Harriet Tubman - Inspiring Animated Heroes

I teach 4th grade, and I just finished reading a biography about Harriet Tubman to my students. I was hoping to follow up with a movie about her life. I was a little disappointed with the DVD Inquiring Heroes- Harriet Tubman. The movie itself was very short. Although the movie was advertised as being 45 minutes, the actual movie was only about 20 minutes. The DVD included a sing-along, which I didn't feel was as appropriate for 4th graders. The twenty minute movie was not in depth enough to really teach the children about the difficulties that Harriet Tubman faced. The movie didn't begin with Harriet's childhood. It began with her escaping from the plantation, so the children weren't able to understand from the movie the problems that led up to her wanting to escape. I would recommend looking for a better movie on Harriet Tubman if you teach older students.

The Nest Animated Heroes DVD's are all well done. The animation is slow to focus on the story. Sometimes i find some small history mistakes in these DVD's. Hence, the 4 out of 5 stars.

I bought this to share with my sixth grade class after reading various information on Harriet Tubman. It was informative. The class enjoyed the show and reinforced much of the information they'd explored in class. My only complaint (minor at best) was the visual of Harriet wasn't realistic. That's true of most of the attempts I've seen to portray her so it wasn't really a problem.

My kids LOVE this series of DVDs. They've enjoyed getting to know about various leaders & inspirational people from around the world and through out history who have paved the way, and shaped our world for the better. This is a DVD my kids love watching. Harriet Tubman is such an inspirational women, and this DVD is a great introduction to children about her, and her incredible story. It's one that has been watched many times.

My favorite so far! They actually show her reliance on her faith. They handle slavery from a historical perspective very well. Great animation.

This DVD was a much better quality than the first one our class purchased. Very happy with this. All three of our fourth grade classes are using this video.

I showed this 45-minute educational DVD to 3rd - 5th grade students in two parts and you could have heard the proverbial pin drop! And students were sure to remind me to show part two so they could see what happened to Harriet. History mixed with animation and action is a great way to introduce this hero to young audiences.

My students, 4th and 5th graders loved it. It was a great way to end a unit on the Underground Railroad.

Great summary of events for a key person on the Underground Railroad. Great resource for our Black History Month!