Follow the drinking gourd discussion guide scholastic. Follow the drinking gourd american childrens songs. Richie havens follow the drinking gourd lyrics genius. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Editions of follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. The riverbank will make a very good road, the dead trees show you the way, left foot, peg foot traveling on, following the drinking gourd. Follow the drinking gourd is a historical fiction book about slavery. No slave ever heard this song, sang it, or followed the drinking gourd lyrics to escape because the lyrics and chorus were written by lee hays and first published in 1947, nearly 80 years after the end of the civil war. Weber reads frederick douglass and harriet jacobs lesson plan. The river ends between two hills, follow the drinking gourd, theres another tree on the. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Inside overview civil war flap with list of states that joined the confederacy big dipper seven sheet and information on the song, follow the drinking gourd when you lift the big dipper sheet by bringing it forward. Follow the drinking gourd is a book about historical fiction, written and illustrated by jeanette.
Through reading and discussing a picture book in a group can students determine what forms of communication we use to share our. A couple, their son, and two others make their escape by following the songs directions. Follow the drinking gourd was supposedly used by engineers in the underground railroad to direct slaves to freedom. The drinking gourd is another name for the big dipper asterism. Follow the drinking gourd youtube with images black. The true story of follow the drinking gourd casandersdotnet. The drinking gourd itself refers to the big dipper constellation, and each subsequent line refers to a location and or time of year. An underground railroad story by cari meister adapter, robert squier illustrator follow the drinking gourd is. Follow the drinking gourd paperback by jeanette winter a great story of following directions if you look at its simplest form. Written by peg leg joe it is an ingenious song that was taught from slave to slave, slave camp to slave camp, describing how and when to get to freedom canada. Angela choberka and dee anne squire, teacher consultants, wasatch range writing project burning questions. Elizabeth behrens follow the drinking gourd facebook. Follow the drinking gourd storybook by jeanette winter youtube. Follow the drinking gourd, told by morgan freeman with music by taj mahal.
Follow the drinking gourd childrens books read aloud youtube. An old white sailor named peg leg joe wanted to help free the slaves. The lyrics themselves act as instructions for runaway slaves, with the drinking gourd serving as a. An exceptional arrangement of the traditional africanamerican folk song pertaining to the big dipper the drinking gourd and how it points north t freedom. Follow the drinking gourd book authorstream presentation. When the sun comes back and the first quail calls follow the drinking gourd, for the old man is awaiting for to carry you to freedom if you follow the drinking gourd the riverbank makes a very good road. Exploring follow the drinking gourd musical explorers. Winters story begins with a pegleg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the underground railroad.
Bridget not sure if you found it but here is the youtube link. Other verses go into greater detail about following the. Keith david reads the featured story, which explains that the africanamerican folk song, follow the drinking gourd, levar reflects on a time when africans were brought to america as slaves. Reading excerpts from the book will graphically illustrate to the students how slaves traveled on slave ships, and provide accurate historical information on the issue of slavery in america. Love in action was a continuous theme throughout this row. Then we do a discussion about the differences between the book and movie main character of the book is a boy, etc. Left foot, peg foot, traveling on, follow the drinking gourd. According to american folklore, this song was a musical map which led fugitive slaves north to freedom.
Follow the drinking gourd is an african american folk song first published in 1928. 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. While working for plantation owners, peg leg joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd the big dipper. These directions then enabled fleeing slaves to make their way north from mobile, alabama to the ohio river and freedom. That map is a song called follow the drinking gourd. I planned to row follow the drinking gourd in february since its black history month emphasizing civil rights and treating others with love and kindness. Feb 12, 2015 follow the drinking gourd, youtube lesson and readaloud with explanation of underground railroad and code words in drinking gourd song stay safe and healthy. Students learn to sing follow the drinking gourd and explore the hidden. While the video is appealing, the drinking gourd story itself has by now been thoroughly discredited. Follow the drinking gourd was originally published as an american folk song in 1928. I watch it after reading the short chapter book the drinking gourd.
Follow the drinking gourd, for the old man is waiting for to carry you to freedom if you follow the drinking gourd. Celebrate march madness in the classroom by using the free web app kahoot to host a book tournament. According to legend, the song was used by a conductor of the underground railroad, called peg leg joe, to guide some fugitive slaves. Follow the drinking gourd lapbook pictures contributed by kendall. Their 9yearold son, little jeff, is about tommys age. They follow it, for it always points to the north star, which can guide them north as they travel at night, the safest time. Little jeff explains that he and his family must follow the drinking gourd, or the big dipper, in the night sky.
Feb 23, 2016 this pin was discovered by niki baptiste. Follow the drinking gourd 1997 edition open library. Books similar to follow the drinking gourd follow the drinking gourd. Features solid choral writing with a haunting piano accompaniment. We started reading this book around valentines day. He talks about how africanamericans risked their lives for freedom, and discusses how the music from slavery times effected the african culture. Meet the artists, learn new songs and watch entire concert videos from past seasons of musical explorers on youtube. The american folksong follow the drinking gourd was first published in 1928. Follow the drinking gourd this song is the story of how peg leg joe would lead slaves to freedom by following the underground. Follow the drinking gourd kindle edition by winter. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter goodreads. Follow the drinking gourd lapbook with images science. 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.
See more ideas about five in a row, black history month and black history. The drinking gourd song was supposedly used by an underground railroad operative to encode escape instructions and a map. The drinking gourd song was supposedly used by an underground railroad. While working for plantation owners, peg leg joe teaches the.
Resisting claims of a coded message in the african american spiritual follow the drinking. From them, tommy learns his own father is a conductor on the underground railroad, a person who helps runaway slaves escape to freedom. During this story time from may 9th, 2020, pop pop reads follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. Folklore has it that slaves in the united states used it as a point of reference so they would not get lost. Valerie showers crescenz brilee music publishing this lazy swing setting in 128 time is a history lesson in song for twopart choirs. Starting tomorrow afternoon, all videos will be live streamed on youtube since they offer closed captioning and i want to make sure we consider all people who may want to access at home learning. He would help the slave owner around the plantation but then at night he would teach the slaves who worked on the plantation a song that would lead them to freedom. Follow the drinking gourd, youtube lesson and readaloud. Follow the drinking gourd the folk song that led to freedom duration. Follow the drinking gourd night sky stories robert squier.
In code, the drinking gourd stood for the big dipper, the wellknown constellation which it resembles. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Follow the drinking gourd childrens books read aloud duration. Follow the drinking gourd follow the drinking gourd arr. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. There are questions about its authenticity, but if accurate, drinking. 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. From the television series, gods greatest hits, airing in canada on visiontv on friday nights at 10. The underground railroad meant freedom for many in the years before emancipation, and it had a map. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter tells the story of captain peg leg joe. Have students study the faces of the runaway slaves as illustrated in the book.
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