The Stowe House tour is 45 minutes to an hour long, but the length of stay offsite depends on the number of students. A group of 50 students would be offsite for 1.5 to 2 hour and would participate in a tour as well as select short activities during that time.
Offsite Tour
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center 77 Forest Street Hartford, CT 06105
Every Friday, all year.
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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 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 from her time through today. 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 toward social justice and have a positive impact on their communities.
Limited transportation reimbursement is available for 2023-24 on a first-come basis.
The Stowe Center requires 1 chaperone for every 10 students.
Grade K
Grade K: History: Change, Continuity and Context K.2 Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped a significant historical change.
Grade K: Theatre: Responding: Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work."¨ A. With prompting and support, identify preferences in dramatic play, a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama), or age-appropriate theatre performance.
Grade 1
Grade 1: History: Perspectives: 1.3 Compare perspectives of people in the past to those in the present.
Grade 1: Theatre: Responding: Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work."¨ A. Explain preferences and emotions in a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama), or age-appropriate theatre performance.
Grade 2
Grade 2: History: Historical Sources and Evidence: 2.6 Identify different kinds of historical sources
Grade K "“ 2: Inquiry: K"“2.16 Identify ways to take action to help address local, regional, and global problems
Grade 2: Theatre: Responding: Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work."¨ A. Explain how personal preferences and emotions affect an observer"s response in a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama), or age-appropriate theatre performance.
Grade 3
Grade 3: History: Historical Sources and Evidence: 3.7: Compare information provided by different historical sources about the past.
Grade 3: Theatre: Connecting: Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. A. Use personal experiences and knowledge to make connections to community and culture in a drama/theatre work.
Grade 4
Grade 4: History: Historical Sources and Evidence: 4.8 Infer the intended audience and purpose of a historical source from information within the source itself
Grade 4: Theatre: Connecting: Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. A. Identify the ways drama/theatre work reflects the perspectives of a community or culture.
Grade 5
Grade 5: History: Historical Sources and Evidence: 5.8: Use information about a historical source, including the maker, date, place of origin, intended audience, and purpose to judge the extent to which the source is useful for studying a particular topic.
Dimension 4: Communicating conclusions and taking informed action Grade 3 "“ 5: Inquiry: 3"“5.16 Explain different strategies and approaches students and others could take in working alone and together to address local, regional, and global problems, and predict possible results of their actions.
Grade 5: Theatre: Connecting: Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. A. Explain how drama/theatre connects oneself to a community or culture.
