Dangerous Falls ahead
This summer adventure takes hold...
...when Bridget, Peter, Gracey and Anna set off on an Adirondack canoeing and camping trip. Together they learn of the ghostly spirits that may still live along the Raquette River as they sing and paddle along their trip. All of the friends have great imaginations that lead to some fun nighttime antics when they stop to camp overnight. The next day, Bridget takes off on a path alongside the falls to get away from the boys teasing her about her bathing suit. She finds herself alone on a trail by the falls, where she discovers someone in grave trouble and has to take quick action. Suspense builds as she comes to understands the sign they had seen the day before that warned of dangerous falls ahead.
Ideas for the classroom
Dangerous Falls Ahead has been adapted by several schools studying rivers as part of the curriculum. It includes information about an actual hermit who lived on a branch of the Raquette River for 30 years, Noah John Rondeau, who is featured in the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake. It also includes information about Native Americans who first lived in this area, environmental information about camping, swimming and building fires, and scientific information about plants, animals and trees. Students reading "Dangerous Falls Ahead" have made their own Lost Channel Creatures, created rivers and waterfalls from paper mache, and told stories around a make-believe campfire in the classroom.
For more information, check out www.adkcurriculumproject.org/SBlostchannel.htm This classroom project is for a Learning Standard and is taken from a chapter of "Dangerous Falls Ahead."
...when Bridget, Peter, Gracey and Anna set off on an Adirondack canoeing and camping trip. Together they learn of the ghostly spirits that may still live along the Raquette River as they sing and paddle along their trip. All of the friends have great imaginations that lead to some fun nighttime antics when they stop to camp overnight. The next day, Bridget takes off on a path alongside the falls to get away from the boys teasing her about her bathing suit. She finds herself alone on a trail by the falls, where she discovers someone in grave trouble and has to take quick action. Suspense builds as she comes to understands the sign they had seen the day before that warned of dangerous falls ahead.
Ideas for the classroom
Dangerous Falls Ahead has been adapted by several schools studying rivers as part of the curriculum. It includes information about an actual hermit who lived on a branch of the Raquette River for 30 years, Noah John Rondeau, who is featured in the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake. It also includes information about Native Americans who first lived in this area, environmental information about camping, swimming and building fires, and scientific information about plants, animals and trees. Students reading "Dangerous Falls Ahead" have made their own Lost Channel Creatures, created rivers and waterfalls from paper mache, and told stories around a make-believe campfire in the classroom.
For more information, check out www.adkcurriculumproject.org/SBlostchannel.htm This classroom project is for a Learning Standard and is taken from a chapter of "Dangerous Falls Ahead."
