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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Tuesday, September 27, 2016

#StoweSyllabus: What We're Reading This Week

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

Election 2016-Civic Activities
Teaching Tolerance, 2016
http://www.tolerance.org/election2016  

Talking to kids about protesting: 5 things I want my kids to know
Adelaid Lancaster, September 22, 2016, We Stories
http://www.westories.org/blog/2016/9/22/talking-to-kids-about-protesting-5-things-i-want-my-kids-to-know  

Children’s books that tackle race and ethnicity
Maria Russo, September 23, 2016, The New York Time
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/09/22/books/23racebooks.html?emc=edit_tnt_20160924&nlid=19506699&tntemail0=y&_r=0  

On hashtags and fleeting white outrage
Shannon Coffrin Gaggero, September 24, 2016, Medium
https://medium.com/embrace-race/on-hashtags-and-fleeting-white-outrage-36b97e682415#.xmr0i7n07

What is on your reading list this week? Share below! 
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