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Vocabulary Helper 

Can’t remember what “catalyst” means or need to look up other words as you work on this project?  See 

Miriam 

Webster’s Dictionary

 online, located at: 

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Step One:  Explore these sites.

  As a group, decide which site will serve as the trigger for Walter’s latest 

daydream. 

 

Potential daydream triggers: 

Description 

URL of Web Site 

The New York Yankees Stadium 

– just imagine what 

Walter might do if he envisioned himself as a star player in this 

ballpark!  Explore this site to learn about the ballpark and the team.

http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com 

/NASApp/mlb/nyy/ballpark/nyy_ballpark_history.jsp

  

The Tower of London 

– explore this website to learn about 

the history of this place, where Anne Boleyn was beheaded and 

many prisoners executed! What if Walter visited this place?

 

http://www.tower-of-london.com/index2.html

  

The Eiffel Tower – 

explore this website for a virtual tour of 

the Eiffel tower, considered a romantic site in Paris.  If Walter 

walked by here . . .

 

http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/

   

USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial 

– learn 

about the battleship USS NC, what if Walter visited here?

 

http://www.battleshipnc.com/

 

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The Titanic Official archive 

– relics from this sunken 

ship are now touring museums, what if Walter went to this kind of 

display?

  

http://www.titanic-online.com/titanic/index.html

  

The San Diego Zoo 

– all kinds of adventures could ensue 

for Walter were he to visit a Zoo

 

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/