Welcome to the conversation!


Welcome to the conversation!

Harriet Beecher Stowe's (1811-1896) best-selling anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), made her the most famous American woman of the 19th century and galvanized the abolition movement before the Civil War.

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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

#StoweSyllabus: What We're Reading This Week

Articles and current events that got us thinking over the week! 

Rethinking history class on Columbus Day
Melinda D. Anderson, October 12, 2015, The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/10/columbus-day-school-holiday/409984/

Time to abolish Columbus Day
Bill Bigelow, October 7, 2015, Common Dreams
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/10/07/time-abolish-columbus-day 

Reconsider Columbus Day
Dr. Amanda Morris, October 6, 2015, Teaching Tolerance
http://www.tolerance.org/blog/reconsider-columbus-day

How to get Americans to talk honestly about slavery
Jamelle Bouie with Levar Burton, October 8, 2015, Slate
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_history_of_american_slavery/2015/10/how_to_talk_honestly_about_slavery_featuring_levar_burton.html

What articles, news pieces, or video-clips have you come across over the past week? Let us know, below!
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