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Garinger  \nThis is a publication of the Indiana Historical Society  \nEugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center  \n450 West Ohio Street  \nIndianapolis, IN 46202-3269 USA  \nTeacher Resource available online: [http://www.indianahistory.org](http://www.indianahistory.org)  \nBook orders (telephone): (800) 447-1830  \nBook orders (fax): (317) 234-0562  \nCopyright 2009  \nIndiana Historical Society  \nAll rights reserved  \nExcept for copying portions of the teacher resources by educators for classroom use, or for quoting of brief passages for reviews, no part of this publication maybe reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without written permission of the copyright owner. All inquiries should be addressed to the Public Programs Division, Indiana Historical Society.  \n2 TEACHER RESOURCE • Alone: The Journey of the Boy Sims • Indiana Historical Society  \nOverview/Description  \nIn 1833 thirteen-year-old orphan Joshua Sims joined a Michigan Road survey crew to earn enough money to pay off his dead father’s debt on his family’s northern Indiana homestead. When the surveyor’s ink was lost in a minor incident crossing the Tippecanoe River, the “Boy Sims” was sent on a thirty-day trip to Detroit, Michigan, to fetch more. On his journey, Sims met Native Americans, runaway slaves, bounty hunters, Irish immigrants, and encountered many frontier challenges. Sims’s adventures caused him to reevaluate his beliefs and to make new friends.  \nIn this lesson, educators may choose from several activities that help students use Alan K. Garinger’s book, Alone: The Journey of the Boy Sims (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society Press, 2008) . Each activity enhances student understanding of the story’s historical context in pioneer America by emphasizing themes of trade, immigration, Manifest Destiny, freedom, early mapping, and citizenship.  \nGrade Level  \nElementary (fourth, fifth, and sixth grades)  \nAcademic Standards for the Social Studies Indiana Standards:  \nGrade 4, History, Standard 1, Historical Knowledge, The American Revolution and the Indiana Territory: 1770s to 1816 (4.1.4); Statehood: 1816 to 1851 (4.1.6); and Geography, Standard 3, Human Systems (4.3.9 and 4.3.10)  \nGrade 5, Geography, Standard 3, Human Systems (5.3.8); and Economics, Standard 4,(5.4.4)  \nGrade 6, History, Standard 1, Modern Era: 1700 to the Present (6.1.15); and Chronological Thinking, Historical Comprehension, Analysis and Interpretation, Research (6.1.21 and 6.1.22)  \nNational Standards (National Council for the Social Studies):  \nII Time, Continuity, and Change; III People, Places, and Environments; and IV Individual Development and Identity  \nSocial Studies/Historical Concepts  \nTrade, immigration, Manifest Destiny, conflict, power, authority, freedom, citizenship, civilization, and mapping  \nLearning/Instructional Objectives  \nStudents will:  \n• read Alone: The Journey of the Boy Sims by Alan  \nK. Garinger (All Activities)  \n• make their own ink and draw conclusions about the value and permanency of early forms of writing and mapping (Activity 1)  \n• view several early maps, create their own map, and make inferences about their construction and value (Activity 2)  \n• analyze the definition of property in early American life (Activity 3)  \n• organize the major events in Sims’s life into a time line (Activity 4)  \n• create a bio-historical poem about “Boy Sims”using vocabulary provided at the end of the book (Activity 5)  \n• make their own fictional travel guides/journals about a trip through their own community in the 1830s (Activity 6)  \n• choose a historically accurate perspective and debate major themes in the book (Activity 7)  \n• analyze and discuss Sims’s experiences as a pioneer","cbCail43KzM1ZtVc","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCail43KzM1ZtVc","pdf",253036,14,"English","# Overview/Description\n## Grade Level\n## Academic Standards for the Social Studies\n## Social Studies/Historical Concepts\n## Learning/Instructional Objectives\n## Time Required\n## Materials Required\n## Background/Historical Context\n## Teacher’s Instructional Plan\n### Introduction","[{\"question\":\"Who is Joshua Sims in the book’s overview?\",\"answer\":\"Joshua Sims is a thirteen-year-old orphan who joins a Michigan Road survey crew in 1833 to earn money for his family’s northern Indiana homestead and to address his father’s debt.\"},{\"question\":\"What major themes do the activities emphasize?\",\"answer\":\"The activities focus on themes such as trade, immigration, Manifest Destiny, freedom, early mapping, and citizenship, connecting story events to historical context.\"},{\"question\":\"What learning activities are included for students?\",\"answer\":\"Students may make ink and analyze early writing, study and create maps with inferences, analyze property concepts, build a timeline, write a bio-historical poem, produce fictional travel guides/journals, and debate themes from a historically accurate perspective.\"}]","Teacher Resource - Alone: The Journey of the Boy Sims | PDF",1790878979,35]