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Tom and Huck in a Hot Air Balloon

Mrs. Happy Housewife

on November 13, 2008 10:19 AM | Permalink

There was one thing that kept bothering me, and by and by I says:

"Tom, didn't we start east?"

"Yes."

"How fast have we been going?"

"Well, you heard what the professor said when he was raging round. Sometimes, he said, we was making fifty miles an hour, sometimes ninety, sometimes a hundred; said that with a gale to help he could make three hundred any time, and said if he wanted the gale, and wanted it blowing the right direction, he only had to go up higher or down lower to find it."

"Well, then, it's just as I reckoned. The professor lied."

"Why?"

"Because if we was going so fast we ought to be past Illinois, oughtn't we?"

"Certainly."

"Well, we ain't."

"What's the reason we ain't?"

"I know by the color. We're right over Illinois yet. And you can see for yourself that Indiana ain't in sight."

"I wonder what's the matter with you, Huck. You know by the COLOR?"

"Yes, of course I do."

"What's the color got to do with it?"

"It's got everything to do with it. Illinois is green, Indiana is pink. You show me any pink down here, if you can. No, sir; it's green."

"Indiana PINK? Why, what a lie!"

"It ain't no lie; I've seen it on the map, and it's pink."

You never see a person so aggravated and disgusted. He says:

"Well, if I was such a numbskull as you, Huck Finn, I would jump over. Seen it on the map! Huck Finn, did you reckon the States was the same color out-of-doors as they are on the map?"

"Tom Sawyer, what's a map for? Ain't it to learn you facts?"

"Of course."

"Well, then, how's it going to do that if it tells lies? That's what I want to know."

From Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain. Brought to my attention by my daughter during Geography this morning.

South America Lesson Plans

Mrs. Happy Housewife

on August 6, 2007 9:34 PM | Permalink

Week 1: Brazil

1. Read about Brazil.

Brazilian National Symbols

The Amazon River

"Journey into Amazonia" from PBS

Useful Portuguese Phrases

2. Complete a Country Notebook Form.

3. On a map of South America, label each country.

4. On a map of Brazil, mark and label: the capital, Brazilia; important cities, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Salvador de Bahia; Amazon River and its mouth; Sao Francisco River; Brazilian Highlands; Guiana Highlands; Pantanal; Iguassu Falls.

Week 2: Suriname

1. Read about Suriname.

2. Complete a Country Notebook Form.

3. On a map of South America, label each country.

4. On a map of Suriname, mark and label: the capital, Paramaribo; WJ van Bloomenstein Lake; De Hann Mountains; Van Wijck Mountains; the Savannah.

Week 3: Guyana

1. Read about Guyana.

The Guyana World Wide Web Handbook

2. Complete a Country Notebook Form.

3. On a map of South America, label each country.

4. On a map of Guyana, mark and label: the capital, Georgetown; New Amsterdam; Guiana Highlands; Rupununi Savannah; Kanuku Mountains; Pakaraima Mountains; Acarai Mountains; Kaieteur Falls; the Essequibo River.

Week 4: Venezuela

1. Read about Venezuela.

2. Complete a Country Notebook Form.

3. On a map of South America, label each country.

4. On a map of Venezuela, mark and label: the capital, Caracas; Maracaibo; Isla la Tortuga; Isla de Margarita; Lake Maracaibo; Lake Guri; Orinoco River; Andes Mountains; Guiana Highlands; Amazon Jungle; Angel Falls.

Week 5: Colombia

1. Read about Colombia.

2. Complete a Country Notebook Form.

3. On a map of South America, label each country.

4. On a map of Colombia, mark and label: the capital, Bogota; Cartagena; Cali; Barranquillia; Andes Mountains; Cauca River; Magdalena River.

Week 6: Ecuador

1. Read about Ecuador.

World Atlas

The Galapagos Islands

CIA World Factbook

Wikipedia

Ecuadoran Flag

2. Complete a Country Notebook Form.

3. On a map of South America, label each country.

4. On a map of Ecuador, mark and label: the capital, Quito; Gulf of Guayaquil; Isla Puna; Andes Mountains (Cordillera Occidental and Cordillera Oriental); the Galapagos Islands (Archipielago de Colon).

Week 7: Peru

1. Read about Peru.

2. Complete a Country Notebook Form.

3. On a map of South America, label each country.

4. On a map of Peru, mark and label: the capital, Lima; Cuzco; Macchu Picchu; Andes Mountains; Lake Titicaca.

Week 8: Bolivia

1. Read about Bolivia.

Lake Titicaca Islanders - BBC

2. Complete a Country Notebook Form.

3. On a map of South America, label each country.

4. On a map of Bolivia, mark and label: the capital, La Paz; Lake Titicaca; Lake Poopo; the Andes Mountains (Cordillera Occidental and Cordillera Oriental); Altiplano; Desaquadero River.

Week 9: Chile

1. Read about Chile.

Atacama Desert - National Geographic

Chilean National Symbols

2. Complete a Country Notebook Form.

3. On a map of South America, label each country.

4. On a map of Chile, mark and label: the capital, Santiago; Andes Mountains; Cardillera de la Costa; Atacama Desert; Salares (Salt Basins); Arauco Gulf; Ancud Gulf; Penas Gulf; General Carrera Lake; Chiloe Island; Los Chronos Archipielago; Reina Adelaida Archipielago; Taitao Peninsula; Strait of Magellan; Tierra del Fuego; Drake Passage; Lake District; Easter Island (Rapa Nui); Cape Horn.

Week 10: Argentina

1. Read about Argentina.

2. Complete a Country Notebook Form.

3. On a map of South America, label each country.

4. On a map of Argentina, mark and label: the capital, Buenos Aires; La Plata River; Laguna Mar Chiquita; Chaco; Andes Mountains; Pampas; San Matias Gulf; Nuevo Gulf; San Jorge Gulf; Valdes Peninsula; Strait of Magellan; Patagonia; Tierra del Fuego; Staten Island; Cape Horn.

Week 11: Uruguay

1. Read about Uruguay.

2. Complete a Country Notebook Form.

3. On a map of South America, label each country.

4. On a map of Uruguay, mark and label: the capital, Montevideo; Rio de la Plata; Negro River; Negro River Artificial Lake; Merin Lagoon; Littoral.

Week 12: Paraguay

1. Read about Paraguay.

World Atlas