Train+to+Somewhere

=Train to Somewhere=

by Eve Bunting



 * Lesson plans from Houghton Millfin**- reader guide.

Lesson plan including crossword puzzle and word search from Orpahn Train Depot.

More information on the real Orphan Trains. Orphan Train History. Discover the History of Orphan Trains. A History of the Orphan Trains. Orphan Trains.

Exploring Orphan Trains- includes an easy and harder explination.

Kids Connect: Orphan Trains. The Children's Aid Society: Orphan Trains.


 * Comprehension Test** from Discovery Education.

Discovery Education Videos:
Trains and other transportation: Train segment : 2:21 mins. History of Transportation: Railroads. 18:27 mins. The Great Westward Migration: The Railroad Boom and New Canals. 1:22 mins. A segment of United States History: 1800-1860: Westward Migration. 20:57 mins.

YouTube and Google Video:
Centennial Stories: Orphan Train. Orphan Train in Michigan. media type="custom" key="5678787"

Ozarks Public Television: Orphan Train Movement.  Worksheet regarding Orphan Trains.

PowerPoint: from: classroom.jc-schools.net/samst/Unit1/1-2%20TraintoSomewhere.ppt

Guide to Across America on an Emigrant Train from BookRags.