Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman

Find enrichment activities and Internet resources to enhance your teaching of Alan Schroeder's Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman. This is a great guide to use during your study of the American Civil War or Black History Month (February).
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Internet Resources

Alan Schroeder Biography
Grade Levels: Middle, Secondary
Learn more about this award-winning author, who lives in California.
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=27294

Harriet Tubman
Grade Levels: Primary, Intermediate
An excellent website constructed by a second-grade class and their teacher. Activities include eight crossword puzzles, vocabulary word lists, timelines, character profiles, and much more.
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/tubman.html

Harriet Tubman Biography
Grade Levels: Primary, Intermediate, Middle
This website give background information on the life of "The Moses of Her People," Harriet Tubman.
http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Tubman.html

Harriet Tubman Home
Grade Levels: Primary, Intermediate, Middle
The home where Harriet Tubman lived and died is located on 26 acres of land in Auburn, New York. Included on this site are photographs of her home.
http://www.nyhistory.com/harriettubman/index.htm#history

Underground Railroad Virtual Journey
Grade Levels: Primary, Intermediate, Middle
Making choices of their own, students follow Harriet Tubman on one of her many freedom trips up the east coast.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/j2.html



Books by Alan Schroeder

Booker T. Washington: Educator
Carolina Shout!
Charlie Chaplin: The Beauty of Silence
Jack London
James Dean
Josephine Baker
Lily and the Wooden Bowl
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
Presidential Debates
Ragtime Tumpie
Satchmo's Blues
Smoky Mountain Rose: An Appalachian Cinderella
The Stone Lion
Tale of Willie Monroe
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