Walk Two Moons Lesson Plan

Mapping Sal's Road Trip

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will map Sal and her grandparents' road trip.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.7.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.7.5

Structure:

Break the students into pairs and explain that they will be mapping the route that Sal and her grandparents follow on their road trip from Euclid, Ohio to Lewiston, Idaho.

Students will use Google Maps to trace the group's route. They ought to refer to the text to gather information and drop pins in every place they stopped to have a rest, visit a monument/park, or stayed for the night. The students should have at least 10 pins dropped to signify the places Sal...