Literature Guide for Fossil Hunter: and the Lizard of the Dragon of Antiquity, by Michael Dooling
Subjects:
Science, Archaeology, U.S. History
Grades:
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, Homeschool
Types:
Lesson Plans (Individual), Worksheets, Printables
Lesson plan based on the book Fossil Hunter
Worksheets include: characters, plot, setting, character traits, themes, cause/effect, conflict/resolution, response to text, and summarizing. Based on fossil hunter William Foulke, this 22 page packet includes an article, ready to print student worksheets with answers, map of dig site, Haddy the dinosaur facts, hadrosaurus facts, bone chart, bone labeling activity, extension activities, related web sites and teacher instructions.
In 1858 fossil hunter William Foulke unearthed (in Haddonfield, NJ) the first nearly complete dinosaur skeleton ever found, proving what dinosaurs looked like and that they really once existed. William's discovery ended years of speculation. It changed paleontology from a gentlemen's hobby to a mainstream science. This find CHANGED THE WORLD!
You will get a PDF (36MB) file