Harriet Tubman: The Amazing Woman

This past year, Sprite began a new portion of her classical education with jumping head first into the grammar program, Essentials.

This encompasses all aspects of the english language: sentence patterns, purposes, diagramming, dress-ups (how to add adjectives, adverbs, and other necessary items to “dress up” create more interest in your writing), and more.

Although the first few weeks were grueling, <— vocab word she has done exceedingly well.

I am very proud of all her hard work, though some of it came through tears, she’s learned a ton and grown exponentially in the process.

At the end of our homeschool community school year, Essentials students complete something called a Faces of History research paper.

Sprite picked Harriet Tubman.

She read, completed an outline for each section and fused those together, edited her own work, dressed it up, and beamed with pride at the finished product.

And, I wanted to share her fantastic work with you.

Below is her finished product complete with bibliography.

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Harriet Tubman: The Amazing Woman

“There was one of two things I had a right to, liberty, or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.” Harriet Tubman, who was a very daring woman, no matter what happened, she continued to have hope. She always did the right thing for her people. Her childhood was grueling, exhausting, and painful. The Underground Railroad was a special path to freedom. Since her death, she became famous because people finally understood her actions.

Araminta was Harriet Tubman’s given name, and Minty was her nickname. When minty was a little bit older, about 6 or 7, she caught muskrats and caught the common cold, a fever, and the measles. When she was about 15 years old, she was working with saws that cut wood that were very dangerous and also hauled hay on a plantation. Once she was trying to protect a poor slave that was running away from its horrid master. The master picked up a hunk of lead and threw it at the slave. Minty jumped in front of the slave and was hit in the head with the object. Her mother took care of her until she was better. When she recovered, she picked prickly cotton, which blistered and bruised her skin, and when the mules were tired pulling the boats, guess who did their job? Minty. She was hurt and bruised, but that would not get in the way of hope and progress, because Minty was destined to help slaves be free.

Americans built the underground railroad, which Harriet Tubman used to free slaves. John Tubman, her husband, constantly helped her through all of this hard work. She was very sharp rescuing her people and used the North Star to guide slaves through the winter nights. She encouraged freed slaves to go on the return quest with her and courageously help free more slaves. Although people warned her to stop but that did not stop her from something that she loved the most, progress.

In 1944, the S.S. Harriet Tubman was the first boat named after a U.S. African American woman. On February 1^st, 1978, a 13-cent stamp had the first African American on the front of the stamp. In 1995, a 32-cent stamp was published to honor Harriet Tubman. Americans compassionately continued her work, which honored her legacy. The government put up a statue of Harriet Tubman in New York City, in the Harlem neighborhood to honor her. She also had a military funeral because she worked for a few years as a gracious nurse.

Harriet Tubman’s childhood was grueling, exhausting, and painful. She daringly used the Underground Railroad to free slaves. She freed over 700 slaves, who she encouraged to come back with her and free more slaves. When she died she had a military funeral because she worked for three years as a nurse in the military. She was very kind, daring, bold, courageous, and adventurous. Harriet Tubman was a very amazing woman.

Bibliography

Buckley Jr., James. Show Me History! Harriet Tubman: Fighter for Freedom, Peter Norton, 2020, pp. 1, 8-9, 12-16, 22, 26, 50-51, 72-75, 78-79, 86-89

Pinkney, Andrea Davis. “1, 3, 4, 5, 6.” She Persisted: Harriet Tubman. Philomel Books, 2021, pp. 6, 16-20, 24, 31, 37, 45, 50.  

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Y’all, this was written by my fourth grader.

I helped here and there when she was stuck, but that was it.

I can’t express enough my love of this program and how much she’s flourished this year.

It has been a delight (most of the time) to learn alongside her and enrich my own english.