Education Dive – Shalina Chatlani 
Judging by the cover, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” only seems like a story about two boys on a raft. But while the reader follows Huck and Jim on their adventure down the Mississippi, they gain much more than a tale about friendship. With each scene, Mark Twain offers a snapshot of American life within the nation’s transforming civic culture and complicated political past. Such stories can help the reader better understand differences in others through complex character narratives, say psychologists. Empathy and treating others kindly are not only the types of social values that colleges and employers say they desire in students. They are also the ideas educators often struggle to objectively discuss in the classroom — particularly when it comes to political history.”(more)