Learning the Truth About Slavery From Harriet Beecher Stowe
My project needs a class set of 32 copies of Uncle Tom's Cabin Classic Read Along with the accompanying workbooks and audio CD.
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Kovach's classroom raised $703
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
History education in our country often deals with covering only the bare basic facts of our most important historical eras. This is due to overemphasis on other subjects or schools feeling like there's only enough time to "cover" certain topics each year. Also, textbooks alone do not tell the whole story! After having the privilege of reading the classic novel of Harriet Beecher Stowe, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" while in college studying social sciences, I have been deeply moved by what I believe to be the most "powerful" novel ever written by an American author.
Stowe's words through "Uncle Tom's Cabin" painted such a vividly detailed and accurate picture of the story of slavery in America and the abolitionist movement leading up to the Civil War that President Abraham Lincoln himself was reported to have said upon meeting her "So you're the little women who started this war!" I wish for my students to share this amazing story as well through this proposal.
Each of my thirty-two 6th grade students will receive a copy of the abridged version called, "Uncle Tom's Cabin Classic Read Along" which comes with the audio cd to listen to as we read the story together, along with accompanying vocabulary and comprehension workbooks for end of chapter reading skills exercises. The audio cd is especially helpful to the learning of numerous English-Language-Learner (ELLs) students in our classroom.
Harriet Beecher Stowe once said, "It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done." I want my students to learn the horrific truths about slavery, but also to always remember how it was defeated due to the few "best people", both black and white, at the time of the abolitionist movement. This unit will supplement our class' year-long integrated history and language arts study of classic literature that tells stories of the triumph of the human spirit against oppression brought on by other human beings. Thank you in advance for your help in funding "Learning the Truth About Slavery From Harriet Beecher Stowe."
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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