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Amazing Impossible Erie Canal, The |
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Publication Information |
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| 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: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: | Young Adult: |
| Picture: Yes | |
General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): nonfiction | |
GED Descriptor(s): social studies |
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Summary: |
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| 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. | |
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| 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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