Uncle Tom's Cabin Lesson Plan

If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:

1. 1

   Students will be able to understand the journeys of the characters in the novel, particularly Uncle Tom and Eliza.

2. 2

   Students will be able to understand, engage with, and discuss the novel's historical significance, both in its own time and in today's literary and cultural landscape.

3. 3

   Students will be able to use multiple means and media—visual, written, oral—to interpret Stowe's work.

4. 4

   Students will be able to discuss and write about the ways in which a reader's perception of a novel changes according to the mores of the time in which they read...