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Westward Expansion

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PIONEER JOURNAL PROJECT

Here is your chance to use all your work in this unit to create a personal project. For each entry, consider the bullets a CHECKLIST.
Make sure you address the bulleted questions. You will use your books, your notes, and your Key Questions work to find the information to write your journal entries. You will write 1 entry each day.
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Pioneer Journal Resources 
Your notes, your book on Westward Expansion, the "If you Lived on the Prairie" and "If you Traveled in a Covered Wagon" books, your notes on the Oregon Trail game.
              
*Care to do more research? Try here! 
*Use this INTERACTIVE MAP of Western Expansion. (You will need to enable Flash in your security settings) It will help you with your Pioneer Journal entries.  









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Computer Activities: Watch this video that takes us on the fateful trip West with the Donner Party. ​
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PLAY THIS OLD SCHOOL GAME THE OREGON TRAIL! Will your decisions lead to a successful journey, financial ruin, or death? You make the choices. Good luck!
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      • First Americans
      • Immigration
      • Government
      • Westward Expansion
    • Science >
      • Rate and Speed
      • Matter
      • Weather
      • Health
  • Blog