Procedures

Lesson 1:

1. Students will locate both Wyoming and your home state on a blank U.S. map.
2. Have them label and color each of the two states. Labeling Canada and the oceans should be considered.
3. Share pictures of Wyoming using library sources or the Internet. Discuss the climate of Wyoming and how it might compare and contrast to that of the home state of your class.

1. Introduce three vocabulary words either by writing on the board or in a handout:
   strongbox
   city slickers
   twilight
2. Discuss potato farming.
3. Read aloud Chapters 1-3.
4. Discuss visual images of Little Willy, Searchlight, Doc Smith, and Grandfather.

1. Discuss and display the following vocabulary:
   derringer
   legal
   property taxes
   dog-sled races
   contestants
   Samoyeds
   gold vs.paper money
   granite
   Shoshone
2. Read Chapters 4-6.
3. Discuss visual images of Clifford Snyder and Stone Fox.
4. Discuss similarities between Stone Fox and Little Willy - particularly their feelings about land.

1. Review perceptions of Stone Fox.
2. Read Chapters 6-10.
3. Discuss differing perceptions of Stone Fox.

Begin watching the video of Stone Fox. Discuss, after about 30 minutes of viewing time, the differences between the book and the movie.

Watch 30 more minutes of the movie, after which the students will be able to name more differences.

Finish the movie and the discussion of differences between the book and the movie. Ask the students which they liked better and why.

1. All children will bring to class the name of five dog breeds they wish to research on the Internet. Hopefully enough will be named so that each child will be accessing a different site.
2. The children will locate a picture of "their" dog on the internet and print out the picture.

Create a word-search puzzle using characters and vocabulary from Stone Fox and distribute it to each student. An alternative way of doing this is to distribute graph paper and have the students make their own word searches.

Students will draw a picture of their favorite scene from Stone Fox. All students will then be involved in putting the pictures in sequential order.

Extension Ideas:

Shoshone Indians could be investigated.

Biographical information about the author, John Reynolds Gardiner, could be found on the Internet.

Children may be able to create their own puzzles using software or the Internet.