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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the concept of geographic region by exploring the history of the Great Plains. In Part I, students gather information about the location and environment of the Great Plains in order to produce a map outlining the the region. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students study the importance of the Mississippi River with its transportation, drinking water, food, commercial purposes, and travel. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students read, discuss, comprehend and respond to the novel The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the history of Pompeii and its destruction. They take a virtual field trip to the ruins of Pompeii, create a travel brochure to attract tourists to the site, and write an account of their trip. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the value and use of scrapbooks in writing and historic inquiry. They view and discuss online interactive scrapbooks by Mark Twain, and in small groups create a collaborative scrapbook that reflects the time and place in which they live. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students take a virtual field trip to the ruins of Pompeii to explore about everyday life in Roman times, then create a travelogue to attract visitors to the site and write an account of their field trip modeled on a description of Pompeii written by Mark Twain. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students identify words that can be used to describe Mark Twain's character Tom Sawyer. Students explore stage production of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by reading and discussing "An Older (and Calmer) Tom Sawyer". They develop their own original composite characters, which they create by selecting three or more adjectives or personality trait-related phrases. Finally they write their own short stories, or one-act plays. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students use primary resources to examine the context the writings of Mark Twain. They criticize the resources for reliability, accuracy, perspective, relevancy, and authoritativeness. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students explore the life around Hannibal, Missouri, during the latter half of nineteenth century. They use various online and print resources to determine what effects this location had on the writings of Mark Twain. Students read stories by Mark Twain. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students read the book, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," by Mark Twain. Throughout the reading, students chart Huck's travels on a map and annotate important events and places along Huck's trip. Afterwards, students use the map to further discuss and explore topics in the book. In groups, students play a game to reinforce the theme of Huckleberry Finn. Full Review »

