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Kolbe Academy Home School ♦ COURSE PLAN ♦

Literature-NovelJunior High School

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♦♦♦ UNCLE TOM’S CABIN ♦♦♦ COURSE PLAN METHODOLOGY: Uncle Tom's Cabin or Life Among the Lowly by Harriet Beecher Stowe is represented by the abbreviation UTC. Each weekly assignment is summarized in the first line of the week’s daily course plan. The specific daily assignments are outlined in the following lines indicated by the DAY 1, DAY 2, DAY 3, DAY 4 and DAY 5 abbreviations. Discuss the Character list with the student and have them keep a list as they read. Each week’s introduction includes the chapters that will be read that week, instructions for literary devices and elements of fiction that the student will encounter during the week, and a written assignment. The chapter study questions, chapter vocabulary and glossary are located in the Junior High Literature Study Question booklets available for purchase from Kolbe Academy. Discuss the literary devices and elements of fiction with the student using the worksheets included with these junior high literature course plans. As the teacher, be sure to review the final exam now to ensure all concepts are covered with your student as he reads the book. We suggest reading the weekly written assignment to the student at the beginning of the week. The student should write the assignment down on a note card (to be used as a bookmark) so that he can think about the assignment as he reads. The written assignments are suggested to be completed by the following Monday. The written assignments for Uncle Tom’s Cabin have been designed with a dual purpose in mind. They will help your student to truly understand the concepts of slavery and freedom and help him formulate his position on them. They will also help you teach your student how to write a high school term paper. Make sure your student understands that he is to keep his weekly assignments, because they will all be used in the final paper. It would be perfectly acceptable for you to make full comments and suggestions on each weekly assignment but grade each of them as pass/fail, giving the student time to improve the core of the paper, and then assign a letter grade to the completed ±7 paragraph paper at the end of the course. Each week also includes a “memory gem.” If the student repeats the phrase a couple of times a day each week, he will improve his memory skills, increase his repertoire of phraseology, and prepare for one of the parts of the final exam at the same time. Encourage the student to pay attention as he reads the quotation in the text, so he understands the context. Since Uncle Tom’s Cabin primary purpose was to depict American slavery as it existed in the 19th century, the work fits well with Kolbe Academy's 7th grade curriculum using Land of Our Lady, Volume IV, or Kolbe’s 8th grade history curriculum using Christ and the Americas, because this work's major theme is slavery. Stowe executed her purpose with refinement. While the work contains none of the flash, gore, sensuality, and graphic violence that is a hallmark of today's literature, it impresses the effects of slavery on the mind almost as deeply as personally witnessing the lives of her characters. Uncle Tom’s Cabin deals with many facets of slavery that are excellent points of discussion. Stowe allows us to glimpse everything from the most pleasant of situations of a slave to the most horrific. In the harsher situations, she couches the story in such a way that the reader will understand what has happened without feeling assaulted by the description. As such, the vocabulary in this book is quite challenging for the junior high school student. Therefore, rather than having you assign the student tedious copying or sentence writing each week,

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we encourage you to allow the student to keep the glossary handy as he reads and instead have him do a more concentrated and creative effort on about 20-30 words each week. Please note that the spellings of some of the words are not the same as we use today. ELEMENTS OF FICTION Setting: This book is set in the South during the Slave Days of the United States. The characters—the slaves, their masters, and their freedom fighters—are shown in several representative places including a laid-back Kentucky plantation, where the slaves are treated kindly; a slave auction platform, where we witness the brutality of “civilized” men; a cotton plantation, where slaves are barely fed and and are brutally treated; a plantation where the slaves pretty much run their masters, yet have no rights or freedom when their master dies; and various places along the “underground railroad” where both slaves and generous souls risk their lives to gain freedom for the oppressed. Themes: 1. The humanity of the slaves as seen through motherly love, husband/father as protector, a desire for credit of accomplishment (read, credit for inventing a labor-saving device), a desire for and maintenance of faith/religion, a desire for marriage, disgust at being "bred," etc. 2. The inhumane treatment of an entire class of people from simple no-freedom-of-choice (of work, of home, of spouse, etc.) and disallowment of education to the utter demolition of the family, brutal beatings, unbelievably hard work conditions, and animalistic breeding/sexual misuse 3. The battle for freedom (freedom of the soul through faith, freedom of the body through physical escape or through complex laws) as seen from both the slave's point of view and from the point of view of those who would help the slaves 4. How freedom from slavery would allow these people to become, not only happy and satisfied, but useful, productive parts of society. Characters:

(Uncle) Tom is the main character of the book. He has a selfless Christian love for others. Aunt Chloe is Uncle Tom's wife. She is a slave, a Christian, and a marvelous cook. Mr. Shelby is a gentleman plantation owner in Kentucky who is a husband and father. He is kind to his slaves, but he still thinks of them as property and is willing to sell them if necessary. Mrs. Shelby is a devoted wife and mother. She thinks of their slaves as part of the family and does everything in her power to protect them. Haley is a coarse slave trader who thinks of slaves as his bread and butter, hardly better than livestock. Eliza is a household slave. She is wife to George Harris, another slave, and mother to Henry. She is a devoted mother, wife, and Christian. She is also Cassy's daughter. George Shelby is Mr. And Mrs. Shelby's son. He loves the family's slaves like his own family. Mr. St. Clare is a plantation owner, a husband, and father to Eva. He is kind to the slaves he inherited and is so soft on them, they pretty much run the place. Ophelia St. Clare is Mr. St. Clare's sister. She is a faithful, Christian woman, but she cannot stand the touch of a slave. Topsey is a young, abused and neglected slave who dutifully seeks revenge on anyone who angers her. Legree is a horribly cruel plantation owner who is superstitious. Sambo is a "gigantic" slave who enjoys being cruel to other slaves.

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Cassy is a very beautiful, educated slave woman who has been kept as a mistress for various owners since she was fourteen. She had three children, two of whom were sold to other masters and one who died. Scippio is an “unbreakable” slave who is “broken” with the kindness of Mr. St. Clare. Eva is an angelic six-year-old girl who has deep Christian convictions. She lives her entire life trying to convert those God puts in her path.

