Investigator Example

You are to look up the following examples in different resources to find out more information on them.  Then ask other members of your groups some questions about each to see if they know about it.  Then explain why you chose each and tell more information to them about each.

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1. Nasel River - What is the Nasel River and where is it located?  How is it used in the
    story to show us where May Amelia lived?
 

• The Nasel River is located in the great state of Washington.  It is used in the story to show us how life was for May Amelia growing up near a river during this time period.
• http://www.crowdedfire.com/may/more.html
• http://www.author-illustr-source.com/jenniferlholm.htm

2. Columbia River – Where is the Columbia river located?  Explain some of its
    importance.
 

• The Columbia River is located in the great state of Washington also.  It is also used to show us the importance of living during this time period.  It was used to move things up and down the river during this time period.
• http://www.ccrh.org/content.htm
• http://www.columbiaconversations.org/
• http://www.columbiariverkeeper.org/

3. Oregon – Where is Oregon located in relation to Washington?
 

• Oregon is located south of the great state of Washington where the story takes place.
• http://www.state.or.us/
• http://www.sova.org/
• http://statelands.dsl.state.or.us/upintro.htm

4. Astoria – What is Astoria and where is it located in relation to where things took
    place?
 

• Astoria is locate in Oregon, which is located south of Washington.
• http://www.oldoregon.com/
• http://www.port-of-astoria.com/
• http://www.cityofastoria.com/
• http://www.el.com/To/Astoria/

5. Finnish – Where is Finland located and how does it effect May Amelia family
    throughout the story?
 

• Finland is located in Europe and it is greatly talked about throughout the book.  It is a different culture that May Amelia’s family encountered   and some of them adopted as their own.
• http://webmail.nic.fi/~bcassidy/
• http://www.siba.fi/finland.html
• http://www.tekdok.com/Finland/culture.htm