Meet Mark Twain

You are the expert!

Learn about Mark Twain in this short biography.

Learn about Mark Twain by watching this neat powerpoint. Click on the Powerpoint icon on the upper left hand corner of the window. Complete the organizer to store your new information about America's favorite author. Be prepared to share your findings with the class.

Tour The Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut.

Mark Twain's family tree can be downloaded here.

Do your own family tree just for fun.

Here's a little kid's crossword puzzle about Mark Twain. Can you do it?

Mark Twain's memory building game was designed to make learning history enjoyable. Test your knowledge of Mark Twain's Life by play the first level of Memory Building. Think you can do more? Click here for an even greater challenge.

River boats played an important part in Hannibal and in Twain's life. Why? The Mississippi River flowed passed the back porches of many houses and businesses in the town.

Look at the map of Hannibal and trace the path of the river through the state. In the 1800s, why would a river be so important?

Check out river boats. Read about the kinds of boats the floated down the Mississippi. Which ones might have gone by Hannibal? Listen to the sounds of the Mississippi by clicking on each boat. Mark twain!

The Mark Twain Museum in Hannibal is fascinating! See Becky Thatcher's house, learn about Hannibal, Missouri and even e-mail yourself a postcard from Hannibal and Jackson Island!

E-mail yourself a Mark Twain postcard.

Can you imagine being stranded in a cave like Tom and Becky? Well, that cave really exists. Check out the following before entering McDougal's Cave:

  • Explore a virtual cave here and see just what's inside the rocks.
  • Check out Bridal Cave Kids'Page to see how rocks grow, what caves are made of and even check out Max the Bat. Are you ready? Take a visit to McDougal's Cave. Bring a flashlight....and watch out for spiders and bats! Choose "Cave Pictures" to see inside the cave. There you will be able to actually enter the caverns by clicking on the movie. Stay close and don't get lost. Shhhhh Do you hear Injun Joe?
  • Click here to enter the cave if you dare!
Twain's Mississippi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

McDougal's Cave