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Amazing Impossible Erie Canal, The

Publication Information
Author:  Harness, Cheryl Illustrator:  Harness, Cheryl
Title:  Amazing Impossible Erie Canal, The Date:  1995
Publisher:  Macmillan Books City:  New York, NY
ISBN, paperback:  0-02-742641-6 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction

HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies

Summary:
After an introduction detailing the need to transport goods back and forth to the settlers in the expanding west, the author takes the reader on the inaugural ride in 1825 that opened the Erie Canal. Illustrations and a time line provide additional information about the construction of the canal.

Teaching Ideas:
The schematic diagrams of the topography of upper New York state encourage map work, and the diagrams of how a lock works lend themselves to hands-on experiments in class. Teachers in Northeast Ohio could compare the Erie Canal to the Ohio Canal with a visit to the lock in Peninsula. Teachers could also compare the development and the benefits of the canals to the development of the railroads.

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bullet Construction/Engineering > Building > construction
bullet Construction/Engineering > Building > Erie Canal
bullet Geography > locations > U.S. states/regions > New York
bullet Geography > economics
bullet History > region > U.S. history
bullet Transportation > ships
bullet Sports/Recreation > travel


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