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WEEK 1 Book Weekly Breakdown Goals and Notes for the Week

UTC Preface –

Chapters 10

Memory Gem: “The heart has no tears to give—it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence.” The vocabulary in Uncle Tom's Cabin is very challenging, so it is recommended that the student keep a dictionary or the glossary at hand while reading the daily assignments. Study questions may be completed as the student reads or at the end of the week when reading has been completed. Literary Devices used this week: discuss definitions of suspense with the student (use literary device worksheet included in the syllabus). Students will encounter a question on this device in the study question booklet. Elements of Fiction occurring this week: discuss historical fiction and plot, (use elements of fiction worksheet included in the syllabus). Students will encounter these particular elements in their study questions this week.

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Student Daily Assignments Parent Daily Guidelines

DAY 1

UTC Preface,

Chapters 1 - 2

Have the student read the Preface and Chapters1-2 and answer Study Questions. Preface. Stowe sets the tone for her book in the Preface. She explains that the black slaves in the Americas have been completely overlooked by Christian fairness and kindness. She clearly states that she intends to expose the awful oppression of the race through fiction in order to change the hearts of the American people in the hopes that slavery in all its forms would become only a memory. Chapter 1. Mr. Shelby is short on cash and plans to sell his slave, Tom, to improve his cash flow. However, the slave trader, Haley, presses Mr. Shelby to sell Eliza and Harry along with Tom, though Mr. Shelby refuses to sell Eliza point blank as his wife would likely never forgive him for doing such a deed. Eliza overhears enough of the conversation to realize that Mr. Shelby may be planning to sell her beloved son. Chapter 2. George Harris is married to Eliza and is Harry's father. He is a bright slave who has invented a hemp-cleaning machine. He is taken back from a manufacturer where he has been working by his tyrannical owner who sets him to field-hand work just to spite the man's intelligence. Vocabulary Exercise Suggestions for Week 1 Familiarize yourself with all the words for in the Preface-Chapter 10 and do one of the following over the course of the week:

1. Begin creating a “Word of the Day” calendar that follows the school year. Choose 36 words from the list below. Copy each word on an index card along with either its definition or a sentence of your own. Label each card with either Day 1, Day 2, etc or whatever convention you use.

2. Create your own vocabulary game that you can play with friends and family.

a. Draw a path on a piece of poster board, and divide the path into close-to-the-same-size squares. Label each square with one of the following: jump ahead 2, go back 5, draw a Vocabulary Card, etc. or just leave the square blank. On small cards, write “Vocabulary Card” on one side and one term with its definition on the other side. Decorate the board as you like.

b. To play, take turns rolling a die (you can buy one or make one out of folded paper) and following the instructions you created. When a player lands on “Draw a Vocabulary Card,” another player reads the term for the first player to define. If the player gets it right, he keeps the card and gets another turn. If he misses it, he puts the card back in the pile and loses his next turn. The first one to the finish space earns 150 points and the game is over. Each card is worth 20 points. The player with the most points wins.

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DAY 2

UTC Chapters 3 - 5

Have the student read Chapters 3-5 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 3. Like any intelligent man, George pines for freedom. His master is cruel, doing such things as allowing his son to whip George and even forcing George to tie a stone around his own dog's neck and throwing the poor creature into the lake. The final straw for George is when his master tells him he must take another woman, Mina, for a wife and live with her, even though he is married to Eliza. He tells Eliza that he is leaving for Canada. Chapter 4. Uncle Tom and Aunt Chloe are preparing for their evening meal. Aunt Chloe is an excellent cook, and the home of the married slave couple is just as pleasant and comfortable as it is possible for it to be, though everything is old, rough, or second hand. Young Master George has been trying to teach Uncle Tom how to read and write. After dinner, a church meeting is held in Uncle Tom's Cabin, and all the slaves on the Shelby plantation and other nearby plantations are welcome to join them. Master George reads the Bible passages for them while Uncle Tom, their patriarch of religion, leads them in prayers. It is during this meeting that Mr. Shelby finalizes the sale of Tom and Harry. Chapter 5. As they prepare for bed, Mr. Shelby tells his wife that he has sold Tom and Harry. Mrs. Shelby is shocked, and she pleads with dignity for him to change his mind. However, Mr. Shelby explains that he was indebted to Haley to the extent that if they could not come to an agreement, the Shelby's would have lost their entire plantation, and he tells her how he completely refused to sell Eliza out of respect for Mrs. Shelby. Having overheard the conversation, Eliza takes immediate action. She pens a quick note to her beloved mistress, gathers a few belongings, dresses her sleeping child, and brings him to Uncle Tom's cabin. She explains what has happened in case Uncle Tom wants to flee with them, but Uncle Tom decides to bear his own sacrifice of being sold in Christian dignity.

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DAY 3

UTC Chapters 6 - 8

Have the student read Chapters 6-8 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 6. In the morning, Mr. And Mrs. Shelby discover Eliza's flight. The other slaves soon know everything and they do everything in their power to slow the search party. Mrs. Shelby indirectly encourages them to give Eliza as much extra time as they can. Chapter 7. Stowe vividly portrays Eliza's motherly love, so that we can see her humanity. She carries the heavy child as she runs, because she cannot bear to let him out of her arms for fear of losing him. She tells him to sleep as she carries him and she refuses even to eat when she stops briefly to give him a meager breakfast. Because she is a quadroon, she often passes for a completely white woman unless she is scrutinized, and her son looks white as well. No one stops her on her flight. She does not stop walking until she reaches the Ohio River, but no boats or ferries are going across at the that time. Meanwhile, Aunt Chloe is very distressed about Tom being taken from her. Tom tells her to pray for those who are causing them misery. By the time the slaves have the horses and the dogs ready to chase the fleeing Eliza, it is long after the lunch hour, and the slaves invent new geography as they “help” Haley decide the most likely way Eliza might have taken. Even so, the party hunting Eliza and her son reach the same tavern where they are waiting to cross the Ohio River just 45 minutes after their arrival. Sam distracts the others, so they do not see her standing by the window. She grabs her child and runs out the back door, but Haley sees her. In a scene full of wild desperation, Eliza crosses the Ohio River ice floe to ice floe carrying her child in her arms. She loses her shoes, her stockings, and her feet are cut to ribbons, but she falls into the arms of Mr. Symmes, a gentleman who knows the Shelby's. He takes pity on them and brings them to his home as Haley and his hunting party watch from the KY bank. Chapter 8. Back in the tavern, Haley runs into his old partner, Tom Loker and his new partner, Mr. Marks. Marks and Loker offer to catch Harry for Haley. He agrees to give them a “retaining fee” of $50. They plan to keep Eliza for themselves and to take her to New Orleans to sell at a very high price because of her beauty. Meanwhile, the other Shelby slaves have gone home where they tell Mrs. Shelby that Eliza has won her bid for freedom and is safe in Ohio. When Sam tells the Shelby's about how he had helped Eliza by misdirecting Haley "a dozen times," Mr. Shelby very gently rebukes him then sends him off to get his supper.

