Uncle Tom's Cabin

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Tom's Cabin Lesson Plans

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Uncle Tom's Cabin Response Journal (Prestwick House)

By reflecting on what they've read, students develop new ideas and link these ideas to their lives. To facilitate this process, we offer reproducible Prestwick Response Journals in the tradition of the response-centered teaching movement. Each... More »

Uncle Tom's Cabin Teaching Unit (Prestwick House)

A teaching unit and individual learning packet from Prestwick House. Includes the following: Comprehensive chapter-by-chapter study guides for students Questions suitable for essay topics or discussion Vocabulary lists Muliple-choice and... More »

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Grammardog Guide to Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Cover Art activity for Uncle Tom's Cabin

This in-class activity allows students to examine the wildly varying cover art available for different editions of Uncle Tom's Cabin. More »

Uncle Tom's Cabin Teaching Unit

Uncle Tom's Cabin Response Journal

Uncle Sam

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America's Uncle (Nonfiction)

A one-page description and definition of the patriotic symbol 'Uncle Sam.' Useful in building fluency, read-aloud practice, learning about patriotic symbols, and similar activities. More »

Uu: Uncle Buck, Up

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A Message from Uncle Wilber

This one-page story is about what Uncle Wilber sent to Sarah and Sid. The unit includes five activity pages to recall details, sequence events, develop vocabulary, use words with 'silent k', make compound words, and answer questions. (Find other... More »

Uncle Moe's Present (Narrative Paragraph)

This two-page writing activity provides a form on which students can write a narrative paragraph about the terrible present that Uncle Moe sent (or about the best present ever received), plus teacher directions. (Find other units by searching... More »

Uncle Buck

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A Message from Uncle Wilbur (Gr. 4/Week 10)

This daily practice unit contains four related paragraphs about Uncle Wilbur's message, with errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and language use. Monday through Thursday, students correct the paragraphs and check work against an... More »

A Message from Uncle Wilber/Un mensaje del tÃo Gilberto

A one-page story about the strange messages and packages that come from Uncle Wilber, presented first in English and then in Spanish. Includes activity pages to practice making inferences, labeling a diagram, and other language skills. More »

America's Uncle

This one-page article incorporates fun facts of the U.S. in describing how 'Uncle Sam' came into being as a symbol of the United States. The reading is enhanced by three comprehension activities: answer questions from the story, name symbols of... More »

My Uncle Terwilliger on the Art of Eating Popovers (A speech/poem)

A speech (or poem) used as a commencement address by Dr. Seuss in 1977 at Lake Forest College in Illinois. Useful in building fluency, read-aloud practice, defining the message in the speech, and similar activities. More »

All About Me: Find the Family

Presented in both Spanish and English, this activity presents a word puzzle in which students circle family words (father, daughter, uncle) in the puzzle that are read from a list. More »

Taking Control

They all walked to the court. Uncle Robert passed the ball to Patrice. She stepped toward the baseline. She looked so natural. She shot the ball. Nothing but net. Akil's jaw dropped. "Can you do that again?" The answer was yes. More »

Our Country Thematic Unit

Our Country Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: So You Want to Be President?; Eyewitness: Presidents; Uncle Sam and Old Glory; and A is for America. This reproducible resource is filled with ready-to-use lessons and... More »

Max and the Funny Fox

This one-page story is about Max, Uncle Ted, and a little fox who got into the camping tent. The unit includes five activity pages on recalling information, sequencing events, matching vocabulary with definitions, using sounds of 'x' and 'oo',... More »

Spelling: Short 'u'/Long 'u'

This unit focuses on spelling words with the short 'u' sound (blush, uncle) and with the long 'u' sound (fuel, human, beautiful). The unit includes a spelling list of 18 words, plus activities to define word meanings, write words in the correct... More »

Journey to America-1848/Viaje a AmÃ©rica-1848

A historical fiction story, presented in both English and Spanish, about two Irish children who travel across the ocean to meet an uncle in Boston. Includes language arts activities targeted on answering questions about the story, developing... More »