Uncle Tom's Cabin Lesson Plan

Movie Viewing

Kind of Activity:

Technology

Objective:

Students will be able to compare Stowe's content to another form of text about slavery

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.7

Structure:

Watch in class or arrange a separate screening of Steve McQueen's 2013 film Twelve Years a Slave.

Some students will have read excerpts from the text on which the movie is based for yesterday's assignment; others will not be familiar with it. Students should consider the following questions as they watch:

* How is the film Twelve Years a Slave similar to Uncle Tom's Cabin?

* How is the film Twelve Years a Slave different from Uncle Tom's Cabin?

* Why do you think...