Moccasin Trail Unit Study

Our Moccasin Trail unit study explores the cross-cultural themes and character development of Eloise Jarvis McGraw's novel. Follow the trail of Jim Keath as his two worlds collide and he needs to identify his role in his family and society

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Themes and Symbols

The themes and symbols are reviewed. The major themes include culture, identity, and belonging.

The symbols include the bear claw necklace, the medicine bundle, Jim's medicine dream, Jonnie's boots, the cabin and teepee, and their mother's clock. See the link above for further discussion of themes symbols which are explored in the unit study.

Chapter Summaries and Action Plot

The Moccasin Trail Chapter Summaries provides a chapter-by-chapter summary of the action plot. From the exposition, through the rising action, and the climactic rescue when Jim pushes his captor into the river, and the concluing denouement, the chapter summaries highlight the signficiant events.

Literary Elements

• Flashback
• Dialect (patterns of speech and thought)
• Role of Suspense
• Symbolism
• Figurative vs Literal
• Imagery
• Tone
• Theme
• Motiff

Figures of Speech

• Oxymoron
• Anthropomorphism
• Metaphor
• Simile

Grammar

• Hyphenated Expressions
• Interjections
• Direct Address
• Compound and Complex Sentences
• Parallel sentences

Maps

The following Moccasin Trail maps are included in the unit study:

• Oregon Trail
• Moccasin Trail Locations
  • Camp by the Powder River
  • The Dalles
  • Rivers: Columbia, Snake, Willamette, Tualatin
  • Mountain Ranges: Absaroka, Cascade

Trip Through The Gorge

• Cascades
• Portage

Vocabulary

Our vocabulary words include less familiar words and their definitions listed in the order presented in the text. Mocassin Trail Vocabulary.

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Includes student pages, answer key, map activities, vocabulary lists, and literary analysis.

Moccasin Trail Pages

Our pages for Eloise Jarvis McGraw's novel, Moccasin Trail.