Brave Companions | Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Part 1, Chapter 1 Abstract

* Brave Companions is a collection of 17 articles and addresses about diverse people and events selected by historian David McCullough.
* Alexander von Humboldt, born in Berlin in 1769, becomes a foremost naturalist who studies extensively in Latin countries.
* Humboldt meets with President Thomas Jefferson and they...
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