This Mississippi River lesson teaches the geography of the river, its history, why it's important, and how it is currently used. There is a reading passage, quiz, five activity sheets, and four online videos that can be done independently or as a class. The downloadable .ZIP file includes: 13-slide Mississippi River Powerpoint presentation with the lesson’s reading content, four fun facts, and narrated images showing flooding, steamboat, Native Americans, barges, recreation, and the river's hea