Welcome to the WEBQUEST that will build your background knowledge (BBK)

for our reading of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain


Follow the directions on this page to help you answer the questions on the Huck Finn webquest worksheet.

Source #1: Mark Twain is FAMOUS! (click for a link to the website)

Source #2: The novel is famous, too! (click for a link to the website)

Source #3: Believe it or not, Huck Finn is COOL! (watch BOTH videos below before answering!)

Source #4: Embarrassing American History (click for a link to the website)

Source #5: MAPS (see maps below to help you answer questions!)

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QUOTES: Complete all work on the worksheet provided!!!

A. Provide a brief paraphrase (in your own words!) of what the quote is saying.
B. Provide a reason why you would agree or disagree with Twain if he were alive today.

16. “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”

17. “A person who won’t read has no advantage over someone who can’t read.”

18. “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I was 21, I was astonished by how much the old man had learned in 7 years.”