Sarah, Plain and Tall
Chapter 9 Activities

1. Sarah came to Kansas on the railroad. Learn more about traveling in 1910.
   • The American Experience:  The Iron Road  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/iron/index.html
2. Make a list of Sarah's favorite things. Include:
   • pet
   • color
   • expression
   • place
   • outdoor activity
   • indoor activity
   • song
   • thing to draw
   • relative
   • hobby

   Compare Sarah's favorites to yours. Compile lists of the classes favorite things. Turn these into bar graphs.

3. Draw pictures of the sea. Be sure to use blue, gray, and green.

What's it like where you live?  Temperate Oceans  http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/oceans/index.htm

Savage Seas  http://www.thirteen.org/savageseas/