CPG FIELD TRIP: The Mark Twain House

This virtual field trip will take us to the Mark Twain House & Museum dedicated to the writer Mark Twain, pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. The museum is located in the United States in the house Samuel (Sam) and his wife Olivia (Livy) designed and had built in Hartford, Connecticut. The years he lived and wrote there are said to be his most productive. Here he worked on some of his best known novels, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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Click here to begin the tour.

The yellow and white circles give historical content.

The blue and white circles provide instructions.

Use your mouse or the arrows on your keyboard to zoom in and out or to pan left and right.

As you move your mouse you will see a white ring. Match this ring to the rings on the floor to travel through the house.

SWAP REQUIREMENTS:

• Tour the Mark Twain House.

• Write your reactions to all five of the prompts below.

• Send your answers to each of your partners via private message on Swap-bot.

• Include your swap information with each of your messages.

PROMPTS:

1. Which room in this house did you find most appealing? Why were you drawn to it?

2. Which room in this house did you find most unsettling? What bothered you about it?

3. What surprises or "wow moments" did you experience as you toured the house?

4. What did you learn about Mark Twain regarding his work as an author, either through touring his home or by visiting the Mark Twain House & Museum website, that you didn't know before joining this swap?

5. Pick one item in the house that piqued your interest in a person or persons, place, thing or event. Spend a few minutes researching your interest by reading additional information about that item (or someone/something connected to it) on the Mark Twain House & Museum website or elsewhere on the internet. Write a few sentences to share what you learned.

Questions or concerns about this swap? Please don't hesitate to comment below. I'm always happy to clarify swap guidelines or explore options for making the swaps I host more enjoyable for and accessible to every group member who's interested in participating.

Have fun!