Harriet Tubman {YWAM Review}
We love the Christian Biographies from YWAM Publishing. I have an entire shelf full of great YWAM stories! So I was excited to see that Harriet Tubman was one of the books in the Heroes of History series.
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We all grew up with the story of Harriet Tubman, and her heroic efforts as a leader in the underground railroad. Freedombound brings the reality of slavery to life in a kid appropriate way. Walk alongside Harriet through her many tribulations and trials as she fights for her freedom and the freedom of others. Work along with her as a house slave and then later as a nurse in the Civil War. You will be fascinated, heartbroken and have more admiration for this woman than you ever have when you reach that last page. There were so many aspects of her life that I was not aware of, and the novel has given us many opportunities to discuss hard topics and truths that surrounded Harriet Tubman’s life.
It’s my goal to surround our children with great novels. To give them stories that delight, empower and build character and I have never been disappointed with any of the YWAM books. The stories in Heroes of History are all told in a fascinating narrative format where related history, geography, science and government come to life.
God, -He’s helped me six times, and he never failed me on the seventh either. -Tubman
I love that with each of their books in this series you can purchase the study guide to go along with them. This turns read-aloud time into a more enriching experience and allows you to expound on all the vocabulary and chapter content. The study guide includes helpful activities to go along with the book, culminating activities, projects, worksheets and chapter questions. If you enjoy unit studies the study guides have everything you need.
There are four questions to go along with each chapter in this book:
- A Vocabulary question
- A factual question arising from the text.
- A question to gauge the level of the student’s comprehension
- An open ended question seeking the students opinion or interpretation.
The study guide even includes suggestions for community links and related themes to explore along with the study. There are several pages of books and resources to go along with this study if you wanted to explore more about the time period or Harriet Tubman. Once you have completed the reading there are suggestions for a culminating event.
YWAM publishing did an amazing job of giving you all the resources you might need for a thorough study of Harriet Tubman, and if you were looking for something similar with another Hero of History you won’t be disappointed. We are going to move on to Theodore Roosevelt next and I plan on using several of these complete studies in the years ahead.
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