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Here you find lots of ideas of how to incorporate Joan Lowery Nixon's well known book into the curriculum.
Related Website:
2) Orphan Train Children (Grades 2, 4, & 5) http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers /guides/otch.html
Orphan Trains (Grades 6-8) from Science NetLinks
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?BenchmarklD=7&DocID=72 The purpose of this lesson is to have learners examine social tradeoffs in the context of the Orphan Trains, and society's treatment of children whose parents can no longer care for them.
Possible Lesson Plans for the Iowa Orphan Train Project http://www.maquoketa.kl2.ia.us/OT Lessons.html Here is a collection of lesson 'starter' ideas.
Researching and Playing a Role: The Orphan Train
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/assessment/exemplars/arts/drama/rpr 4a e.html The students develop a process drama based on historical events. In the drama, a group of townspeople await the arrival of a group of orphans who are to be handed over to families in the town. The orphan train is delayed.
Related Sections:
2)	Curriculum Links http://www.tki.org.nz/r/assessment/exemplars/arts/drama /rpr 4a links e.html
3)	Background http://www.tki.org.nz/r/assessment/exemplars/arts/drama /rpr 4a links e.html#background
Stories of the Orphan Train Riders (Grade 8) by C. Hill from Technology Integration Projects for Children
http://education.wichita.edu/m3/tips/social studies/orphantrains/orphantrainstories.htm Around the turn of the twentieth century, children from the East coast were “sent” to the Midwest on trains. Once these children were relocated, they went to live with local families. Read several personal accounts of actual Orphan Train riders.
Related Activity from Technology Integration Projects for Children:
2)	History of the Orphan Trains by C. Hill
http://education.wichita.edu/m3/tips/social studies/orphantrains/orphantrainhistory.htm
Words 2 eXplore
orphan train	journey	street	poor	homeless	railroads
children	'street Arabs'	Charles Loring Brace	half orphan	neglect	child abuse
West	waif	unwanted children	handbill	farmhand	'Placing Out' Plan
gangs	cheap labor source	indenture	immigrant	needy children	vagrant
Midwest	placement	oral history	street urchin	runaway	foundling
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