Read aloud in class Chapter X of Marco Paul's Travels on the Erie Canal.
Marco meets several people in this chapter
who behave or say things that perplex him. Center classroom discussion
on aspects of human nature, behavior, and the impressions that
we make on others.
After classroom discussion, students answer the following questions in
their journals.
Response Journal Questions
What did Marco learn about the German woman even though he could
not understand what she said?
If you worked on a line boat on the Erie Canal, what job
would you want (driver, captain, steersman, cook, or bowsman)? Why?
Why do you think that the old man called
Marco "Bob?"
