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University of Virginia

University of Virginia : American Reviews of Uncle Tom's Cabin

For Students 9th - 10th
From the University of Virginia read contemporary reviews from American newspapers and periodicals of Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: African American Mosaic: Black History and Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
Online version of a Library of Congress exhibit, covering information about black history, including colonization, abolition, migrations, and the WPA. It is multimedia and contains hundreds of primary source documents.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Uncle Tom's Cabin

For Students 9th - 10th
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, a fiction book for children.
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Article
PBS

Africans in America: Slave Narratives and Uncle Tom's Cabin

For Students 9th - 10th
Slave narratives were an effective tool to spread information about what slavery was really like. Perhaps the most widely read literature about slavery happened to be written by a white woman, Harriet Beecher Stowe. Read about the impact...
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: The Civil War: The Nation Moves Toward War

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Examine the causes of the Civil War using primary source documents. This lesson plan gives background on the Civil War, includes a timeline, and a bibliography for further reading. Primary source documents include music, newspapers,...
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PBS

Pbs: The American Novel: Literary Timeline: Novels: 1852: Uncle Tom's Cabin

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief introduction to Uncle Tom's Cabin, highlighting the novel's important themes, setting, and main characters.
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Unit Plan
C-SPAN

C Span American Writers: Uncle Tom's Cabin

For Students 9th - 10th
This summary of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe includes the full text work as well as links to related websites.
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Unit Plan
C-SPAN

American Writers: Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Students 9th - 10th
An informational site on Harriet Beecher Stowe. Includes general information about her life, works, and writings, including Uncle Tom's Cabin. Also includes links to other sites.
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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the life and career of Harriet Beecher Stowe discusses her early life, her marriage, and her writing career, mentioning her various works. There is also a complete bibliography of her work.
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Handout
National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Women's Hall of Fame provides a good biography of the famous female author and abolitionist, Harriet Beecher Stowe. A photo is also included.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin

For Students 5th - 8th
Harriet Beecher Stowe threw gas on the fire of the slavery issue with the publication of her novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin. Read about her background as an abolitionist, and find out the influence her book had in the North and even in Great...
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Activity
University of Pennsylvania

Digital Library: h.b. Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

For Students 9th - 10th
This online library site provides a listing of available texts of Stowe's slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin". There are many links including a few to drama versions of the novel.
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Other

Page by Page Books: Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains links to the complete text of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: American Women: Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the impact of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin. Included is an engraving of her done in 1855.
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Primary
Lumen Learning

Lumen: American Literature: Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, an anti-slavery novel published in 1852, that was said to "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War." It was the best-selling novel of the 19th...
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Westward Expansion and Reform

For Students 3rd - 8th
Part of a longer time line describing the history of the American West, this section covers the period 1829 to 1859 with hyperlinks to stories and people of this time period.
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Website
Cornell University

Cornell University: Library: I Will Be Heard: Uncle Tom's Cabin

For Students 9th - 10th
A commentary on the popular abolitionist novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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Unit Plan
Cengage Learning

Studying Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This site is geared for teachers but also gives some good insight for students about studying the work of Harriet Beecher Stowe such as major themes, historical perspectives, personal issues, form, style, artistic conventions, audience,...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Dresden, Ontario

For Students 9th - 10th
Dresden is located in the municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario. Brief information is given on this community which is best known as the home of Josiah Henson, the inspiration for the story Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Uncle Tom's Cabin

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Other

Domestic Goddess: "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by h.b.stowe

For Students 9th - 10th
This wonderful site provided by WomenWriters gives a wealth of information about Harriet Beecher Stowe's slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin". There are links to very good criticism articles of the novel as well.
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Website
Other

Women in History: Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a brief listing of Harriet Beecher Stowe's education, family background, and her accomplishments.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the classic anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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Handout
Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Harriet B. Stowe

For Students 9th - 10th
The Ohio Historical Society offers a beautiful portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of the famous "Uncle Tom's Cabin."