Don’t Follow the Drinking Gourd

Recommended for Grades: 6, 7, 8
Freedom Seekers escaping slavery by traveling through the state of Iowa traveled East, not North. Find out why and other important information you’d need to make your own escape to freedom. Just remember: when traveling through Iowa, Don’t Follow the Drinking Gourd!

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Iowa Core Essential Concepts

  • Reading: Read for a variety of purposes and across content areas.
  • Reading: Use a variety of strategies and skills to comprehend and interpret fiction.
  • Reading: Use a variety of strategies to develop and expand reading vocabulary.
  • Listening: Listen for information and understanding
  • Listening: Listen for interpretation, analysis, and evaluation
  • Behavioral Sciences: Understand all people have individual traits.
  • Behavioral Sciences: Understand the relationship of the individual to the components of society and culture
  • Geography: Understand how geographic and human characteristics create culture and define regions
  • History: Understand individuals and groups within a society my promote change of the status quo

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