FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX

Overview



Overview
About This Overview
National Standards
General Activities
Picture Walk
U.S. Geography
Compare Clothing
Find Simon's Belongings
Using Speech Tags
Web Quest
Postcards from America
Plan a Trip
How Far?
Travel Today

Travel Today:

  • Adèle, Simon, and Aunt Cécile completed all their travel by train. Would it be possible to travel the same route by train today?

    Research today’s rail service.

    Click on “Launch Route Atlas” for the current train routes in the United States.

    Compare the current routes with the train maps on the inside front and back covers of Adèle & Simon in America.
  • Why do you think Aunt Cécile chose to travel by train?
  • How would you choose to travel the same route today?
Standards: NSS-G.K-12.1 The World in Spatial Terms; NSS-G.K-12.2 Places and Regions; NL-ENG.K-12.8 Developing Research Skills


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Illustrations and excerpts from Adèle & Simon in America by Barbara McClintock.
Copyright © 2008 by Barbara McClintock. Published in August 2008 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC. All rights reserved.