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Mapping Mark Twain's Homes (Primary Grades) Mark Twain made his home in many U.S. states. Find these states on a blank U.S. map and color each one a different color: Missouri, Nevada, California, New York, Connecticut and Hawaii. Label each state. Click here to download a blank U.S. map.
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Mapping Mark Twain's Many Homes (Intermediate/Middle Grades) Mark Twain lived in several U.S. states during his writing career. Find and label these places on a blank U.S. map: Hannibal, Missouri; Virginia City, Nevada; San Francisco, California; Elmira, New York; Hartford, Connecticut; Honolulu, Hawaii. Click here to download a blank U.S. map.
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Visit Mark Twain's House in Connecticut Click here to take a virtual tour of Mark Twain's famous home in Hartford, Connecticut.
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An Interactive Scrapbook Learn about Mark Twain's special scrapbook invention and experience his favorite places and things to do. Click here to see an Interactive Scrapbook. Then create your own scrapbook showing your favorite places to visit and things to do. Use photos you've taken or make your own drawings. Be sure to include writing in your scrapbook.
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Tell a Humorous Tale Mark Twain was known for his sense of humor. He loved to make people laugh and was very good at telling funny stories, most of which were about his own life experiences. Create a book of your favorite jokes or write a humorous story. If you need a lesson from Mark Twain, click here.
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Create a Vocabulary Game Read Whitewashing the Fence from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. As you read, write down at least 15 words that you don't know or that you think other students might need to learn. After reading, find the definitions and use the words to create a vocabulary game to share with your classmates.
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Creating Art From Words Read the first paragraph from Chapter 2 of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer describing an early Saturday morning when Mark Twain's character, Tom Sawyer, sets out to whitewash a fence. Draw and color a picture of what the scene could look like.
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Famous Twain Quotations Read some favorite Mark Twain Quotations. Write a few sentences about what you think the quotes mean and how they could apply to your life.
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Learn about Steamboats Samuel Clemens took the pen name Mark Twain from his experience as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River in the 1860s. To learn more about the history of steamboats and how they operated, Click here and check out all the resources on the left-hand side of the page. Put together a booklet showing what you learn. Include diagrams and explanations and share your booklet with a classmate.
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Steamboat Arabia Visit the Steamboat Arabia Museum and find out what it's like to discover real buried treasure. Then create a treasure map showing the way to an imaginary buried steam ship. Draw a poster showing items you might discover in the ship you hope to find and recover.
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Twain Web Quest After learning about The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, complete the questions and activities in this Twain Web Quest to discover more about Mr. Twain and Huck.
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Word Search Complete this online Word Search about Mark Twain and his writings. It looks easy, but is it?
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Twain Puzzle Complete these Sliding Puzzles which show scenes from Mark Twain'shometown of Hannibal, Missouri. There are four in all.
