Follow the Drinking Gourd
Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter
Great children's story about the Underground Railroad.
Why are we featuring this book?
Follow the Drinking Gourd is a book featured in Five in a Row, a literature-based unit study curriculum. Many families use FIAR for all but the Grammar / Reading and Math, and others use it in conjunction with other resources. Below you will find information about the author and illustrator, story summaries, and links to lesson plans and websites that are great go-alongs for Follow the Drinking Gourd. Please note that these resources are meant to complement, not replace, the Five in a Row units. The Five in a Row volumes are inexpensive and well worth the investment.
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Other books by Jeanette Winter
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The author is also the illustrator.
Go-Alongs:
Online Units and Resources for Follow the Drinking Gourd
Our Five in a Row Adventures Vol. 2
Highlights and sugggestions from someone who has "rowed" before you. (Y,T)
Teachers' Guide to Follow the Drinking Gourd
(Y, T)
Civil War Unit
From the Learning Page.com. (Grades 4-6) (M)
Follow the Drinking Gourd Classroom Guide
Created as an on-site for the Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium. (Grades 1-3) (Y)
Underground Railroad—People Get Ready...There's a Train a Comin'
(Y, M, O, T)
Civil War Unit: The Underground Railroad
(Grade 4) (Y)
Explanation of "Follow the Drinking Gourd"
From Nasa Quest. The song and its translation. (Grades K-3) (Y)
Go-alongs about
Go-alongs about Slavery
Booker T. Washington - Lesson Plans & Teacher Guides - From the National Parks Service.
To Be a Slave - K-1 Program
Lifting the Veil - 2 - 3 Program
War on the Home Front - 4 - 5 Program
Cast Down Your Bucket! - 5 -7 Program
Clash of the Titans - 11th Grade Program (Y, M, O, T)
Digital History - Children in History - This resource contains anthologies, biographies, guides and additional resources about children in the history of the United States. (Y, M, O, T)
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site - Born into slavery, Frederick Douglass was a runaway slave, abolitionist, civil rights advocate, author and statesmen. Visitors to the site learn about Frederick Douglass' efforts to abolish slavery and his struggle for rights for all oppressed people. (Y, M, O, T)
Slavery and the making of America - K-9 explore the role played by perspective and point-of-view in an examination of American slavery. (Y, M, O, T)
Slavery and the Underground Railroad - Uses Follow the Drinking Gourd to discuss the Underground Railroad (Y,M)
Slaves and conductors of the Underground Railroad - Learn why and how slaves escaped from their owners using the underground railroad, and who ran the underground railroad. Lots of online resources and activities. (Y, M, O, T)
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt - Activities and web resource developed as part of the Schools of California Online Resources for Educators (SCORE) Project, funded by the California Technology Assistance Program (CTAP). This supplemental unit provides resources for students in third grade to focus on life as a slave in the United States in the last century. During these lessons, students will view slave cabins, design a quilt, write their own poem about slavery, make an escape plan, and produce a wanted poster for a runaway slave.Students will discover the motivation and risks that a runaway slave would have when traveling the underground railroad to freedom. Grade 3 (Y)
Teachers' Guide to Follow the Drinking Gourd - (Y, T)
The Underground Railroad - From National Geographic.com (Y,M)
Go-alongs about Underground Railroad
John Brown Museum - Reverend Samuel Adair and his wife, Florella were peaceful abolitionists who came to Kansas and settled near Osawatomie, an abolitionist community and a center of conflict during “Bleeding Kansas.” The Adair cabin was a station on the Underground Railroad and Florella’s half brother, John Brown,used this cabin as his headquarters. The cabin survived the Battle of Osawatomie where John Brown and 30 free-state defenders fought 250 proslavery militia in 1856, and stands on the battle site today. Learn more about the Adairs, John Brown, and others who struggled to survive the border war when you visit the John Brown Museum. (Y, M, O, T)
Jordan House - The Jordan House is a restored Victorian Mansion that was the home of James Jordan, the founder of Valley Junction (which was later renamed West Des Moines). In the 1850’s and early 60’s, the home served as a station on the Underground Railroad. Today, it serves as a museum for the City of West Des Moines and as the offfice of the Historical Society. (Y, M, O, T)
Levi Coffin House - A part of the legendary Underground Railroad for fleeing slaves of pre-Civil War days, this registered National Historic Landmark is a Federal style brick home built in 1839. Levi and Catharine Coffin were legendary in helping many former slaves escape to freedom in the North. During the 20 years they lived in Newport, the Coffins helped more than 2,000 slaves reach safety. (Y, M, O, T)
Newton History Museum - The Newton History Museum presents permanent and changing exhibits on a variety of historic topics. Discover what life was like for New England’s earliest settlers. Learn about the abolition movement in Newton and how the Jackson family used their home as a stop on the Underground Railroad. The museum houses the Newton Historical Society and holds an extensive library and research collection. (Y, M, O, T)
