FOLLOWING THE RABBIT'S TRAIL

Gold = California Gold Rush

Sunken Treasure = Gold

Study of precious metals

Old/New Machines.

Sailing Ships = Immigrants

Study Ellis Island

Old/New Inventions

The Exile of the Acadians

Sailing Ships = family  history

Study family tree & Cajun culture roots

Sailing Ships = Sunken Ships

Study pirates

Sunken Ships = Lost Treasure

Study on Titanic

Unit Study for Sailing Ships by Amanda Bennett

Study Jean Lafitte the Pirate

Field trip to view $1.22 billion in sunken gold treasure from the S.S. Central America

Telegraph boy in M.M. book & Titanic tragedy leads to study on telegraph/ Morris code

S.S. Central America sunk in hurricane

Study hurricanes

Insect study

Look at picture of men digging canal

Science Study of Mosquitoes reveals French stopped working on Panama Canal due to yellow fever outbreak

Reading "Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel" (by Virginia Lee Burton) with Five in a Row teaching guide

Life cycle of insects/body parts

Study Erie Canal & Panama Canal

Make a mosquito habitat

Field trip to view large machinery

Study diseases passed by mosquitoes

Read about malaria outbreak in Little House on the Prairie by LIW

Study various fuels from times past to present (steam/gas/diesel/ electric)

Yellow fever, malaria, West Nile Virus

Read about building the railroads in On the Shores of Silver Lake by LIW

Discuss train expansion

Read Bible stories of Jesus walking on water and Jesus calming the storm

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The term "Rabbit Trails" is a term used by  4reallearning

Lesson Plans called "Rabbit Trails" will be available from 4reallearning in Spring 2003!

copyright 2002 by cay gibson---this sampling of a "rabbit trail" is only an example of the author's experience with using living books in her children's learning experience