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DAY 4

UTC Chapters 9 - 10

Have the student read Chapters 9-10 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 9. Timid Mrs. Bird stands up to her husband, Senator Bird, about a law that he helped to enact that forbids anyone from helping runaway slaves. He teases away her arguments. They are interrupted by Cudjoe, a black man who worked for them, who takes Mrs. Bird in to see Eliza and her son. Eliza has fainted. Mr. and Mrs. Bird talk to her when she is revived, and she explains her situation honestly. The Birds let her rest. Then Mrs. Bird alters one of her own dresses for Eliza and gives Harry clothes that were once worn by her own child who had passed away only a month ago. Cudjoe and the Senator himself drive Eliza and Harry to the home of John Van Trompe and his wife. Before the Senator gives $10 to Mr. Van Trompe for Eliza. Chapter 10. Honest, hard-working Uncle Tom bids his family farewell. Haley shackles him to the wagon and takes him away. Everyone who sees them pass is shocked. George Shelby catches up to the wagon while Haley does business at a shop and hands Uncle Tom his dollar. George tearfully tells him goodbye, and then he admonishes Haley for buying and selling men and women. Haley dismisses the boy then leaves with Tom.

DAY 5

UTC Written Assignment

Have the student work on Written Assignment, due Monday. Written assignment: Explain how slavery destroys the infrastructure of the human family, even on a plantation where the masters are kind. Be sure to use 2 or more of your new vocabulary words in your answer. Vocabulary Exercise Suggestions for Week 2 Familiarize yourself with all the words for Chapters 11-16, and then do one of the following:

1. Continue creating a “Word of the Day” calendar using 36 more words. or

2. Add 30 more Vocabulary Word cards to the game you created. or

3. Create a word search puzzle, including clues and answer key, using a minimum of 30 of the words from this list.

Week 1 Grade Book Assignments Include (A) Points Earned (B) Possible Points A/B x100 =% (C)

Study Questions Vocabulary Literary Device Elements of Fiction Written Assignment Week 1 Average Add up column C & divide by number of included assignments = %

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UTC Chapters 11 - 16

Memory Gem: “Not one throb of anguish, not one tear of the oppressed, is forgotten by the Man of Sorrows, the Lord of Glory.” The vocabulary in Uncle Tom's Cabin is very challenging, so it is recommended that the student keep a dictionary or the glossary at hand while reading the daily assignments. Study questions may be completed as the student reads or at the end of the week when reading has been completed. Elements of Fiction occurring this week: discuss setting and character, (use elements of fiction worksheet included in the syllabus). Students will encounter these particular elements in their study questions this week.


DAY 1

UTC Chapter 11

Have the student read Chapter 11 and answer Study Questions. George Harris runs away disguised as a gentleman. Mr. Wilson recognizes him, but helps him, rather than turning him into the authorities.

DAY 2


Have the student read Chapters 12-13 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 12. Haley and Uncle Tom are heading away from everything Tom has ever known. Haley stops at a slave auction along the way where he callously buys slaves, including a boy whose mother he does not buy. Chapter 13. While Eliza and Harry are preparing to leave the Quaker home, Eliza learns that her husband will soon be joining them. She faints, and when she wakes up some time later, George is there. The little runaway slave family eats a lovely dinner at the caring white Quaker family's table.

DAY 3


Have the student read Chapters 14-15 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 14. As Tom travels south for new life unknown, he sees things he has never seen before, like cotton fields and cypress trees. He longs for his family, but takes everything as he believes a disciple of Jesus should take everything—with quiet acceptance. On the boat, Tom's act of heroism saves Evangeline St. Clare, and Tom is bought by her father. Chapter 15. Mr. St. Clare has led a tragic life of love lost and love foolishly gambled upon. His wife is not the love of his life, but one he married on impulse. Yet he believed strongly enough in the holiness of marriage that he never set her aside or divorced her, though she was both a terrible wife and a terrible mother, as well as a complainer. Miss Ophelia, Mr. St. Clare's cousin has come to help him bring order to the house and to help him with Eva, his daughter who has poor health. Miss Ophelia is repulsed by physical contact with the slaves, but all the slaves pretty much have a very easy life with the St. Clare's.

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DAY 4

UTC Chapter 16

Have the student read Chapter 16 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 16. We learn more deeply just how selfish Marie St. Clare is, and arguments spring up on the subject of slavery between she and Miss Ophelia and between she and Eva. Marie chastises her own husband for not being firm with the slaves. We also learn that Mr. St. Clare has stopped attending church because he thinks it is hypocritical that the church teaches that it is all right to own slaves. Eva and Tom's relationship blossoms in part because of their shared love of Christianity.

DAY 5


Have the student work on Written Assignment. Written assignment: Explain why intelligence was both a blessing and a curse for a slave, and explain why educating a slave could both help him and hurt him. Be sure to use 2 or more of your new vocabulary words in your answer. Vocabulary Exercise Suggestions for Week 3 Familiarize yourself with all the words for Chapters 17-24, and then do one of the following:

1. Continue creating a “Word of the Day” calendar using 36 more words. or

2. Add 30 more Vocabulary Word cards to the game you created. or

3. Draw a collage of pictures where you take 5-10 of the words and draw their meanings along with the words in the picture to help you remember what they mean.



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Memory Gem: “Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline. . . . I resolved never to begin, because I did not know when I should stop.” The vocabulary in Uncle Tom's Cabin is very challenging, so it is recommended that the student keep a dictionary or the glossary at hand while reading the daily assignments. Study questions may be completed as the student reads or at the end of the week when reading has been completed. Elements of Fiction occurring this week: discuss character, (use elements of fiction worksheet included in the syllabus). Students will encounter these particular elements in their study questions this week.


