The Route 66 Museum

Short excerpt from America’s Library article:

The Route 66 Museum Why would a museum be dedicated to a highway? Because Route 66 is no ordinary highway.

I. Vocabulary words from this article:

ordinary

dedicate

diagonal

design

zone

dust

classic

depression

grain

produce

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II. Pre-Reading Questions

What do you know about early European settlers in America?

How might colonists get lost in a new environment?

 

III. Reading Time

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The Lost Colony

from America’s Library (www.americaslibrary.gov)

When you have finished reading, return to this page and answer the questions below.

IV. Post-Reading Questions

 

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