Task:

1. Research the Erie Canal taking notes while using a URL site, an encyclopedia and a picture book.
2. As a character along the canal or working on the canal, use the notes to create an illustrated journal containing 6 - 7 entries which reveal important incidents and discoveries.
3. Organize a focused narrative which:
   • includes background information about how and why the canal came about
   • contains information of what happened during the building and use of the canal
   • uses supporting details to explain how the success of creating the canal affected the growth history of the United States!
4. Create an artifact packet (use a gallon plastic bag) which includes primary source documents, miniature props, and a descriptive index of the contents related to the Erie Canal.

Online resources:

1. 1817 - Images of the Erie Canal
2. How a lock works on the Erie Canal

Books:

1. Harness, Cheryl. The Amazing Impossible Erie Canal
2. Spier, Peter. The Story of the Erie Canal.
3. Stein, R. Conrad. The Story of the Erie Canal

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As of December 4, 2003, you are visitor to explore the Erie Canal.

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