Graphic Non-Fiction: Harriet Tubman

This lesson is part of a unit on African American history. Prior to this lesson the class had read the novel Mississippi Trial 1955 by Chris Crowe. The text used in the lesson, Graphic Nonfiction – Harriet Tubman the Life of an African-American Abolitionist, helps students understand the history behind the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman’s involvement with it. Aligned to CCSS: RI.5.1, RI.5.3, RI.5.4, W.5.9, SL5.1