Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

Float Along with Huck and Jim

This lesson plan was created by Sue Milligan (West High School, Waterloo CSD) for students in the 11th grade. In this lesson plan, students will map the trip Huck and Jim take on the Mississipi River in the novel, Huckleberry Finn, on Google Earth and mark key plot points with pictures, geographic facts, and questions about the characters' actions.

Discipline/Subject

Physical Geography

English

Computers/Technology

Theme

Environmental

Cartography/Maps

Cultural/Social

Region

United States

North America

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

National Geographic Standards

1. How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective

2. How to use mental maps to organize information about people places, and environments in a spatial context

15. How physical systems affect human systems

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 1. Understand the use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places, and environments

GE 5. Understand how human actions modify the environment and how the environment affects humans