Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. During this story time from may 9th, 2020, pop pop reads follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. The true story of follow the drinking gourd casandersdotnet. Follow the drinking gourd the folk song that led to freedom duration. Follow the drinking gourd 1997 edition open library. An exceptional arrangement of the traditional africanamerican folk song pertaining to the big dipper the drinking gourd and how it points north t freedom. See more ideas about five in a row, black history month and black history. Features solid choral writing with a haunting piano accompaniment. Little jeff explains that he and his family must follow the drinking gourd, or the big dipper, in the night sky. Winters story begins with a pegleg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the underground railroad. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter tells the story of captain peg leg joe. Books similar to follow the drinking gourd follow the drinking gourd. We started reading this book around valentines day.
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. The drinking gourd song was supposedly used by an underground railroad. 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. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter, paperback.
Valerie showers crescenz brilee music publishing this lazy swing setting in 128 time is a history lesson in song for twopart choirs. Follow the drinking gourd childrens books read aloud duration. Follow the drinking gourd american childrens songs. Search follow the drinking gourd sheet music at jw pepper.
From them, tommy learns his own father is a conductor on the underground railroad, a person who helps runaway slaves escape to freedom. 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. Editions of follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. 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. Follow the drinking gourd lapbook with images science. From the television series, gods greatest hits, airing in canada on visiontv on friday nights at 10. The river ends between two hills, follow the drinking gourd, theres another tree on the. That map is a song called follow the drinking gourd. 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. Meet the artists, learn new songs and watch entire concert videos from past seasons of musical explorers on youtube. Students learn to sing follow the drinking gourd and explore the hidden. 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. Follow the drinking gourd is a historical fiction book about slavery. Follow the drinking gourd night sky stories robert squier. 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. They follow it, for it always points to the north star, which can guide them north as they travel at night, the safest time.
The riverbed makes a very good road dead trees 4 will show you the way left foot, peg foot 5 traveling on if you. Follow the drinking gourd is a book about historical fiction, written and illustrated by jeanette. In code, the drinking gourd stood for the big dipper, the wellknown constellation which it resembles. Follow the drinking gourd this song is the story of how peg leg joe would lead slaves to freedom by following the underground. 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. An underground railroad story by cari meister adapter, robert squier illustrator follow the drinking gourd is. Feb 23, 2016 this pin was discovered by niki baptiste. Follow the drinking gourd childrens books read aloud youtube. I watch it after reading the short chapter book the drinking gourd. According to american folklore, this song was a musical map which led fugitive slaves north to freedom. Follow the drinking gourd kindle edition by winter. The lyrics themselves act as instructions for runaway slaves, with the drinking gourd serving as a. 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.
Follow the drinking gourd paperback by jeanette winter a great story of following directions if you look at its simplest form. According to legend, the song was used by a conductor of the underground railroad, called peg leg joe, to guide some fugitive slaves. 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. While the video is appealing, the drinking gourd story itself has by now been thoroughly discredited. Other verses go into greater detail about following the. These directions then enabled fleeing slaves to make their way north from mobile, alabama to the ohio river and freedom. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter goodreads. Follow the drinking gourd lapbook pictures contributed by kendall. Follow the drinking gourd is an african american folk song first published in 1928. Follow the drinking gourd discussion guide scholastic. The underground railroad meant freedom for many in the years before emancipation, and it had a map. Follow the drinking gourd was supposedly used by engineers in the underground railroad to direct slaves to freedom. Love in action was a continuous theme throughout this row. 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.
Weber reads frederick douglass and harriet jacobs lesson plan. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. 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. The drinking gourd song was supposedly used by an underground railroad operative to encode escape instructions and a map. Then we do a discussion about the differences between the book and movie main character of the book is a boy, etc. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. While working for plantation owners, peg leg joe teaches the. Exploring follow the drinking gourd musical explorers. Follow the drinking gourd follow the drinking gourd arr. Angela choberka and dee anne squire, teacher consultants, wasatch range writing project burning questions. Follow the drinking gourd was originally published as an american folk song in 1928. While working for plantation owners, peg leg joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd the big dipper.
Their 9yearold son, little jeff, is about tommys age. Follow the drinking gourd storybook by jeanette winter youtube. Follow the drinking gourd youtube with images black. He talks about how africanamericans risked their lives for freedom, and discusses how the music from slavery times effected the african culture. An old white sailor named peg leg joe wanted to help free the slaves. 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. Folklore has it that slaves in the united states used it as a point of reference so they would not get lost. Bridget not sure if you found it but here is the youtube link. Follow the drinking gourd, for the old man is waiting for to carry you to freedom if you follow the drinking gourd. Through reading and discussing a picture book in a group can students determine what forms of communication we use to share our. Follow the drinking gourd, told by morgan freeman with music by taj mahal. Elizabeth behrens follow the drinking gourd facebook.
Celebrate march madness in the classroom by using the free web app kahoot to host a book tournament. See more ideas about underground railroad, teaching history and history activities. A couple, their son, and two others make their escape by following the songs directions. Have students study the faces of the runaway slaves as illustrated in the book. 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. The drinking gourd itself refers to the big dipper constellation, and each subsequent line refers to a location and or time of year. Follow the drinking gourd, youtube lesson and readaloud. The american folksong follow the drinking gourd was first published in 1928. Left foot, peg foot, traveling on, follow the drinking gourd. The drinking gourd is another name for the big dipper asterism. 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. Richie havens follow the drinking gourd lyrics genius.
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