DAY 1


Have the student read Chapters 17-18 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 17. George, Eliza, and Harry, along with two other runaway slaves, leave the Quakers' home, because the slave hunting party seems to be hot on their trail. They have a stand-off with the hunting party. In the end, wounded Tom Loker's party abandons him, and the party of runaway slaves save his life by bringing him with them. Chapter 18. Uncle Tom is worried about Mr. St. Clare's soul, but St. Clare thinks Uncle Tom is foolish for doing so. Miss Ophelia was working hard to bring order to the household, and found utter chaos in the kitchen. Dinah, the cook, admonishes her for doing so. Miss Ophelia complains to St. Clare about the disorganization of everything, but he only agrees with her. She argues that he should be instructing them in Faith, but he does not see that as his place. Tom meets the old rusk woman and offers to help her carry her burden. He tells her about Jesus and she tells him about how she had been bred to create more slave children for market. Now she is drunk most of the time.

DAY 2

UTC Chapters 19

Have the student read Chapter 19 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 19. We learn more of St. Clare's history and political viewpoints, and we see how, because of his father's treatment of slaves, he was repulsed by slavery while his brother embraced it.

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DAY 3


Have the student read Chapters 20-21 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 20. Mr. St. Clare gave Topsy to Miss Ophelia to give her first-hand experience in trying to “educated” a “heathen” slave however she pleased. Topsy is an opportunistic, mischievous child who lies. At whit's end, Miss Ophelia comes again to Mr. St. Clare and declares that she can't see how she can change Topsy without whipping her. He answers that he as “seen this child whipped with a poker, knocked down with the shovel or tongs, whichever came handiest, and, seeing that she is used to that style of operation, Miss Ophelia would have to give a very “energetic whipping” to Topsy if she wanted it to have any affect. Yet Miss Ophelia worked diligently to educate her. Chapter 21. We learn that Mr. Shelby has no idea about when he can redeem Tom. Mrs. Shelby sends Chloe off to Louisville to bake and to earn money, so they can redeem Tom themselves.

DAY 4


Have the student read Chapter 22-24 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 22. Two years later finds Uncle Tom in the same household. George Shelby and he exchange letters as regularly as possible. We glimpse the fact that Eva is not long for this world, but she intends to help as many slaves to know Jesus and to learn to read as she possibly can. Chapter 23. The differences between Augustine St. Clare (Eva's father) and his twin brother, Alfred, are striking. Alfred's son abuses his servant, while Eva helps them all and stands up for them. Alfred and Augustine discuss the possibility of the slaves revolting. Augustine believes it is inevitable. Alfred thinks things will never change. Chapter 24. The household tries to “awaken the maternal instincts of Eva's mother, but she is so wrapped up in her own selfishness, that she just whines that no one ever worries about her. Eva continues to grow sicker. She continues to try to get her father to love Jesus.

DAY 5


Have the student work on Written Assignment. Written assignment: Explain the spectrum of thought on slaves during the American slave days. What did slave traders think of slaves? What did southern plantation owners think of slaves? What did white children growing up in slave-owning families think of slaves? What did northerners think of slaves? Etc. Be sure to use 2 or more of your new vocabulary words in your answer. Vocabulary Exercise Suggestions for Week 4 Familiarize yourself with all the words for Chapter 25-34, and then do one of the following:

1. Continue creating a “Word of the Day” calendar using 36 more words. or 2. Add 30 more Vocabulary Word cards to the game you created. or 3. Create your own multiple choice quiz for 30 of the words in this week's list.

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Memory Gem: “In these days men have learned the art of sinning expertly and genteelly, so as not to shock the eyes and sense of respectable society.” Chapter 25-34. The vocabulary in Uncle Tom's Cabin is very challenging, so it is recommended that the student keep a dictionary or the glossary at hand while reading the daily assignments. Study questions may be completed as the student reads or at the end of the week when reading has been completed. Elements of Fiction occurring this week: discuss setting and character (use elements of fiction worksheet included in the syllabus). Students will encounter these particular elements in their study questions this week.


DAY 1


Have the student read Chapter 25-27 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 25. Topsy is in trouble again, and the viewpoints are very clear. Ophelia doesn't know what to do with her, Mr. St. Clare thinks there is nothing that can be done with her, and Marie thinks she should be beaten to within an inch of her life for cutting up bonnet trimming to make doll jackets. St. Clare asks a question that shakes Ophelia to the core: "Why, if your Gospel is not strong enough to save one heathen child, that you can have at home here all to yourself, what's the use of sending one or two poor missionaries off with it among thousands of just such? I suppose this child is about a fair sample of what thousands of your heathen are." He and Ophelia talk about her prejudice against Negroes. Chapter 26. Eva has grown sicker and sicker, and her room is full of flowers. When she feels strong enough, all the slaves are gathered for her and she tells them all about how important it was for them all to be Christians. She also implores her father to be a Christian. She finally passes away. Chapter 27. Eva's death profoundly affects the household. Everyone so sad and Marie whines and complains all the more. Tom and St. Clare discuss the merits of Christianity.

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DAY 2


Have the student read Chapters 28-29 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 28. Eva had been St. Clare's reason for doing everything, and losing her devastated him. He and Uncle Tom discuss what it would mean to Tom to be free. St. Clare tells Tom he is going to grant him his freedom. St. Clare, however, goes out for the evening and is given a fatal wound as he tries to break up a fight. The kind, generous man dies that very same night in his home. Chapter 29. The entire St. Clare household mourns this second death, but the slaves are all the more distressed, because none of them know what will happen to them because of his death. Now that St. Clare is gone, Marie becomes the harsh taskmaster she has always promised to be. When Rosa, one of the house slave women sasses her mistress, Marie sends her to the whipping house to be given 15 lashes. Stowe points out that while lashing anyone is cruel, it is downright degrading to do so to a woman, because they strip and whip her in public. Miss Ophelia argues for Rosa, but Marie will not yield. Marie also plans to sell all the slaves at auction. Miss Ophelia again argues at least for Tom, because of his promised freedom, but, again, she will not yield. Tom accepts his fate as he believes Jesus wants him to accept it.

