Grade: 5-9
Objective: To understand why Camden is a town and how Camden grew in the steamboat era.
Introduction/Background: Explain the history of Ecore a' Fabre and how Camden got its name.
Key Terms: Hernando DeSoto Robert LaSalle Cadan Path Don Esteven Miro
Jean Juan Filhoil Louisiana Purchase Ecore a' Fabre steamboats
General Thomas Woodward
Activity: Pinpoint where the Ouachita River is on a map, and find what river(s) it flows into.
Name five steamboats that traveled between Camden and New Orleans.
What caused the steamboat era in Camden to end and around what year did this occur?
ADE Curriculum Strand/Objective: Strand 2.1.7. Investigate the processes and evaluate the impact of change over time in Arkansas using the themes of geography: location, place, movement patterns, human-environment interactions and regions.
Strand 5.1.7. Identify the Louisiana Purchase and the Anglo-American expansion on Arkansas.