Gehrig+WebQuest


 * __//Lou Gehrig// WebQuest__

1. Why did David A. Adler decide to write about Lou Gehrig? http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/adler.html?grade=4

2. What other book did David Adler and Terry Widener work on together? What does that book have in common with the Lou Gehrig book we have been reading? http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr06/mtai/widener.html?grade=4__

3. Go to the site and watch the clip on Lou Gehrig. What is your opinion on him now that you have seen this? http://www.lougehrig.com/

4. Read Lou Gehrig's Farewell speech as you scroll down. What does he think he is the luckiest man alive?http://www.lougehrig.com/about/speech.htm

5. Read the information on the disease that Lou Gehrig had. What parts of the body does this disease damage? What do you think it was like for Gehrig to live with this disease? http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/grownup/conditions/als.html**