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DAY 3


Have the student read Chapters 30-32 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 30. Uncle Tom is brought to the Slave Warehouse where slaves are made to be joyful no matter how sad they are feeling. The Warehouse is described as a place where slaves are well cared for, well fed, and everything about the place is neat and orderly which decries the utter evil of selling human beings and splitting up families. We are introduced to Sambo, a slave who keeps check on the other slaves at the auction house; Susan and Emmeline, mother and daughter slaves who had been educated and were Christians, but were being sold because of the debts of their master. Susan tries to make her daughter look respectable so a good family will buy her, but the auctioneer makes them “doll up” Emmaline in the hopes she will bring in more money. Before the auction, the slaves are touched without regard for any right to privacy of any kind. They are asked questions, but they are not believed, no matter what their answers. Tom is put up on the auction block, not really understanding anything that is going on, and then he has a new master. Mr. Legree has bought Tom and Emmaline along with two other slaves. Chapter 31. On the way to Tom's new home, his new master pats him and the other slaves down, keeping anything of theirs he likes and throwing overboard anything of theirs he doesn't like. He promises to drive the religion completely out of Tom when he learns that Tom is a Christian. We learn that Mr. Legree is a harsh taskmaster. He works slaves to death then buys more on a constant basis, some lasting as long as seven years, others dying within a year. Chapter 32. Tom learns very quickly that he is not allowed to sing any Christian songs; slaves are allowed to sing only nonsensical ones. Legree's cotton plantation is as sadly neglected as are his slaves. Legree keeps Quimbo and Sambo as slave overseers. They are cruel to the other slaves to earn privileges for themselves. They enjoy their jobs. Legree has brought a woman slave, Lucy, for Sambo to take as a wife even though she is married to another man.

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DAY 4


Have the student read Chapters 33–34 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 33. Cassy, a beautiful, almost white, slave woman (who serves as Legree's mistress) is sent out to the fields. She has a quiet, aristocratic, educated disposition, but she picks her full sack of cotton without complaint. All the other slaves (except Tom) are glad that she has been sent out to do menial labor and to be bullied like the rest of them. However, when she quietly explains to Tom that he should not help another slave do her work, the overseeing slave threatens her. She cows him by saying, “Touch me, if you Dare! I've power enough yet to have you torn by the dogs, burnt alive, cut to inches! I've only to say the word.” Later, when Legree wrongly accuses Lucy's basket of being short, he tries to force Tom to flog the poor woman. Tom completely, but respectfully refuses to do so, and Legree sets the two gigantic overseers to beat him. Chapter 34. For refusing to flog another human being, Tom is beaten horribly and left in and old room to groan himself through the night. Cassy comes in to tend his wounds and give him water. When Tom calls on the Lord to help him, Cassy declares that God never hears them. Tom uses the situation to tell Cassy about God. She tells him her story of slavery where she was brought up and educated as a white man's child. He died when she was fourteen, and she was sold as a mistress. She bore two children by the man, and then he sold all of them. Eventually, her children were both sold away from her. Later, when she bore another white man's child, she quietly killed the baby, because she couldn't bear for it to have to endure a life of slavery where it most likely would not even grow up with her. Then she finally was bought by Legree.

DAY 5


Have the student work on Written Assignment. Written assignment: Explain why Uncle Tom's Cabin had such a profound impact on slavery. Be sure to mention facts about public opinion of slaves and the institution of slavery itself. Be sure to use 2 or more of your new vocabulary words in your answer. Vocabulary Exercise Suggestions for Week 5: Familiarize yourself with all the words for Chapters 35-44, and then do one of the following:

1. Finish creating a “Word of the Day” calendar using 36 more words. or 2. Add 30 more Vocabulary Word cards to the game you created. Or 3. Create a very short story using a minimum of 30 of the words from this list.

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UTC Chapters 35 - Afterword

Memory Gem: “I'll give ye all the work of my hands, all my time, all my strength; but my soul I won't gie up to mortal man.” Chapters 35-Afterword. The vocabulary in Uncle Tom's Cabin is very challenging, so it is recommended that the student keep a dictionary or the glossary at hand while reading the daily assignments. Study questions may be completed as the student reads or at the end of the week when reading has been completed. Literary Devices used this week: discuss definitions of surprise ending, moral, and stereotype with the student (use literary device worksheet included in the syllabus). Students will encounter questions on these devices in the study question booklet. Elements of Fiction occurring this week: discuss plot, tone, and universal theme (use elements of fiction worksheet included in the syllabus). Students will encounter these particular elements in their study questions this week.


DAY 1


Have the student read Chapter 35-37 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 35. When Cassy comes in to speak to Legree, she tries to get him to stop his cruelty toward Tom. He just blames the problem on Sambo. Just then, Sambo comes in with a voodoo trinket, and we learn that Legree is painfully superstitious. We also learn that he has a tremendous burden on his mind: he horrible to his mother, who was Christian, kind, and gentle. He is so reminded of his mother (who had died, forgiving him) and so scared that she would come to haunt him, that he stayed up most of the night drinking, singing, and playing with his dogs. Cassy wonders if it would be a sin to kill him. Chapter 36. Cassy does all she can think of to protect the young Emmeline from the life she, Cassy has lead, but she knows there isn't much she can ultimately do. Legree is plagued by his own demons. He remorselessly forces Tom to get up after his beating of the night before and hits him and kicks him again, because he refuses to flog Lucy or to deny his God. Chapter 37. Meanwhile, George Harris, Eliza, and Harry are making their final crossing into Canada, with little Harry dressed as a little girl.

