[Publib] "Charlotte's Web" with Pictures, Maps and Primary Sources

[Carole Bos]

The live-action film about "Charlotte's Web" opens on Friday.  This web site will provide helpful background for students. http://www.awesomestories.com/movies/charlottes_web/charlottes_web_ch1.htm  With it, they can learn about spiders like Charlotte (how they spin their webs, eat, lay eggs and balloon); "meet" E.B. White (as a young boy and a grown man); see where White lived and wrote his stories; view White's barn (which was the model for Zuckerman's farm); hear White read from the book; and learn about pigs (like Wilbur) and rats (like Templeton).  Also included are links to lesson plans, scientific links for older students and two of the film's trailers.

The web site http://www.awesomestories.com/ is free for all educators, schools and libraries.  Simply request an academic membership with this sign-up form.  http://www.awesomestories.com/group_signup.php  

Carole Bos
Dean's Advisory Board
Grand Valley State University
bosc at gvsu.edu