CONTENT PATHFINDER # 1 GHOST TOWNS OF THE AMERICAN WEST Rhyolite, Nevada GENERAL INFORMATION NAME: Wendy H. Karth SCHOOL: Normandy Elementary School WORKSHOP LOCATION: Centerville, Ohio TITLE OF COMPANION ACTION PLAN: Ghost Towns of the American West GRADE LEVELS: 4th - 5th grades CURRICULUM/SUBJECT AREA: Social Studeis: Western United States SPECIFIC TOPIC: Ghost Towns of the American West INFOHIO ELECTRONIC RESOURCES Tombstone. By: Hively, Todd. Our States: Geographic Treasures, 2003, p1, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1170; (AN 10991589) Ghost Towns by Night Light. By: Doster, Alexis. Smithsonian, May2001, Vol. 32 Issue 2, p110, 10p, 12c; Reading Level (Lexile): 1350; (AN 4367871) Sight & sound. American History Illustrated, Jul/Aug93, Vol. 28 Issue 3, p22, 1/3p, 1bw; Reading Level (Lexile): 800; (AN 9306180081) Ghost town. National Geographic World, Aug92 Issue 204, p26, 6p, 6c; (AN 9208241466) Sight & sound. American History Illustrated, Sep/Oct90, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p24, 2p, 1c; (AN 9010152096) THE REAL GOLD AT BODIE. (cover story) By: Merrell, Bill. American Heritage, Apr90, Vol. 41 Issue 3, p70, 8p, 1 map, 9c, 4bw; (AN 9005071830) WEB SITES Tour of Rhyolite, Nevada Tour Bodie, California This site gives general ghost town information and allows you to search by state. A pictorial review of ghost towns BOOKS (FICTION) Ghost Town: Seven Ghostly Stories by Joan Lowry Nixon The Ghost Town Mystery by Gertrude Warner BOOKS (NON-FICTION) Ghost Towns of the American West by Raymond Bial Rhyolite: The True Story of a Ghost Town by Diane Siebert Colorado Ghost Towns - Past & Present by Robert Brown Ghost Towns of Arizona by James Sherman Ghost Towns of the Amercian West by Robert Silverberg Ghost Towns by Betsy Thornton Arizona Ghost Towns & Mining Camps by Philip Varney Ghost Towns of Colorado by Philip Varney