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Anna Sunday Internet Hunt by
Cindy O'Hora Directions: Click the linked
words to go to a site with the question's answer. The answer
is often on the page you are linked to. A few questions require you to
use an appropriate link to another page, to find the answer. 1. Mister Eli fears Anna and Jed are "minions of One Eyed Pete". What is a minion? Look it up at: WordCentral
To whom are you a minion?
2. Mr. Eli has Jed and Roscoe wear ties to the meal. If
someone told you to wear a "black tie" to a dinner,
3. Is there really a Vale
Of Glamorgan, Wales? Let's look in Wales!
4. What was a sutler?
5. Mr. Eli gives the children laudanum in their ginger
pop.
6. Why did Anna want to give her father Boneset tea?
7. Anna believes Live-Forever will be very helpful to
her sick father.
8. The song "Battle Hymn of the Republic" is mentioned several
times in the story.
NPR has written that the song is the other national anthem. What is title of our national anthem?
What song best describes how you feel about The United States of America?
9. Define these words using this online dictionary resource. chafe
guffaw
adversity
10. Was the story told about Stonewall Jackson accurate? (Research the answer online)
Look it up online: 11. You probably think of braces as a way to straighten
teeth. But in past times it meant an article of clothing.
12. Joshua shows a geode to Adam. Write three facts about geodes.
13. Explore the author. Use this website to glean these facts. a. Other than author, what job has she had?
b. What kind of books does she write?
c. How many books has she had published?
d. Write as a fraction - the number of books she has written compared with the number of her books that have heroines.
Done Already? * In the Valley of the Shadow - Two Communities in the American Civil War. Learn about Gentle Annie: the true story about a Civil War Nurse * Use Timeline of the Civil War to determine how much longer the war lasted from the time of this book. Timeline at Library of Congress
* Find out about Hans Christian Anderson. He authored the story Thumbelina http://hca.gilead.org.il/
*Make a set of Character Trading Cards. - Planning sheet Internet Hunts / Nature / Plants and People / Pennsylvania Projects / Computers / Puzzles & Projects / Site map / Home
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