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Combine literature with social studies. This worksheet has students familiarize themselves with the area in California in which the Lone Woman of San Nicolas, the heroine of Scott O'Dell's Island of the Blue Dolphins  , lived. Click here to print. |
This worksheet is designed to help students take notes on sixteen characters as they read the story. Names are listed in alphabetical order. Click here to print (two-sided sheet). |
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These worksheets are designed to supplement reading of Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell by adding cross-curricular learning to literature study.
Learn more about Juana Maria at these sites: California Missions Resource Center National Park Service Discovery (Article on archaeologists' discovery of Juana Maria's home on the island) Native Village Wikipedia Click here for more of our free worksheets to accompany works of literature. The video below offers some terrific insight into what historians and archaeologists now know about the fascinating Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island. |
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This worksheet focuses on spelling and cursive script handwriting practice. Terms: San Nicolas Island, Aleuts, Juana Maria, Santa Barbara, Tongva, and Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell. Click here to print. |
Timeline 1811 - Juana Maria is born sometime before this date 1814 - Massacre of Nicoleño population by Native Alaskan hunters 1835 - Santa Barbara Mission rescues almost all of the islanders 1853 - Juana Maria is rescued from the island and taken to Santa Barbara Mission October 19, 1853 - Juana Maria dies 7 weeks later |
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