A Long Way from Chicago | Essay & Project Ideas

A Long Way from Chicago Ideas for Reports and Papers

1. Draw a map and a picture of Grandma Dowdel's southern Illinois town.

2. Grandma referred to the news reporter as being "citified." Do you think you are "citified"? Is she stereotyping the reporter? Are there good and bad stereotypes? Explain.

3. Choose one of the episodes and write it as a script. Choose classmates to help act it out. Video tape your production to share with others.

4. Create a wordless book by making one picture for each chapter to illustrate the events in the chapter. You may draw, paint, create collages, etc. The choice of medium and artistic style is yours.

5. Create one additional summer vacation with Grandma Dowdel. Mary Alice is now fourteen and Joey is sixteen. What adventure would Grandma have planned for them this time? You could write the chapter or record an oral chapter on audio tape.

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