Harriet was born into slavery and always hated it throughout her life. Even at a young age she would rebel sometimes. One day she decided that she had had enough of being a slave and she was going to be free. Once she got to Pennsylvania and was a free woman she worked hard to save money and use that to go back to the south. She went back and forth leading people to freedom for years. She helped over 300 slaves find freedom before the war ended.
I think this book is a great way for students to see the hardships that slaves had to endure in their life time. As an activity in the classroom I would have the students choose one person from history that they would like to research. I would have them all write a short summary of their lives and then to get practice using technology I would have them create their own Wordle on the person that they have chosen to research, just as I have done for Harriet Tubman.
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