Rural Settings in Stories
Missouri 1840s, Texas mid-late 1800s, Carolina Mountains 1930s 

​Use the following resources to research each rural setting. Gather 10 facts about each setting to complete your Rural Fact Sheet shared with you in Google Classroom
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Missouri in the 1840s

1. Mark Twain's Mississippi (yes, this is correct. It refers to the Mississippi River, not the state)
2. Missouri Digital Heritage (stay within your correct time frame)
3. Missouri Historic Towns
4. Hannibal History 
5. The History of Hannibal
6. Mark Twain Historic District
7. Voices from the Trail
8. Henry County Missouri

Texas in the mid to late 1800s (roughly from 1850-1900)

1. ​Rural Life in Texas
2. Late Nineteenth-Century Texas
3. Timeline of Texas Women's History (stay within your correct time frame)
4. The Transformation of the Texas Economy
5. Life on the Frontier
6. Bell County History (just one of many rural counties at the time)
7. Ransom and Sarah Williams Farmstead
8. Life in the State of Texas

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​Carolina Mountains in the 1930s

1. Blue Ridge Mountains (Be sure to check out the additional links at the bottom under "Learn More About the Parkway")
2. Great Smoky Mountains
3. History of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park​
4. Great Smoky Mountains Parkway and the Cherokees
5. The Great Depression in North Carolina
6. Agriculture in North Carolina during the Great Depression
7. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
8. Great Depression and the New Deal
9. The Depression for Farmers
10. Life During the Depression (Be sure to check out all the links on the side of this page)

​Can't remember how to cite a website? First, your group members can help! And two, you should watch the video on the left. It walks you through citing a website step by step. It will not be one of the websites you use for this assignment, but the process is the same no matter what website you use!

Still need help? Ask Mrs. Newman!