How Far?

• How far did Adèle, Simon, and Aunt Cécile travel on their journey across America? Use maps, an atlas, and/or an Internet mapping site, such as Google Maps or MapQuest, to find the actual distance between each of the places they visited. Find the sum of miles or kilometers they traveled.
• How many days do you think they spent on their trip? Make an estimate based on evidence in the book. For example, it took two days to travel between New York and Chicago.

Standards: NSS-G.K-12.1 The World in Spatial Terms; NSS-G.K-12.2 Places and Regions; NM-MEA.PK-5.1 Understand Measurable Attributes of Objects and the Units, Systems, and Processes of Measurement; NM-MEA.PK-5.2 Apply Appropriate Techniques, Tools, and Formulas to Determine Measurements