Storytown, USA

Amusement Park in Lake George, NY

1954 to present (The Great Escape since 1984)

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The initial conversation addresses some of the questions that are used to analyze a primary source, but not all. With your teacher’s guidance, please record your insights on the following, and submit them to the site for publication:

  • What behaviors and ideas are expressed with amusement parks in general?

  • What demographic was the main audience of places like Story Town, USA?

  • What material, both literally and figuratively, were parks like this made from in the 1950s?

  • Story Town, USA (now the Great Escape) is on US Route 9. What kinds of roadways are similar parks on?

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