Final Project Post #9: Mapping out Travel Routes

The Sign of the Beaver tells of how early settlers Matt Hallowell and his father travel from Quincy, Massachusetts to Maine to build a log cabin in 1768.  Matt’s father leaves him behind for seven weeks so he could watch over the homestead, grow crops and build a shed.  Unfortunately, Matt’s family is not able to return in seven weeks and Matt is left alone for many months.  An Indian tribe befriends Matt and helps him survive; however, when winter approaches the Indian tribe must relocate. 

 

            Using Google maps students will research the travel route from Quincy, Massachusetts to Penobscot River, Maine and from Maine to Canada where the Indian tribe moved.  We will watch a You Tube video on how to antique paper.  Students will draw a possible travel route on a large piece of construction paper.  Using the techniques we learned from the You Tube video we will antique our maps.  Then we will display our old maps in the school lobby for everyone to see.  This is an interesting way for my students to learn the geographic territory of the North East United States.   

Making Antique Paper