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DAY 2


Have the student read Chapters 38-40 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 38. Still healing, Tom is put back to work in the fields. Legree continues to try to destroy Tom's faith, and he does, indeed, become depressed. Yet God strengthens him again, and he becomes cheerful once more. Legree can't understand it, and he beats Tom again. Cassy, later, asks him to kill Legree in his sleep with her help. He refuses. She respects him for it and offers to have him run away with her and Emmaline. He encourages her to go with God. Chapter 39. Cassy uses her intelligence against Legree's superstitions to get him to believe his mother's ghost walks the garret at night. Then she fakes an escape with Emmaline, and goes to live with her temporarily in the garret, which Legree now fears. Chapter 40. Legree searched long and hard all around the plantation for the missing slave women. Tom is brought to Legree to be questioned about their disappearance. When Tom tells Legree he knows nothing about the escapees, Legree beats him mercilessly. Tom forgave him.cq7

DAY 3


Have the student read Chapters 41-43 and answer Study Questions. Chapter 41. Two days after the beating, George Shelby, now a young man in control of his father's estate, finally finds Tom. Tom sees him just the one last time before he dies. Legree allows George to take Tom's body for burial, but laughs off George's threats of bringing in the law for murdering the slave man. George Shelby knocks Legree down. Chapter 42. Cassy, masquerading as the ghost of Legree's mother, torments Legree after Tom's death. He was driven to insanity and finally raved himself into death. Meanwhile, Cassy and Emmaline finally took leave of the house and dressed as a Creole lady with her servant. On their way North, they meet with George Shelby who is also on his way home. George Shelby also meets with Madame de Thoux who is the freed sister of George Harris. Through the conversation. Cassy learns news of her own dear, lost daughter. Chapter 43. Family members are, at long last, brought together. Cassy is reunited with her daughter, Eliza, and her grandson, little Harry, and her new granddaughter, little Eliza. George Harris is reunited with his sister, and they all travel to live in Africa as missionaries. Cassy's lost son is also found, and he joins his family in Africa.

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DAY 4

UTC Chapters 44 -

Afterword

Read Chapter 44-Afterword and answer Study Questions. Chapter 44. George Shelby arrives home and gives Aunt Chloe and the others the news of Uncle Tom's death. Then he grants every slave the Shelby's own their freedom. At first, none of them want to take it, because they love their life at the Shelby plantation. However, George Shelby tells them they may all stay exactly as they are but they will be paid wages for their work and they need never fear. They all praised God for their liberty. Chapter 45. The final chapter is devoted to explaining how Stowe's characters are compilations of people and events Stowe has witnessed. It describes how she was stirred to write UTC when she heard of Christians supporting the institution of slavery. It also lists facts about real freed men who have gone on to be furniture makers, farmers, coal dealers, etc. to show how these people benefit society and are not like the animals or the small children people often thought them to be. She finishes by stating that the North, the South, and the Christian church will have to answer to Almighty God for allowing the evil institution of slavery to persist in the United States. Afterward. The afterward, adopted from an essay by Alfred Kazin, states that UTC is one of the most famous books in the world. It explains how this piece of literature almost single-handedly reached hundreds of thousands of readers, making them fully aware of the business of slave trading and its ruthless destruction of the black family, the aftermath of which are still legacies our society struggles with today.



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Review Final Exam

Written assignment: In reading all of Uncle Tom's Cabin, you have achieved quite a lot. This week, you will fully consider your opinion about how other children of God should be treated and what should be done for those people who are not treated with human dignity. This assignment can be applied to the composition grade. Extra Credit: The Catholic Encyclopedia has been transcribed online, and it contains an excellent article entitled Ethical Aspect of Slavery. You can find the article at the following web address: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14039a.htm. Read the article, summarize it, and include your summary as part of your paper for this course for extra credit.


DAY 1


Written Assignment: Compile the five paragraphs you have written since beginning work on Uncle Tom's Cabin into an order that makes sense. Write an introductory paragraph to your term paper complete with a thesis statement, which will be the point of your entire paper.

DAY 2


Written Assignment: Write a conclusion for your paper that firmly defines your position and ends with a statement that will make your reader remember your point.

DAY 3


Written Assignment: Read through your entire term paper carefully and write transitional sentences as needed. A transitional sentence is a sentence that helps one paragraph to "flow" into the next, so your paper does not sound "choppy." For example, if you are talking about how Eliza risked her life in crossing the partially frozen river in order to save her child in one paragraph, and you plan to talk about the innate human desire to be free in the next paragraph, you might begin your next paragraph like this: "While Eliza's risk for her son was incredible, all people have an innate desire to be free.”

DAY 4


Review

Written Assignment: Review your paper today to make sure everything you have written supports your thesis statement, and the entire paper has a gentle flow from one supported idea to the next. Check your paper for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. Rewrite it neatly if you are writing it in long hand. Study for the Final Exam. Review your Study Questions, Vocabulary, and other notes.

DAY 5

UTC Final Exam

Administer the Final Exam.

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WEEK 1: Written Assignment: Explain how slavery destroys the infrastructure of the human family, even on a plantation where the masters are kind. Be sure to use 2 or more of your new vocabulary words in your answer. Answers will vary, but they should include some of the following points:

• Families could be split apart for any reason at the whim of the slave's owner. • Women were often “bred” like animals so their masters could sell off their children • Marriage was not encouraged on most plantations amongst the slaves • If two slaves were married, it was not legally binding and slave owners could separate the married

couple at will • Due to the underlying nature of slavery, the owners owned each slave completely. The slave was

required to do everything he or she was told. White work came first to the detriment of the slave family.

WEEK 2: Written Assignment: Explain why intelligence was both a blessing and a curse for a slave, and explain why educating a slave could both help him and hurt him. Be sure to use 2 or more of your new vocabulary words in your answer. Answers will vary, but they should include some of the following points:

Blessings: • intelligence is always a blessing, because it can help you do what needs to be done • an intelligent slave could do more interesting jobs than a less intelligent one • an intelligent slave might have been taught to read by a kind master, which opens the world to

anyone • an intelligent slave could better keep out of trouble if he or she were so inclined • an intelligent slave would have a far better chance at successfully escaping

Curses: • if a slave were intelligent, his master might not let him use his intelligence in his work,

increasing his frustration as a human being • No slave could receive credit or money for anything he created • a slaves intelligence could make him long for freedom, because he would d understand t the

true possibilities of his human existence • an intelligent slave would be inclined to fight back when his or others' rights were trampled

upon If you were kind and educated your slave, you would be giving him a precious gift as we all know reading is. You could also allow him the comfort that reading could give him. However, if the slave were ever sold, he might be sold to the kind of owner who could not allow him to read or not trust him because he could read. It was also illegal in some states to educate a slave. WEEK 3: Written Assignment: Explain the spectrum of thought on slaves during the American slave days. What did slave traders think of slaves? What did southern plantation owners think of slaves? What did white children growing up in slave-owning families think of slaves? What did northerners think of slaves? Etc. Be sure to use 2 or more

