Brave Companions | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Medora, ND - The Dakota Bad Lands town founded by the Marquis de Mores as a means of bypassing the Chicago stockyards in processing beef for the eastern markets.

Panama Railroad - This is a rail line laid in 1850-55 across the Isthmus of Panama through 47.5 miles of dense jungle, swamplands, and steep mountains, to link Colun and Panama City.

Brooklyn Bridge - This iconic structure is a great feat of human intellect in terms of engineering and aesthetics, but it is also holds the stories of the many men and one...
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