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This The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain activity also includes:
- A lithograph of a drawing by Henry Lewis showing Hannibal, Missouri, home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1854-1857
- A photograph of Hannibal, Missouri, home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1880
- A reward poster for a runaway slave in Missouri, 1820-1860
- A photograph of a plantation house in South Carolina, 1960
- A letter describing the life and times of a plantation owner before and after the Civil War, 1944
- An excerpt from The Black Man’s Burden or The Horrors of Southern Lynchings, 1902
- A 1959 pictorial map of events in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- An excerpt from a 1985 lecture titled “Born to Trouble: One-Hundred Years of Huckleberry Finn.”
- An essay by David Cazarez, 2011
- An original 1884 illustration by E.W. Kemble from chapter twelve, “On the Raft,” in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- A poster advertising a lecture in Brooklyn, New York, by Mark Twain, 1873
- A photograph of Samuel Clemens in his iconic white suit, 1909
- A photograph of steamboats on the Mississippi River, 1860
- An illustration of the levee at Cairo, Illinois, 1874
- An excerpt from a book that includes an extensive list of superstitions, 1907
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Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the focus of a teaching guide that introduces readers to some of the many controversies surrounding the use of the novel in classrooms. The packet includes 15 primary source excerpts and images, a list of additional resources, and a detailed teaching plan. The final activity is a class debate of whether the novel should be banned from classroom use.
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Instructional Ideas
- Requires considerable prep time to prepare overheads and copies of the primary source documents and essays
Classroom Considerations
- A protocol must be in place to permit a safe, respectful discussion of the language Huck uses
Pros
- The primary source set provides historical background information
Cons
- None