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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Students 9th - 10th
Abolitionist author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, rose to fame in 1851 with the publication of her best-selling book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, which highlighted the evils of slavery.
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Indiana University

Harriet Beecher Stowe Wright Fiction Collection

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Full-text works by Harriet Beecher Stowe can be viewed as facsimiles of the original books, as PDF documents, and as plain text.
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University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania: Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a very good biography of the famous American female author, Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896.)
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers links to a biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe and the full text of her famous novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Slavery and Freedom: Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography focuses on the abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe, infamous for her novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and author of many other influential published works in the nineteenth century. See "Harriet Beecher Stowe Activities" for...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Harriet Beecher Stowe: Author and Abolitionist

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Through two primary source activities and a short biographical video, learners will examine the content and impact of Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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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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PBS

Pbs: The American Novel: Literary Timeline: Authors: Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of American author Harriet Beecher Stowe, including background on her personal life and important works.
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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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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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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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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of famous Civil War writer Harriet Beecher Stowe. Includes list of additional titles about author.
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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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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Harriet Beecher Stowe, an American writer and philanthropist, the author of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, which contributed so much to popular feeling against slavery that it is cited among...
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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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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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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Expansion: Harriet B. Stowe: Uncle Tom's Cabin, Ch. 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion questions that guide the reading of Chapter 1 of Harriet Beecher Stowe's influential novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin. Hyperlink to the entire text.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography: Harriet Beecher Stowe for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe who was a woman who wrote about the horrors of slavery before the Civil War.
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Washington State University

Washington State University: Literary Movements: Domestic or Sentimental Fiction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides a wealth of information about Harriet Beecher Stowe's works. It provides some great links to "Uncle Tom's Cabin" information, a bibliography of primary and secondary sources by and about Stowe, and links to some of her...
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Read Works

Read Works: The Two Harriets, Heroines of the Civil War

For Students 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Harriet Beecher Stowe and Harriet Tubman and their work during the Civil War. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Maine Historical Society

Maine Memory Network: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow & Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using artifacts, this exhibit explores the connections between Longfellow and Stowe.
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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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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."

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