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Where the Red Fern Grows
Introductory Web Based Search
Directions: Use the websites provided to answer the questions in each section. Type in each
website carefully and write your answers neatly using complete sentences.
The Author: Wilson Rawls
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/09sep/9-24rawls.html
1.When was Wilson Rawls born? Near which mountains?
2. What book sparked Rawls’s imagination?
3. During his travels he began writing stories. However, he kept his stories locked away. Why?
4. How did his wife help Rawls?
5. According to the website, what was Red Fern originally published as (what title?)?
6. How quickly did Rawls rewrite the manuscript that is now called Where the Red Fern Grows?
Setting: Inflation Calculator
(this part you don’t need to write complete sentences)
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl
7. Something that costs $50 in 1930 would cost how much in 2013?
8. Something that costs $500 in 1930 would cost how much in 2013?
9. If something costs $50 in 2013, how much would it have cost in 1930?
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10. Calculation of your choice! Pick any item and look up the cost.
Name of Item:
Cost today:
Cost in 1930:
Setting: The Ozark Plateau
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar400980&st=oklahoma
11. Find the Land and Climate section of the article. In which states can you find the Ozark
Plateau?
12. Find the History section of the article. What Native American communities thrived in
Oklahoma?
13. What was happening in Oklahoma in the 1930s? Give some specific examples. (You will also
find this in the History section).
Characters: Redbone Coonhounds (complete sentence answers, please)
www2.dogbreedinfo.com/redbonecoonhound.htm
14. Write a brief description of this breed of dog.
15. Summarize this breed’s temperament/personality.
16. List 2 facts from the “Origin” section of this web page.
17. Finished? Check out some pictures of these cute pups!
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/redbonecoonhoundphotos.htm