Booker T. Washington

By Nick Romatowski

This page creates an adventure story starring your student or your child. He or she travels back to West Virginia in 1872 to meet the famous African-American educator, Booker T. Washington, as he is leaving for Hampton Institute.

Turn on your speakers to hear "Battle Cry of Freedom"

Directions to use the STORY FORM above to create this story:

Enter the name or nickname as you want it to appear in the story.
Click on the gender of your student or your child.
If you make a mistake, or want to start over, click on the "Reset" button.

If you want to read the story on the screen:

Click on the "Show the Story" button.
To return to this page, click the "Back" button in your browser.

If you want to print the story in a booklet:

Click the "Print the Story" button in the Story Form.

Click on "File" and then "Page Setup" in your browser.

Select "Landscape".

Delete any text in "Header" and "Footer" Spaces.

Click "OK".

Make sure your printer is turned on and has paper in it.

Click on "File" and then "Print" in your browser.

Click on "OK".

Fold each page in half with the print side out.

Wrap the cover around the open ends of the pages.

Staple.

To return to this page, click the "Back" button in your browser.

Music Credits

Background Music: "Battle Cry of Freedom", from "Martial Music of Camp Dupont", recorded on "Martial Music in the Age of Lewis and Clark" by Randolph Cabell. This Banjo tune still was played during the time of this story. The Banjo was a popular instrument with African-Americans when they had time to relax. Synthesized by Randy Cabell, 2004. Music used by permission.

Illustration Credits

Illustrations used without permission, for educational use only. Some illustrations have been edited for this application.

pixBar= "images/BrownFuzzyLine.gif" alt="Brown Fuzzy Line" MSN Clip Art

Music= "music/Freedom.mp3" loop="10" Randy Cabell

pixCov= "images/BTW-Color.jpg" alt="Color Portrait of Booker T. Washington" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/race/art/washington.jpg

pix1= "images/HistoryHat.gif" alt="A red History Hat." MSN Clip Art

pix2= "images/BTWHouseWVA.jpg" alt="Washington Home in Malden , W.VA" http://docsouth.unc.edu/washstory/washin.html

pix3= "images/BTW-drawing.jpg" alt="Drawing of Booker T. Washington." http://docsouth.unc.edu/washstory

pix4= "images/BTW-School.jpg" alt="School for Colored Children in West Virginia " http://fivay.org/education2.html

pix5= "images/BTW-Charcoal.jpg" alt="Charcoal drawing of Booker T. Washington" http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/dreamteam/bookerwashington.html

pix6= "images/HamptonInstitute.jpg" alt="Virginia Hall at Hampton Institute" http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/virginia/hampton/hampton.html

pix7= "images/BTW-Class.jpg" alt="Booker T. Washington teaching a class" http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/scott

pix8= "images/BTWashington.jpg" alt="Portrait of Booker T. Washington" http://www.templeton-interactive.com/lest3a.htm

pix9= "images/Map-Virginia.gif" alt="Map of Virginia http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-578002-map_of_virginia-i

pix10= "images/BTW-walking.jpg" alt="Drawing of Booker walking to Hampton ." http://docsouth.unc.edu/washstory

Page created August 9, 2005. Anne Pemberton. Updated Sun, 20-Apr-2008 . AP.

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