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of your new vocabulary words in your answer. Answers will vary, but they should include some of the following points: Some treated them as family, others treated them as just property, others as servants, others as livestock. Slave traders treated them as simply valuable property that is likely to run away. Some Southern plantation owners thought of them as expendable property to be used up then buried. Others treated them like family, having slave women do the day-to-day care of their children, etc. Northerners tried not to think of slaves, and when they did, most thought of them as a Southern issue. Some in both the North and the South thought of them as human beings who deserved the same rights and freedoms the white people enjoyed. WEEK 4: Written Assignment: Explain why Uncle Tom's Cabin had such a profound impact on slavery. Be sure to mention facts about public opinion of slaves and the institution of slavery itself. Be sure to use 2 or more of your new vocabulary words in your answer. Answers will vary, but they should include some of the following points: UTC had such a profound impact on slavery, because it brought the reality of slavery, slave life, and slave trading home to the average American citizen. It opened people's eyes to the slave's humanity, the stripping away of human dignity, and the cruelty of the slave trading and slave owning professions. WEEK 5 Written Assignment: It, perhaps, seems impossible today to think that anyone could become a slave today; however, slavery does still exist in some parts of the world and if we are not adamant about protecting our freedom, we could very well lose it. How would you feel if you were a slave? Imagine finding out that your brother or sister or one of your favorite relatives had been sold. This week, brainstorm on these questions and reflect on the sketches of slaves' lives portrayed in Uncle Tom's Cabin. Write at least one paragraph where you examine your own thoughts and feelings on the importance of your own freedom. Be sure to use 2 or more of your new vocabulary words in your answer. Answers will vary, but they should give an honest sketch of the student’s thoughts and feelings. WEEK 6: Written Assignment: Compile the other written assignments into a meaningful term paper, and write introductory and concluding paragraphs. Look for a strong thesis statement that firmly defines the direction of the paper, and encourage your student to make sure all the points he makes in the paper reflect his thesis. The ending should also be a firm, leaving the reader with a decided opinion about the thesis. Look for smooth transitions between paragraphs. The student may earn extra credit for reading “Ethical Aspect of Slavery “in the Catholic Encyclopedia. You might also wish to give extra credit if the student uses more than 2 new vocabulary words per paragraph.

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Grade: /101 Part I: Identify. Give a description and brief character analysis of each of these characters. (3 points each)

1. Eliza 2. Mr. Shelby 3. Mrs. Shelby 4. George Shelby 5. Haley 6. Aunt Chloe 7. Topsey 8. Mr. St. Clare 9. Scippio 10. Eva

Part II: Short Answer. Answer in complete sentences giving as much detail as possible. (3 points each)

1. Who is the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, what voice is the story written in, and during what time period does the novel take place?

2. Why do you think the author put the stories of slave life in the order she chose? 3. What gave Uncle Tom the ability to bear all of his sufferings? Give examples to support your

answer. 4. What did Eva say in her speech? And what happened not very long after she gave the

speech? 5. How was Cassy's family rebuilt at the end of the story? 6. Who was your favorite character? Why? 7. How has your understanding of slavery changed since reading this book?

Answer the following questions about this quotation in complete sentences: “Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline. . . . I resolved never to begin, because I did not know when I should stop.”

1. Who is the speaker? And who in his family follows his sentiments and who does not? (3 points) 2. Why does the speaker say this? (2 points)

Write down one of the five quotations you have memorized from Uncle Tom's Cabin (except for the one listed above). Write down two for extra credit. (5 points) Part III: Essay. This should be a minimum of three paragraphs with examples or quotations from the text to support your answer. (30 points) Choose one of these three characters and retell his or her story of slavery in your own words: Uncle Tom, Eliza, or Cassy.

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Part IV: Vocabulary. Write the number of each word on the left on the line next to its definition. (½ point each, answer 20, do more for extra credit)

1. affable • wordy

2. benevolence • a living being; especially : a human being

3. equanimity • an abusive expression or speech

4. consternation • dismay that hinders or throws into confusion

5. invectives • a model of excellence or perfection

6. despotic • evenness of mind especially under stress

7. garrulous • a great number

8. Jim Crow • ethnic discrimination especially against blacks by legal enforcement or traditional sanctions

9. ludicrous • meriting derisive laughter or scorn as absurdly inept, false, or foolish

10. myriad • being pleasant and at ease in talking to others

11. obstreperous • marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness

12. paragon • ruling with absolute power and authority

13. picayune • an act of kindness

14. rapacity • the act of talking to oneself

15. soliloquy • excessively grasping or covetous

16. superfluous • respect and esteem due a superior or an elder; also : affected or ingratiating regard for another's wishes

17. unwonted • being out of the ordinary

18. wight • something trivial

19. vociferating • marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

20. meandering • to wander aimlessly or casually without urgent destination

21. deferential • exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

22. caprices • a disposition to do things impulsively

23. genteel • to utter loudly

24. obsequious • free from vulgarity or rudeness

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Part I: Identify. Give a description and brief character analysis of each of the characters. (3 points each) 1. Eliza-Eliza is a household slave. She is wife to George, another slave, and mother to Henry. She is a

devoted mother, wife, and Christian. She is also Cassie's daughter. 2. Mr. Shelby-Mr. Shelby is a gentleman plantation owner in Kentucky who is a husband and father. He is

kind to his slaves, but he still thinks of them as property and is willing to sell them if necessary. 3. Mrs. Shelby-Mrs. Shelby is a devoted wife and mother. She thinks of their slaves as part of the family and

does everything in her power to protect them. 4. George Shelby-George Shelby is Mr. And Mrs. Shelby's son. He loves the family's slaves like his own

family. He tries to teach them to read and eventually comes up with enough money to try to buy back Tom. 5. Haley-Haley is a coarse slave trader who thinks of slaves as his bread and butter, hardly better than

livestock. 6. Aunt Chloe-Aunt Chloe is Uncle Tom's wife. She is a slave, a Christian, and a marvelous cook. 7. Topsey-Topsey is a neglected and abused slave girl who has a very wicked demeanor. People are afraid to

cross her, because she takes revenge seriously. Eva does everything in her power to convert Topsey to Christianity. She has the largest character change as she goes from being a wild child to a Christian freed woman.

