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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 K-5 students. Museum educa... Read more

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 K-5 students. Museum educators use inquiry, critical thinking skills and storytelling to engage students in age-appropriate discussions on tours. Visitor-led tour experiences allow museum educators to adjust content based on student ages, gauging students' knowledge and readiness and introducing concepts and terminology appropriate for students' developmental stage. 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 move through the house, storytelling, multimedia, and a hands-on look at primary sources from the past will prompt 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 tour is 45 minutes in length, but the length of stay offsite depends on the number of students. A group of 50 students would be offsite for around 2 hours and would participate in a tour as well ... Read more

The tour is 45 minutes in length, but the length of stay offsite depends on the number of students. A group of 50 students would be offsite for around 2 hours and would participate in a tour as well as other activities during that time.