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I can describe a personal connection to the Stowe House tour experience. I can describe similarities between social issues in the past and social issues today. I can identify a way to take action on a local problem. I can describe my personal responses to the stories and events seen and heard on the tour. I can describe the way a book, play, poem, or movie can have impact.

The Stowe House Experience explores the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, her anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom"s Cabin, its impact and connection to contemporary social issues with 6th-8th grade students. Museum educators use inquiry, critical thinking skills and storytelling to engage students in discussions on tours. Visitor-led tour experiences create opportunities for students to demonstrate their knowledge base, and museum educators adjust content accordingly. Students will be guided through Stowe"s Hartford home, where each room acts as a spring board to explore and understand the motives that led Stowe to write Uncle Tom"s Cabin and the impact of her novel leading up to the Civil War and today. The tour begins with a prompt for students to consider and share a book, movie, or play that has changed the way they thought about a social issue. As students are guided through the house, storytelling, multimedia, and a hands-on look at primary sources from the past will prompts questions, discussion, connections and ideas to shaping the future. Students are encouraged to consider ways they can take informed action and have a positive impact on their communities.

The Stowe Center requires 1 chaperone for every 10 students.