Students,
I have received some email, and I have chatted with a few of you in the hallways over the last day or so. So, I want to clarify a few points regarding the HF "map assignment.
For all of the ACTUAL towns (the places on the front side of the handout), you should type a short description that includes the town's relevance to HF for Hannibal, Florida, and Cairo. When describing the other cities, you do not need to make an overt reference to HF.
Take a look at my example entry as a starting point but find the best info. for your description in our school databases (try "US History in Context" and/or the "Literature Resource Center" and/or "Encyclopedia Britannica"). Once you have skimmed through the database resources, you may refer to Wikipedia.
For the fictional places, underlined on the back side of the handout, do your best, using the zooming power of Google Maps, to "pin" the location. I expect a short description of the relevance of Jackson's Island to HF, but -- at this point -- you need only "pin" the other spots. You will add descriptions to these later as you encounter each in the text.
Finally, one important goal is to demonstrate your "creativity" with this small project. What photos might you add? What is the best description, given your research, you might write? My intention with your investigations is to have you go beyond the typical "first hits" in Google.
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