On Wednesday, May 19, the Center to Support Excellence in Teaching will co-sponsor "Teaching Huck Finn," a free colloquium for teachers featuring internationally-known Twain experts ‐‐ David Bradley, Jocelyn Chadwick, Shelley Fisher Fishkin and Hilton Obenzinger ‐‐ who will facilitate interactive sessions designed to help you get the most out of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in your classrooms. Visit CSET for more information and to RSVP.
Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was controversial from the moment it appeared 125 years ago. Teaching it today presents complex challenges.
Stanford’s Center to Support Excellence in Teaching in conjunction with the American Studies Program, the English Department and the Continuing Studies Program will sponsor a free Teachers Institute on “Teaching Huck Finn” featuring four internationally known Twain experts, who will facilitate a series of interactive sessions designed to help you get the most out of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in your classrooms. Topics to be explored include:
Strategies for addressing issues of race and racism in the book
Techniques for getting your students to understand irony
Background on the role of Black voices, speakers & rhetorical traditions in shaping the novel
Approaches to historical and cultural contexts that inform the book and that illuminate both its strengths and weaknesses.
