Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman

Conductor of the Underground Railroad

Who was Harriet Tubman

• Harriet Tubman, was an anti-slavery activist who herself escaped brutal slave owners in 1849.

• She was a “conductor” during the 19th century on the “Underground Railroad” in Antebellum America

Multiple Choice

Was Harriet Tubman for or against slavery?

• For

• Against

Multiple Choice

Harriet Tubman was born into slavery. True or False?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What did Harriet Tubman do from a very young age?

• She played with her family

• She went to school

• She had to work as a slave

Multiple Choice

What was the 'IT' that worked from the previous slide?

• Harriet's mother showed how to point a finger to where the slaveholder could find what he was looking for

• The slaveholder was able to take Harriet's younger brother Moses

• The slaveholder left empty-handed, which means without Harriet's little brother Moses

Multiple Choice

What do you think 'resisted' means in this story of Harriet Tubman and her mother?

• Harriet's mother was good at hiding her children

• Harriet's mother did not give in to the slaveholder and his requests

• Harriet's mother was teaching Harriet to obey as was expected of a slave

Open Ended

In a few sentences write down WHY the overseer threw the weight. Why would he be angry?

Watch Harriet Tubman - Part 1

(1.35 minutes)

• This can be found in today's lesson in Schoology

• Pay attention, as you will be coming back here to answer questions

Multiple Choice

Why did one of Harriet's brothers want to return after they had run away from their slave life?

• He missed his family

• It was very dangerous being an escaped slave

• He was getting too tired and felt he could not make the long trip

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Harriet Tubman ran away again, after returning the first time. What was it that helped her with her journey this time?

• A railway train that took and helped slave passengers for free

• The Underground Railway

• Her other brothers who wanted to see her succeed in escaping

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Why did Harriet Tubman travel north?

• She had some family there that would take care of her

• There were better job options for her there as a slave

• Slavery was against the law in most northern states

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What was the Underground Railroad?

• A train system that gave free tickets to slaves

• A network of people who helped slaves travel to the northern states of America

• A system of trains that used underground tunnels so that escaping slaves could not be seen

Multiple Select

Tick all that are true of the Underground Railroad

• The passengers were the slaves who were escaping

• Slaves were told where to go by conductors

• The trains traveled at night so that slaves would not be seen

• Stations were the safe places that people could hide in

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Who was responsible for sharing information with the conductors and other stationmasters?

• The slaves

• The stationmaster

• The conductors

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Why did Harriet have more work to do when she finally arrived in Pennsylvania?

• She had to do more work to be able to earn money to live

• She was free but her family was not

• She was in an American state that used slaves on the plantations

Watch Harriet Tubman - Part 2

(1.02 minutes)

• This can be found in today's lesson in Schoology

• Pay attention, as you will be coming back here to answer questions

Multiple Choice

What was Harriet Tubman's job in the Underground Railroad?

• Stationmaster

• Conductor

• Passenger

• Slave

Poll

If you lived during this time of slavery in the southern states of America, would you want to be an abolitionist?

• Yes

• No

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Why did the passengers and the conductors mostly travel at night?

• Because there were fewer people outside to run into given it was cold

• The train stopped running during the daytime

• Because it was at night there was less people around to see and capture the escaping slaves

• Slaves would miss out on their daily meal if they left during their working hours

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Tick all that is true so far of Harriet Tubman

• She was born into slavery

• She escaped and made it to Pennsylvania via the Underground Railroad

• She was a stationmaster on the Underground Railroad

• She made 13 trips and helped 750 slaves escape

• She also passed on lots of information that would help others.

Watch Harriet Tubman - Part 3

(2.05 minutes)

• This can be found in today's lesson in Schoology

• Pay attention, as you will be coming back here to answer questions

Multiple Choice

What did Harriet Tubman do during the civil war that broke out between the Union Army in the North and the Confederate Army in the south.

• She helped the Union Army as they were against slavery as well as helping nurse the sick soldiers back to health

• She helped the Confederate Army as they were from the south where she had grown up and she felt loyal to those from her hometown

Multiple Choice

Harriet Tubman was the first woman to help lead soldiers in the Civil War

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

As per the video, why was life not easy for 'black people' after the Civil War ended?

• They were still being used as slaves in the northern states

• The were no equal rights between men and women

• The Underground Railroad had been destroyed in the war so no one could now use it

Multiple Choice

What does the word 'suffrage' mean?

• To suffer in wartime

• To suffer in general

• To have the right to vote

• To have equal rights in all matters of society

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What does this image of Harriet Tubman show she is doing?

• She is telling people about suffrage

• She is talking to people because she wanted to educate them all about what it is like being a slave

• She is trying to get more conductors to join the railroad

Open Ended

Write an explanation as to what Harriet Tubman meant when she said:

"There was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if i could not have one, I would have the other.

Open Ended

Write a summary of what you have understood from today's lesson. You will need to write MORE THAN 5 sentences.