Teaching Uncle Tom's Cabin
This site offers a flexible curriculum for teaching all or portions of Uncle Tom's Cabin in a high school literature or American history class. The lesson plans offered here integrate an exploration of the novel's central issues with skills-based activities in close reading, critical and creative writing, research, and oral presentation. While parts of the site may be used without internet access, several of the activities offer ways to integrate the Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture site, as well as other helpful web materials, into a high school curriculum. Teachers may choose to use all or only a portion of the activities suggested in the three units here, depending on the length of time allotted. Each unit consists of three lessons. Most lessons are designed to last only a day or two. While the unit names suggest a sequence, the lessons may also be rearranged or used individually. These are multi-media lessons that also incorporate research, writing, and presenting.
