Special Projects -- The Florida Quest (Florida's Ghost Town Trail)

Tips for Completing the Quest

Do you think you can track clues to help solve the mystery of Florida’s ghost towns along with the Trackers? Sharpen your sleuthing skills because they can’t do it without your help! You will be the ones to find the clues and write the answers carefully in your books. As the Trackers explore, talk to people, read and research, they will be uncovering hints to help you find clues. To solve the clues, pay attention to the story and carefully read all the information provided. Then complete the activities you find and write the answers in your book.

When you arrive at each "stop sign" in the story, you will see instructions for finding the clue. These instructions will help you figure out the answer by leading you to:

(a) search the newspaper, or
(b) watch a video on TV, or
(c) visit a website on your classroom computer or
(d) complete an activity found in this book.

Once you’ve solved the clue, write your answers in the correct spaces in the book.

In addition to clues, you’ll be looking for certain things about each of the possible ghost towns the Trackers visit. There are four main points the Trackers, and you, will be seeking in order to determine if a location can truly be considered a ghost town. Be sure to look for these ghost town descriptors and write them inside the front cover of your book as you complete each chapter. You might even find them before the Trackers!

The "Terms to Know" box at the beginning of each chapter lists the words that may seem unfamiliar to you. Those words also appear in bold print in the story. Before you begin reading, find the definitions of these words by looking them up in the glossary in the back of the book.

Have fun exploring Florida’s ghost town trail!

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