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Our Seven Month Ordeal. 1840 vs. 2010. Conestoga Wagon. Modern RV. It’s 1848. Guess which one we took?. Formative Assessment. Venn Diagram. Get Ready. Jumping off city: Supplies Wagons Waiting Congestion Over-packing. Presentation Photo. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Our Seven Month Ordeal
1840 vs. 2010
Conestoga Wagon Modern RV
It’s 1848. Guess which one we took?
Venn DiagramFormative Assessment
Westward Migration
Travelling in the 1840s
Travelling Now
Similarities
Jumping off city: SuppliesWagons WaitingCongestionOver-packing
Get Ready
Presentation Photo Fun Fact Uses for buffalo dung
1. Fuel for burning2. “Frisbees”
Source: Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier by Joanna Stratton
Population growth in the eastern statesEconomic opportunityCheap and fertile landReligious freedomManifest Destiny: the idea that expansion was
for the good of the country and was the right of the country.
Why They Went
Overland Trails
In each group of travelers there was often at least one member who could play the fiddle. Here is an example of music of the 1850s.
This is a song titled Nelly Bly by Stephen Foster. The pioneers would dance if they had the energy after a long day of walking.
Music of the Pioneers
Our Reenactment
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/frontierhouse/resources/lp2.html
http://theomahaproject.orghttp://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/arti
cle_display.cfm?HHID=308http://www.awesomestories.com/history/go-w
est/story-prefacehttp://www.wolfkiller.net/California1840/index
.htm
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