8. Mr. St. Clare-Mr. St. Clare is a plantation owner, a husband, and father to Eva. He is kind to the slaves he inherited and is so soft on them, they pretty much run the place. He decides to free all the slaves, but dies before being able to do so.

9. Scippio-Scippio is an “unbreakable” slave who is “broken” with the kindness of Mr. St. Clare. 10. Eva-Eva is an angelic six-year-old girl who has deep Christian convictions. She lives her entire life trying to

convert those God puts in her path. Her favorite book to read is the Bible. She and Uncle Tom have a very good, strong relationship.

Part II: Short Answer. Answer in complete sentences giving as much detail as possible. (3 points each) 1. Harriet Beecher Stowe is the author. Uncle Tom's Cabin is written in the third person (omniscient), and is set

in pre-Civil War America during the days of slavery. 2. Answers will vary, but Stowe put them in that particular order so the reader would be drawn into the

characters and come to love them before terrible things happen to them. She ends the book happily, so the reader will not feel like there is no hope, but rather that the reader should do whatever is in his or her power to alleviate slavery.

3. His faith gave him the ability to bear all of his sufferings. Every time he was confronted with doing the right thing or the easy thing, he chose the right thing and talked about how Jesus would see him through it. Even when he lay dying, he praised God for sending George Shelby.

4. What did Eva say in her speech? And what happened not very long after she gave the speech? She told everyone (slaves included) that she would be leaving them soon (dying). She wanted them all to stop focusing on this world and start focusing on the next. She asked them to let Jesus help them. She cried because they could not read the Bible, which had always comforted her. Not long after her speech, she died.

5. Through her connections with George Shelby and Madame de Thoux, she finds her daughter Eliza along with her two grandchildren. She later also finds her son. They all move to Africa to try to rebuild a life there.

6. Answers will vary 7. Answers will vary

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Answer the following questions about this quotation in complete sentences: “Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline. . . . I resolved never to begin, because I did not know when I should stop.”

1. Who is the speaker? (1 point) Mr. St. Clare. And who in his family follows his sentiments and who does not? (2 points) His wife, Marie, and his brother do not follow his sentiments. His daughter, Eva, and his sister, Ophelia, do follow them. (One of each is sufficient.)

2. Why does the speaker say this? (3 points) He says this when his wife wants a slave whipped.

Write down one of the five quotations you have memorized from Uncle Tom's Cabin (except for the one listed above). Write down two for extra credit. (5 points) (Count as correct answers that are close.) Week 1: “The heart has no tears to give—it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence.” Week 2: “Not one throb of anguish, not one tear of the oppressed, is forgotten by the Man of Sorrows, the Lord of Glory.” Week 4: “In these days men have learned the art of sinning expertly and genteelly, so as not to shock the eyes and sense of respectable society.” Week 5: “I'll give ye all the work of my hands, all my time, all my strength; but my soul I won't give up to mortal man.”

Part III: Essay. This should be a minimum of three paragraphs with examples or quotations from the text to support your answer. (30 points) Answers will vary, but the following points should be made.

Uncle Tom: Uncle Tome was a slave who was married to Aunt Chloe. He worked diligently and was a Christian. He was sold to pay off his master's debts. He saved the life of Eva, a beautiful little blond girl, when she almost drowned, and was bought by the girl's father. He had an easy life on their plantation, though he always longed for freedom. When his owner died suddenly, Tom was sold along with the other slaves, though the man had promised Tom his freedom. Tom was then sold to Legree who was harsh and cruel. Tom was beaten and left to die.

Eliza: Eliza was a hard-working house slave who was married to another slave on a different plantation. She risked everything to run away with her son to Canada to meet up with her husband when she found out that her master had planned to sell her son. She ran via the underground railroad and was chased by slave bounty hunters until she finally reached the safety of Canada.

Cassy: Cassy was the daughter of a slave woman and a plantation owner. She was very light skinned and beautiful. She had been well educated in music, French, embroidery, and manners and was treated like a daughter should be treated. When her father died suddenly of cholera, she was sold along with all the other household goods. The man who bought her treated her like his wife, though he never married her, and she loved him. They had two children. She would read to him in the evenings. When a man came along, he lured her husband away with gambling. When the debts mounted high, she and the children were sold to him. She did all he asked, but he was vile and cruel, using the threat of selling her children to keep her in line. He finally did sell them. She saw her son one day and he ran to his mother. They ripped him from her arms and she heard him screaming as they beat him in the calaboose. She went crazy and tried to kill her master with a bowie knife, and he beat her senseless then sold her. She was sold to several different people. Then Captain Stuart bought her and they had a child. She killed the child to save him from the evils of slavery. When Captain Stuart died of cholera, she was sold to Legree who kept her as a mistress. With Tom's help, she ran away with Emmaline to save her from the fate of being a slave mistress.

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Part IV: Vocabulary. Write the number of each word on the left on the line next to its definition. (½ point each, 20 correct = 100% + up to 2 points extra credit)

1. affable 7 • wordy

2. benevolence 18 • a living being; especially : a human being

3. equanimity 5 • an abusive expression or speech

4. consternation 4 • dismay that hinders or throws into confusion

5. invectives 12 • a model of excellence or perfection

6. despotic 3 • evenness of mind especially under stress

7. garrulous 10 • a great number

8. Jim Crow 8

• ethnic discrimination especially against blacks by legal enforcement or traditional sanctions

9. ludicrous 9 • meriting derisive laughter or scorn as absurdly inept, false, or foolish

10. myriad 1 • being pleasant and at ease in talking to others

11. obstreperous 11 • marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness

12. paragon 6 • ruling with absolute power and authority

13. picayune 2 • an act of kindness

14. rapacity 15 • the act of talking to oneself

15. soliloquy 14 • excessively grasping or covetous

16. superfluous 21

• respect and esteem due a superior or an elder; also : affected or ingratiating regard for another's wishes

17. unwonted 17 • being out of the ordinary

18. wight 13 • something trivial

19. vociferating 24 • marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

20. meandering 20 • to wander aimlessly or casually without urgent destination

21. deferential 16 • exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

22. caprices 22 • a disposition to do things impulsively

23. genteel 19 • to utter loudly

24. obsequious 23 • free from vulgarity or rudeness

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