Waubonsee community college chorales fall 2012 concert dr. Follow the drinking gourd toronto public library overdrive. Follow the drinking gourd kindle edition by winter. Follow the drinking gourd sounded like a simple folk song sung by slaves, but it was really a map to freedomfor hidden in the lyrics were directions to the escape route known as the underground railroad. Interactive literature selections follow the drinking gourd. 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 is an africanamerican folk song that was part of the underground railroad and used to help fugitive slaves escape to safety. Follow the drinking gourd jeanette winter, author alfred a. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter epub eng 20140624 author. A couple, their son, and two others make their escape. Hidden in the lyrics of follow the drinking gourd were directions for following the underground railroad, the covert trail by which. Follow the drinking gourd has been recorded almost 200 times.
Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter scholastic. Read the watcher jane goodalls life with the chimps by jeanette winter available from rakuten kobo. Recently, however, some historians have begun to question whether the story could be true. Follow the drinking gourd is a historical fiction book about slavery. By jeanette winter follow the drinking gourd reprint. Help the class learn the follow the drinking gourd song as written in the back of the book. Follow the drinking gourd follow the drinking gourd follow the drinking gourd for the old man is waiting for to carry you to freedom follow the drinking gourd riverbed makes a mighty fine road the dead trees will show you the way and its left foot, peg foot traveling on follow the drinking gourd the river ends between two hills. Follow the drinking gourd extension activities scholastic. Peg leg joe is presented as a resolute underground. Lower elementary k2 peg leg joe teaches slaves the words to a song, which are actually the directions for following the underground railroad to freedom. The stars of the big dipper have led a runaway slave family to deacon fullers house, a stop on the underground railroad. Read follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter available from rakuten kobo. The weavers listen first commercially released recording of the song.
Legend has it that follow the drinking gourd was a code song that helped slaves escape by way of the underground railroad. When the sun comes back means winter and spring when the altitude of the sun at noon is higher each day. Follow the drinking gourd is part of the africanamerican oral tradition. Library of congress cataloginginpublication data winter, jeanette. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter, paperback. When does the story follow the drinking gourd take place. This book is about slavery, and the underground railroad. The story goes that a onelegged sailor named peg leg joe traveled from farm to farm working as a handyman during th e day and teaching slaves a folk song in the evenings. While working for plantation owners, peg leg joe teaches the slaves a song about the.
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, text and illustrations by jeanette winter, new york. Preschoolgrade 2 winters picture book relates the story of an old white sailor called peg leg joe who went from plantation to plantation in the precivil war. Follow the drinking gourd great falls school music. The tale of pale male read online free book by jeanette.
The words might not make much sense, but wait until you learn the real meaning of this song. Follow the drinking gourdafrican american spiritual. Kindle ebooks can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Read jeannette winters book follow the drinking gourd. Jeanette winter by following the directions in a song, the drinking gourd, taught them by an old sailor named peg leg joe, runaway slaves journey north along the underground railroad to freedom in canada. Mark lathan, director bill nelson, accompanist follow the drinking gourd traditional, arr. While working for plantation owners, peg leg joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd the big dipper. Her art with flat colors and perspectives in the folk art tradition have brought her many honors. If necessary, engage a music teachers assistance in order to accurately decipher the musical score. Holdaway sings and shares an important piece of american history through this book by jeanette winter. Follow the drinking gourd smithsonians history explorer.
Follow jane from her childhood in london watching a robin on her windowsill, to her years in the african forests of gombe, tanzania, invited by brilliant scientist louis leakey to observe chimps, to her worldwide crusade to save these primates. Follow the drinking gourd singles reproducible kit duration. Background follow the drinking gourd was a song created by enslaved african americans. Named pale male by his many fans, this majestic bird not only endures in this urban environment, he thrives. Follow the drinking gourd kindle edition by jeanette winter.
Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter fictiondb. 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. Follow the drinking gourd paperback by jeanette winter a great story of following directions if you look at its simplest form. Follow the drinking gourd is a book about historical fiction, written and illustrated by jeanette winter. Follow the drinking gourd storybook by jeanette winter duration. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter, hardcover. Follow the drinking gourd by winter, jeanette ebook. 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. While working for plantation owners, peg leg joe teaches the slaves. Winters story begins with a pegleg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the underground ra. Winters story begins with a pegleg sailor who aids slaves. The watcher isbn 9780375867743 pdf epub jeanette winter. In this lesson, students use clues from the text to create their own images and imagine how characters are thinking and feeling.
Follow the drinking gourd ebook by jeanette winter. Everything you need for a complete literature study on follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. A story of the underground railroad, told by morgan freeman with music by taj mahal. For the old man is waiting for to carry you to freedom, if you follow the drinking gourd. Morgan freeman, taj mahal, chris campbell, mark sottnick, bernardine connelly, john mccally. Copy as an entire packet, or copy pages individually. The title of this inspiring story is the title of an important folk song from a troubled part of our nations history. An old white sailor named peg leg joe wanted to help free the slaves. Winter s story begins with a pegleg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the underground railroad. Acclaimed picture book biographer jeanette winter has found her perfect subject. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading follow the drinking gourd. After the class has learned the song, reread the text, pausing to have the class sing the song segments. The lyrics gave secret directions that were taught to the slaves by a one legged sailor named peg leg joe.
Jeanette winter winter, jeanette but the dogs lost the runaways scent at the stream, and molly and james and isaiah, old hattie and young george, were not found. Peg leg joe is presented as a resolute underground railroad conductor, posing as an itinerant carpenter. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter overdrive. This lesson is designed to establish the skill of visualizing for primary students, using the story follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. Jeanette winter, follow the drinking gourd follow the drinking gourd, text and illustrations by jeanette winter, new york. The story of a group of slaves escape on the underground railroad by following directions from the song follow the drinking gourd. Additional gift options are available when buying one ebook at a time. Buy a cheap copy of follow the drinking gourd book by jeanette winter. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter alibris. This sampler includes representative versions that demonstrate the different ways the song has been performed for over 50 years.
This book was inspired by a simple folk song sung by slaves during the early years of slavery. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter goodreads. Follow the drinking gourd on the slave life and the underground railroad. Mar 22, 20 follow the drinking gourd is a story of slavery and escape in the mid1800s. The song was actually a code of directions explaining how to escape from the southern slave states. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter this book was inspired by a simple folk so ng sung by slaves during the early years of slavery. Kop follow the drinking gourd av winter jeanett pa. Follow the drinking gourd kindle edition by winter, jeanette. In glowing paintings and simple text, winter tells the story of one brave family who followed the drinking gourd north to freedom. Jeanette winter has written and illustrated almost 50 books for children, including diego, e mily dickinsons letters to the world, th e librarian of basra, georgia, and mama. Here is the incredible true story of a redtailed hawk that makes himself at home in the most unlikely of placesatop a highrise apartment building in new york city. This engagingly illustrated picture book tells the story of peg leg joe. Winters story begins with a pegleg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the underground railroad. Jeanette winter illustrator 2017 follow the drinking gourd jeanette winter author 2014 kalis song jeanette winter author jeanette winter illustrator 2012 the world is not a rectangle.
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