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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Thursday, October 13, 2016

#StoweSyllabus: What We're Reading This Week

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

Terror lynching in America
Equal Justice Initiative with illustrations by Molly Crabapple, October 11, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS61QFzk2tI&feature=youtu.be

Indian resistance and Thanksgiving declarations
November 17, 2014, Howardzinn.com
http://howardzinn.org/indian-resistance-thanksgiving-declarations/

Rethinking history class on Columbus Day

Melinda Anderson, October 12, 2015, The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/10/columbus-day-school-holiday/409984/

Abolish Columbus Day resources and tools
October 2016, Zinn Education Project 
http://www.teachingforchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ZEP_AbolishColumbusDay_Packet.pdf

Racist objects: A painful past still present
Logan Jaffe, October 6, 2016, The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/10/06/us/race-related-confronting-racist-objects.html?emc=edit_rr_20161006&nl=race-related&nlid=74255697&te=1 

What are you reading this week? Let us know in the comments below!

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