on the underground railroad. Activity includes questions and internet links to find the answers to the questions.
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Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: The Underground Railroad

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed look at how the Underground Railroad worked, some of the activists working against slavery, and some of the unique ways slaves managed to escape. Also discusses the economy that existed around the practice of slave tracking...
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Graphic
National Geographic

National Geographic: The Underground Railroad: Routes to Freedom

For Students 9th - 10th
Map with Underground Railroad routes and text.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: What Was Harriet Tubman's Greatest Achievement?

For Students 4th - 6th
A learning module that includes twelve links to images, information, and activities about Harriet Tubman.
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Handout
Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Harriet Tubman

For Students 4th - 7th
A brave woman on a mission to help free and protect African Americans from slavery in the 1800's, Harriet Tubman is featured in this concise biography. Get her story and discover some of her nicknames!
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: African Heritage: Fighting for Freedom

For Students Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart aims to help students understand the role the Underground Railroad played in leading people out of slavery in the United States, particularly before the Civil War.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: African Heritage: Frederick Douglass

For Students Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart aims to help students understand how Frederick Douglass's writing painted a powerfully negative portrait of life on southern plantations. It uses video as well as text to inform students.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Follow the Drinking Gourd

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is based upon the book, Follow the Drinking Gourd.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Classflow: The Underground Railroad

For Students K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will utilize this flipchart while studying African American history in the United States, with a focus on the Underground Railroad.
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Harriet Tubman

For Students 9th - 10th
Features a summary of the life of Harriet Tubman, an American bondwoman who escaped from slavery in the South to become a leading abolitionist before the American Civil War.
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Handout
Other

Maryland.gov: The Secretary of States Kids Pages: Famous Marylanders

For Students 3rd - 8th
This page lists famous people from Maryland, with brief biographical notes and the years they lived.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography: Harriet Tubman for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the biography of Harriet Tubman, the leader in the Underground Railroad who led many slaves to freedom on this website.
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Curated OER

Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography on Harriet Tubman is organized into the following sections: "Harriet Tubman's Life in Slavery," "Her Escape to Freedom in Canada," "Her Role in the Underground Railroad," and "Her Life in Auburn, New York."
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Curated OER

Harriet Tubman

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Harriet Tubman
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Curated OER

Photograph:harriet Tubman.

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Harriet Tubman (1820-1913), an escaped slave from Maryland who later became one of the Underground Railroad's most famous "Conductors."
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Curated OER

Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Famous People From Maryland Harriet Tubman

For Students 3rd - 8th
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Famous People from Maryland - Harriet Tubman."