Bringing Her-Stories Alive: Biographical Storytelling in the Social Studies Classroom Presentation for Celebrating Teachers Tucson Teachers Applying Whole Language 9 October 2004 Soleng Tom Elementary School, Tucson, Arizona Judi Moreillon, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Northern Arizona University

Harriet Tubman Photos from the Library of Congress

Mary Harris "Mother" Jones

Goals: To experience then discuss history through oral storytelling and compare it with history via textbooks To explore the process of presenting first-person oral narratives Summary: Telling the life stories of historical figures can help students make emotional connections to the events of human history. Oral biographies invite listeners to revisit the past and help them understand social studies in a way textbooks cannot. First-person narratives of women who influenced American history are particularly powerful. In this presentation, we will use song and story to share the lives and contributions of Harriet Tubman and Mary Harris "Mother" Jones. We will discuss the process of gathering information about historical figures and retelling their lives in story format. Harriet Tubman Mother Jones Resources: Song: "Lifeline" by Walter Robinson From Audiotape: Lifeline by Holly Near and Ronnie Gilbert Books: Harriet Tubman (In Their Words series) by George Sullivan (Scholastic, 2001) Harriet Tubman: Moses of the Underground Railroad by Anne Scrafff (Enslow, 2000) Harriet Tubman: Riding the Freedom Train by Rose Blue and Corrine Naden (Millbrook, 2003) Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman by Alan Schroeder, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney (Dial, 1996) Web Sites: America's Story from the Library of Congress Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad - Pocantico Hills School, Sleepy Hollow, New York (student-created) National Geographic -Tubman's journey on the Underground Railroad with photographs and song New York History Net Resources: Song: "Babies in the Mill" by Dorsey Dixon From his CD: Babies in the Mill Books: The Autobiography of Mother Jones by Mary Harris Jones (Kerr, 1996) Mother Jones: One Woman's Fight for Labor by Betsy Harvey Kraft (Clarion, 1995) Mother Jones and the March of the Mill Children by Penny Colman (Millbrook, 1994) Kids on Strike! by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (Houghton Mifflin, 1999) Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor by Russell Freedman (Clarion, 1994) Web Sites: Mother Jones: The Woman - Mother Jones Magazine Mother Jones: "Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living" - PBS - Faces of Protest Women's History: Mary Harris Mother Jones - great links (sadly lots of advertising) Mary Harris Jones: One Tough "Mother" - Wild Geese (Erin's Far-Flung Exiles) Extension: Child Labor Today Iqbal Masih and the Crusaders against Child Slavery by Susan Kuklin (Holt, 1998) Updated: 9 October 2004 Judi Moreillon's Home Page: https://storytrail.com