Sign of the Beaver Internet Scavenger Hunt

Use the following site to answer questions 1-2.

http://www.umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum/crknives/index.html

1. Give a description of a crooked knife.

2. What uses did the crooked knife have for woodsmen in Maine?

Use the following site to answer questions 3-4.

http://www.ga.k12.pa.us/Academics/LS/4/sstudies/Colonial/4R/4R12.htm

3. What did the Penabscot Indians call themselves? What does this mean?

4. What were some of the jobs the Penabscot had?

Use the following site to answer questions 5-6.

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/

5. In Sign of the Beaver, Matt is attacked by a swarm of bees. What does this survival site say about is the best means of self-protection? What kind of medicine would you need to help you if you are allergic to bees?

6. In Maine, temperatures can become very cold during the winter. What are the basic principles for surviving cold weather?

Use the following site to answer questions 7-8.

http://www.edupaperback.org/authorbios/Speare_ElizabethGeorge.html

7. Where was Elizabeth George Speare born? Do you think this helped her in writing The Sign of the Beaver? Why?

8. When did Elizabeth George Speare begin writing?

Use the following site to answer questions 9-10.

http://www.fishing-hunting.com/kidsfishing/zebco.htm

9. How many senses does a fish use to search for food? Describe the one sense they have that humans do not.

10. What are the three steps of an overhead cast?