Kindergarten Lesson Plan: Harriet Tubman

Objectives:
1. SWBAT explain the importance of Harriet Tubman.
2. SWBAT tell how they can be initiators of change in their communities.

Lesson Outline:
Time What? How?
5 min Read-A- The Young Harriet Tubman: Freedom Fighter by Anne Benjamin
Loud Slave: someone who is legally owned by another person and is forced to
work for that person without pay.
Who else do we know that was fighting for freedom?
Plantations: a large area of land especially in a hot part of the world
where crops (such as cotton) are grown
Cruel: people who hurt others and do not feel sorry about it.
Hate: a very strong feeling of dislike
Racial Oppression: To treat (a person or group of people) in a cruel or
unfair way because of the color of their skin.
10 Discussion How did Harriet’s activism help her and her family?
min How many slaves did Harriet help escape?
Answer: 300
How did Harriet continue helping people after slavery? Why else was her
activism important? What other things did she do to for her community?
Answer: helped with women’s rights, set up schools for black kids, made
sure families had shelter and clothes.

15 Review/ Allow students to share what needs they see in their communities. Ask
min Closing what students think people need help with in the community where we
Circle live and work?