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How it all began
Children's Aid Society 1854 Annual Report
Newspaper Article
Placing Agents in Kansas
Sending Institutions
Map: Number of Children Placed by State
Children's Aid Society Flyer
Children's Aid Society Adoption Form
New York Foundling Hospital Form
Additional Resources
Suggestions for Cross Curriculum Studies
Powerpoint Presentations:
Orphan Trains - crayon background
Orphan Trains - blank background
Orphan Trains Version 2
Lesson Plans For:
Orphan Train Riders: Their Own Stories by OTHSA
A Family Apart by Joan Lowery Nixon
Train to Somewhere by Eve Bunting
Educational Material
Other Material:
Crossword Puzzle for Rodzina by Karen Cushman (word document)
Orphan Train Maze (word document)