Slavery and the Underground Railroad - Uses Follow the Drinking Gourd to discuss the Underground Railroad (Y,M)
Slaves and conductors of the Underground Railroad - Learn why and how slaves escaped from their owners using the underground railroad, and who ran the underground railroad. Lots of online resources and activities. (Y, M, O, T)
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt - Activities and web resource developed as part of the Schools of California Online Resources for Educators (SCORE) Project, funded by the California Technology Assistance Program (CTAP). This supplemental unit provides resources for students in third grade to focus on life as a slave in the United States in the last century. During these lessons, students will view slave cabins, design a quilt, write their own poem about slavery, make an escape plan, and produce a wanted poster for a runaway slave.Students will discover the motivation and risks that a runaway slave would have when traveling the underground railroad to freedom. Grade 3 (Y)
Go-alongs about Astronomy
A Solar System Coloring Book--Beginner - (Y)
A Trip Through Our Solar System An Internet Scavenger Hunt - (Y, M)
A Trip Through the Solar System - PPT presentation from Mrs. Frederick’s 6th Grade Class in 2004 (Y, M)
Amazing Space - Web-based space activities for classroom use. This site is full of excellent lesson plans and activities, but be aware this site does present the Big Bang Theory in an understated way. (Y, M, O, T)
Apollo 11 - From NASA. (Y, M, O, T)
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. (Y, M, O, T)
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. (Y, M, O, T)
Astronomy: Our Place in Space - From Ology - American Museum of Natural History. (Y, M, O, T)
Auroras - Find out more about the mysterious phenomenon also called the Northern Lights. Beautiful photography and a teacher's guide with a few ideas for using the site in the classroom. (Y, M, O, T)
Blast Off Boutique - (Y)
Blast off! Explore the solar system online - Look through telescopes to see what's happening in space (Y, M, O, T)
Discovering Uranus - from thinkquest.org (Y, M, O, T)
Earth science & Astronomy science projects - (Y, M)
Exploring Planets in the Classroom - Hands on activity guide introduces scientific concepts involving space. (Y, M, O, T)
Interplanetary Virtual Tour - This is an awesome collection of almost 100 pages of photos and information that can be explored systematically through the tour or overviewed through the "Express Tour". The images of the planets and their satellites will entertain the youngest students (Y, M, O, T)
Journey Through the Solar System - A ThinkQuest Junior project. (Y)
Make a comet tail - Activity for space unit. (Y,M) (Y,M)
Nasa News for Kids - Science fun, Games, Art & Stories, Activities and Kids club. (Y, M, O, T)
Nasa Quest - Connection K-12 classrooms with people, research and science through mission based interactions and activities. (Y, M, O, T)
NASA's Kids Science News Network™ - (Y, M, O, T)
National Science Foundation - NSF - Where discoveries begin. (Y, M, O, T)
OLogy - Ology means "the Study of". (Y M)
On the Moon Activity Guide - Six activities that bring engineering and NASA's moon missions to life. Two activities—Launch It and Touchdown—are for grades 3-8 (and work well at events). Three activities—Roving on the Moon, Heavy Lifting, and On Target—are for grades 6-12. One activity—Feel the Heat—is for grades 9-12. (Y, O, M, T)
Outer Space Crafts - Great hands on crafts for younger students studying space. (Y,M)
Solar System Wordsearch - From ABC.teach (Y, M, O, T)
Space Kids - Space science for kids! (Y M)
Space Science Institute - The Space Science Institute (SSI) is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation formed in 1992. Our purpose is to create and maintain an environment where scientific research and education programs can flourish in an integrated fashion. (Y, M, O, T)
Space Shuttle Launch Simulation - From NASA; this simulation requires students to complete pre-launch steps in order to actually launch the space shuttle. If an error message occurs, the all systems will shut down and the student must restart the launch process. Good practice for real life. (Y, M, O, T)
Space Weather Center - With games, Activities and E-Cards. (Y, M, O, T)
SpaceWeather.com - For the skywatchers among us, SpaceWeather.com is a wonderful site for predicting space events such as meteor showers, auroras (northern lights), falling asteroids, and more. (Y, M, O, T)
Star Journey - This site from National Geographic contains star charts, start attractions, and views from the Hubble telescope. (Y, M, O, T)
StarChild - (Y M)
Styrofoam Planets - You guessed it: make styrofoam planets. (Y,M)
The Animated Virtual Planetarium - (Y, M, O, T)
The Aurora Page - A source for Information, links and images about the "Northern Lights" on-line since the Web began (Y, M, O, T)
The Nine Planetss - A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System: one star, eight planets, and more (Y, M, O, T)
The Space Place - Games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology. (Y)
The Virtual Sun - (Y, M, O, T)
Trip Through the Solar System - Language Arts Grade Level - 1 (Y)
Uranus - from solarviews.com (Y, M, O, T)
Uranus - from EnchantedLearning.com (Y, M, O, T)
Who discovered Uranus? - from coolcosmos (Y, M, O, T)
WorldWide Telescope - WorldWide Telescope (WWT) enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope. (Y, M, O, T)
Zoom Astronomy - A comprehensive on-line site about space and astronomy (Y)
