Mark Twain: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
A study guide and links to other teaching resources. Adobe Reader or compatible application required for accessing some resources.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
This teacher's guide is designed for grades 10 and 11. Using a theme of "Society's Laws vs. Higher Moral Values," it offers a summary, theme openers, crosscurricular activities, research assignments, and suggestions for related reading.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Five activities, complete with handouts. This 20-page document requires Adobe Reader or compatible application for access.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
This teacher's guide includes background information and 12 discussion questions.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from Discovery.com.
Vocabulary, focus questions, additional links, classroom activities.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Scroll down to find a variety of activities to support the novel.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
This 7-page packet addresses 23 vocabulary words drawn from the novel. Access requires Adobe Reader.

Censorship and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
In this SCORE guide students explore the controversy related to this novel. They examine how the objections to this book have changed since it was first banned in 1885. The various activities culminate in students taking a position on whether the book should remain a required core selection for American Literature classes.

Critical Ways of Seeing The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in Context
This lesson asks students to combine internet historical research with critical reading. Then students produce several writing assignments exploring what readers see in Huckleberry Finn and why they see it that way.

Huckleberry Finn Mural Assignment
This handout details an assignment combining text, art, and analysis. MS-Word or compatible application is required for access.

Huckleberry Finn Peruasive Writing Assignment
This handout details the requirements for a paper answering the question Should The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn be taught in public schools? MS-Word or compatible application is required for access.

Huck Finn Homepage
Background, e-text, sources, ads, illustrations, reviews of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Don't miss the Interactive Gallery: Illustrating Race, Class & Gender.

Huck Finn in Context: A Teaching Guide
Designed to be used with the PBS Culture Shock video, this site contains some powerful teaching suggestions even if the video is not available.

Literary Scrapbooks Online: An Electronic Reader-Response Project
Students reflect on and respond to literature by creating an online scrapbook. Students then create a scrapbook using PowerPoint or another presentation software and share their online scrapbook with the class. During their presentation, students defend their choice of scrapbook entries: why is the entry important to the understanding of the topic?

Mark Twain, Huck Finn WebQuest
Students investigate Mark Twain's life, films based upon Huck Finn, and the role of satire in the novel.

Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn: Text, Illustrations, and Early Reviews
"This collection offers a complete early edition of Huckleberry Finn, the 174 illustrations from the first edition, and the obscene illustration that appeared in the sales prospectuses. Also included: dozens of early reviews from newspapers and magazines across the country; early ads; the London and American first edition covers; and a 1930 article by E.W. Kemble describing his experiences illustrating Huckleberry Finn."

"The Pulse of America"
A teacher reflects on teaching the novel.

Study Guide for Huckleberry Finn"
Biography, background, prereading, chapter-by-chapter analysis/response questions. The last few pages have questions for related readings. Requires Adobe Reader or equivalent application for access.

Tom, Huck, and Suzy: Three Views of Childhood
This lesson focuses on analyzing tone. Students read 3 excerpts written by Twain, analyze each for tone, then write two pieces describing the same topic but using different tones. Includes standards and rubric, requires Adobe Reader or compatible software for access.

Vocabulary from Huckleberry Finn
Two sets of vocabulary words drawn from the novel.