  | Explore with Marquette and Jolliet (Travel with the great explorers) Author: O'Brien, Cynthia | |
| Price: $16.96 | ||
Summary:
Marquette was a French missionary and Jolliet a fur trader and explorer. Together they set out to find the direction and origin of the Mississippi River, ultimately exploring most of the distance between the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico.
Common Core Standards
Grade 5 → Reading → RI Informational Text → 5.RI Key Ideas & Details
Grade 5 → Reading → RI Informational Text → 5.RI Craft & Structure
Grade 5 → Reading → RI Informational Text → 5.RI Integration of Knowledge & Ideas
Reviews:
Booklist (09/15/16)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 09/15/2016 With a peppy tone and magazine-like layout, titles in the Travel with the Great Explorers series introduce students to notable explorers and their journeys and invite them to consider what it might be like to travel with those trailblazers. The titular explorers in Marquette and Jolliet journeyed down the Mississippi in canoes, and unlike many other explorers in the period, their interactions with indigenous groups were largely peaceful. Thanks to snappy headings and lots of graphics, each entry is undoubtedly eye-catching, although the thematic—rather than chronological—organization is sometimes haphazard, and many facts get repeated in each section. Though the lack of a significant critical lens is a drawback, the plethora of facts, maps, and writing prompts to encourage engagement will nonetheless be illuminating. - Copyright 2016 Booklist.
