Introduce your high schoolers to one of the most important pieces of American literature with a reading comprehension lesson. As class members read a short passage from Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, they learn about the character of Eliza. In addition, they answer questions about what they have read.

Concepts

uncle tom's cabin, harriet beecher stowe, black history month, reading comprehension

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Include in your novel unit or in a social studies class when working on the abolitionist movement
• Have readers craft their own questions and answers after reading the excerpt
• Add to a reading assessment or homework packet
• To demonstrate the scene in front of the class, ask volunteers to assume the voice of one of the characters

Classroom Considerations

• Questions are mostly comprehension level; consider adding a writing prompt or reflection question
• You may need to clarify some of the dialect for struggling readers

Pros

• Provides a thought-provoking passage from the novel
• Comes with an answer key for the comprehension questions
• An intro at the top of the guides gives readers some context for the excerpt

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.9-10.1 RL.11-12.1