Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
Biography (nonfiction), 1,257 words, Level S (Grade 3)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Retell
Comprehension	Cause and Effect
Grammar and Mechanics	Subject and Predicate
Word Work	Content Vocabulary

Book Summary

Harriet Tubman was an African-American woman who daringly escaped slavery and helped hundreds of other slaves escape to freedom. She became the most famous of all "conductors" of the Underground Railroad, which was a system of safe houses that slaves used to travel to freedom in the North. Her inspiring story of courage and determination continued into her later life as she worked for aid and education for freed slaves, as well as for women's right to vote.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Retell

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of mentally retelling while reading to make sense of text
• Identify cause and effect
• Identify subject and predicate
• Recognize and use content vocabulary

Vocabulary

• Content words: abolitionists, meager, mind, mocking, perilous, plantation, Underground Railroad

Book Resources

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