Harriet Tubman Lesson Plan

Harriet Tubman was an American bondwoman who escaped from slavery in the South to become a leading abolitionist before the American Civil War. She was born in Maryland in 1820, and successfully escaped in 1849. Yet she returned many times to rescue both family members and non-relatives from the plantation system. She led hundreds to freedom in the North as the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, an elaborate secret network of safe houses organized for that purpose.

Read "Who was Harriet Tubaman?" By Yona Zeldis McDonough

Make your own Spy Binoculars 

Supplies needed; Paper towel rolls, glue, and items to decorate


Directions; Glue your paper towel rolls together, and allow them to dry. Once dry, supply children with different mediums to decorate their binoculars.