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Harriet Tubman

By Natalie Gregorarz

Portrait of Harriet Tubman  
This page creates an adventure story starring your student or your child. He or she travels back in to the woods of Maryland in 1949 and help Harriet Tubman rescue some slaves.
 

Turn on Speakers to hear "Go Down Moses".

STORY FORM:

Create a Personalized Story

Enter the name to appear in the story:

Click on gender: :

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

    1. Enter the name or nickname as you want it to appear in the story.
    2. Click on the gender of your student or your child.
    3. 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:

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

    If you want to print the story in a booklet:

    1. Click the "Print the Story" button in the Story Form.
    2. Click on "File" and then "Page Setup" in your browser.
    3. Select "Landscape".
    4. Delete any text in "Header" and "Footer" Spaces.
    5. Click "OK".
    6. Make sure your printer is turned on and has paper in it.
    7. Click on "File" and then "Print" in your browser.
    8. Click on "OK".
    9. Fold each page in half with the print side out.
    10. Wrap the cover around the open ends of the pages.
    11. Staple.
    12. To return to this page, click the "Back" button in your browser.

Music Credits

Background Music: "Go Down Moses", a Negro spiritual. The hymn was widely sung during the time of this story and is still enjoyed today. 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.

  1. pixBar="images/Roseline.gif" alt="Green line with rosebud" MSN Clip Art
  2. Music= "music/Moses.mp3" loop="10" Randy Cabell
  3. pixCov= "images/HTubman.gif" alt="Portrait of Harriet Tubman" http://ita.wisc.edu/currentstudents/2004/pangya/hero_PST/
  4. pix1= "images/HistoryHat.gif" alt="A red History Hat." MSN Clip Art
  5. pix2= "images/DenseWoods.jpg" alt="Dense woods." http://www.route206.org/trip2.htm
  6. pix3= "images/SlavesWalking.gif" alt="Slaves walking to Freedom" http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery
  7. pix4= "images/BigDipper.gif" alt="The Big Dipper and North Star" MSN Clip Art
  8. pix5= "images/Bondage.gif" alt="Hands in Bondage Cuffs" MSN Clip Art
  9. pix6= "images/HT-Underground.gif" alt="Slaves Escaping on the Underground Railroad" http://library.stritch.edu/blackhistorymonth/images/underground.jpg
  10. pix7= "images/HT-LeadWoods.gif" alt="Harriet Tubman leading slaves with rifle."
  11. http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ 2/18/h18-2055-e.html
  12. pix8= "images/RicketyBridge.jpg" alt=" Rickety Bridge over River" http://www.purewaterfortheworld.org/honduras_project.asp
  13. pix9= "images/RagingRiver.jpg" alt="A raging river." http://www.molenda.us/photos/uvas-canyon-2001-12-23/DSCN0485-l.html
  14. pix10="images/Map-URR.jpg" alt="Map of Underground Railroad routes." http://muweb.millersville.edu/~ugrr/tellingstories/demosite/Buxton/many_roads/images/map_image.html
  15. pix11="images/HTubman-actress.gif" alt="Harriet Tubman in travel suit" http://www.lakelandschools.org/EDTECH/BlackHistory/htubman.htm
  16. pix12= "images/HT-Lead.gif" alt="Abstract Woodcut of Harriet Tubman leading slaves." http://trinitywholesale.com/prints/african_american/images/african_art_18609.jpg

Page created August 16, 2005. Anne Pemberton. Updated Sun, 20-Apr-2008 . AP.

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