A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman by: David A. Adler (nonfiction)

This book is a detailed depiction of Harriet Tubman's life as an African American woman from her birth up until her death in 1913. It starts by showing Harriet Tubman as a slave child being beaten for stealing sugar and follows her journey trying to escape slavery. Her biggest role in history was the conductor of the Underground Railroad where she helped slaves escape to the North with the aid of antislavery activists. She was also a nurse and a spy in the civil war.


I would use this book in the classroom during Black History Month while discussing many of the important people in the Civil Rights Movement and important African Americans. I could have students choose a particular African American to research and then create a poster highlighting important facts from their life. Students may also choose to dress up as that person and pretend like they are them while telling their life stories. This project would be a good way to incorporate technology because students could make a PowerPoint presentation, a video using a flip camera, or create a song.