Everything you need to understand or teach Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain.
In Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi, the author describes many different aspects of the river and its life in the nineteenth century. Overall, Twain writes about the Mississippi as a living, breathing being - it is by far the most important character in the story, and functions as a character throughout the narrative.
Half history and half memoir, Life on the Mississippi begins with an historical examination of the river...
Life on the Mississippi Lesson Plans contain 108 pages of teaching material, including: