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Stowe Center Experience (6 - 8)

Last changed: 07/15/2023 6:08pm
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6 , 7 , 8
Theater English Social Studies
Grade Level Program Access
1 45 min
The tour is 45 minutes to 1 hour in length, 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 hours.
Offsite Tour

Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
77 Forest Street
Hartford, CT 06105
All year Offsite,
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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 through today. As students are guided through the house, storytelling, multimedia, and a hands-on look at primary sources from the past will prompt questions, discussion, connections and ideas for 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 available for 2023-24 on a first-come basis.
The Stowe Center requires 1 chaperone for every 10 students.

Grade 6

Grade 6: Civics: Processes, Rules and Laws: 6"“7.3 Compare historical and contemporary means of changing societies and promoting the common good.
Grade 6: Theatre: Connecting: Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. A. Explain how the actions and motivations of characters in a drama/theatre work impact perspectives of a community or culture.

Grade 7

Grade 7: Civics: Processes, Rules and Laws: 6"“7.3 Compare historical and contemporary means of changing societies and promoting the common good.
Grade 7: Theatre: Connecting: Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. A. Incorporate multiple perspectives and diverse community ideas in a drama/theatre work.

Grade 8

Grade 8: Civics: Processes, Rules, and Laws: 8.4 Compare historical and contemporary means of changing societies, and promoting the common good.
Dimension 4: Communicating conclusions and taking informed action
Grade 6 "“ 8: Inquiry: Assess their individual and collective capacities to take action to address local, regional, and global problems, taking into account a range of possible levels of power, strategies, and potential outcomes
Grade 8: Theatre: Connecting: Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding. A. Examine a community issue through multiple perspectives in a drama/theatre work.