Classroom Resource

Harriet Tubman - A Kid Explains History, Episode 13

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

2, 10

Overview

In this video from A Kid Explains History, Quinn explains the history and life of Harriet Tubman and her work on the underground railroad. With his precocious personality and kid-friendly vocabulary, Quinn makes learning history easy and fun for students of all ages. This video can be used to introduce Harriet Tubman, abolitionists, and/or the underground railroad. 

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 2

SS10.2.2

Identify national historical figures and celebrations that exemplify fundamental democratic values, including equality, justice, and responsibility for the common good.

Unpacked Content

UP:SS10.3.12

Vocabulary

  • historic figures (male and female)
  • celebrations
  • exemplify
  • democratic values
  • recognize
  • founding fathers
  • significance
  • national holidays
  • American symbols
  • monuments

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Fundamental democratic values including equality, justice, and responsibility for the common good.
  • The names and significance of national historic figures, both male and female.
  • The significance of national holidays and the relationship of each to democratic values.
  • The history and significance of American symbols and monuments.
  • Vocabulary: democratic values, equality, justice, responsibility, common good, founding father, national holiday, American symbol, monument

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Identify national historic figures and celebrations.
  • Identify the ways historic figures and celebrations exemplify fundamental democratic values.
  • Recognize our country's founding fathers and other historic male figures.
  • Recognize historic female figures.
  • Describe national holidays, including the significance of each and the democratic values associated with each.
  • Identify American symbols and monuments and describe the history and significance of each.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • There is an importance and impact of national historic figures and celebrations.
Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 10 - United States History I

SS10.US1.12

Describe the founding of the first abolitionist societies by Benjamin Rush and Benjamin Franklin and the role played by later critics of slavery, including William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Angelina and Sarah Grimké, Henry David Thoreau, and Charles Sumner. [A.1.a., A.1.c., A.1.e., A.1.f., A.1.g., A.1.i., A.1.j.]

Unpacked Content

UP:SS10.US1.12

Vocabulary

  • impact

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Details of the founding of the first abolitionist societies by Benjamin Rush and Benjamin Franklin.
  • The role played by later critics of slavery, including William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Angelina and Sarah Grimke', Henry David Thoreau, and Charles Sumner.
  • The role of religious movements in opposition to slavery, including objections of the Quakers.
  • The impact of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 that banned slavery in new states north of the Ohio River.
  • How the Underground Railroad developed, its impact on American society in the North and in the South, and its leaders, including Harriet Tubman.
  • The impact of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin on the abolitionist movement.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Compare the first abolitionist societies by Benjamin Rush and Benjamin Franklin to the development of later abolitionist societies.
  • Describe the rise of religious of movements in opposition to slavery.
  • Explain the importance of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
  • Describe the rise of the Underground Railroad and it's leaders.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • There was an important abolitionist movement in the United States from the earliest leaders and groups through the later groups, leaders, and legislation.
Link to Resource
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YAPVs233Hc

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

A Kid Explains History
Accessibility

Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
License

License Type

Custom

Custom License Type (URL)

https://www.sensical.tv/terms-of-use

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