Heading West: Life with the Pioneers, 21 Activities (For Kids series)
Pat McCarthy
Language: English
Pages: 144
ISBN: 1556528094
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
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the trail branched off toward destinations in different areas of California. One of these shortcuts, the Hastings Cut-Off, had proved disastrous for the Donner Party (see page 28). In 1841, John Bidwell led the first group of emigrants across the California Trail. Three years later, Caleb Greenwood was the first to take wagons on the trail. During the Gold Rush in 1849– 50, an estimated 70,000 gold-seekers crossed the country on the California Trail. The Oregon Trail The 2,170-mile Oregon Trail
If you want a dirt floor, it’s done. If you want a puncheon floor, draw the logs. (If you want to be more realistic, use popsicle sticks for the puncheon floor.) Fill the cabin with items pioneers owned, but remember, they didn’t own much. Make beds, a table, and stools, benches, or chairs. You don’t need the lid of the shoebox. Cover the outside on three sides and the bottom with brown paper and glue it down. Lay the box on its side and draw logs with a brown crayon or marker. (If you want, use
under them. An apron was also part of every woman’s outfit. It protected the dress from stains. A woman or girl could also use her apron to carry eggs, vegetables, or wood. Women wore long stockings and lace-up shoes. Women and girls wore sunbonnets outside to keep from getting sunburned, and they often wore other types of bonnets for special occasions. Men and boys wore long pants with suspenders and long-sleeved shirts to work. Straw hats protected them from the sun. For special occasions they
journals written during the expedition by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and others who accompanied them. Just for Kids: Some Pioneer Recipes www.backwoodshome.com/articles/shober30.html Features a number of pioneer recipes, plus a word-search puzzle that you can print out and solve. Life as a Pioneer www.campsilos.org/mod2/students/life.shtml This site for kids includes activities such as an Internet scavenger hunt, and links to other pioneer sites. The Oregon Trail: Crossing the Great Plains
Pioneer Life www.42explore2.com/pioneer.htm Contains links to many other interesting sites about the pioneers. 117 Pioneers http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/default.htm Answers many of the questions you may want to ask about pioneers and their lives. Duncan, Dayton. Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1997. Books to Read Giff, Patricia Reilly. Laura Ingalls Wilder: Growing Up in the Little House. New York: Viking Kestrel, 1987.* Fiction Bunting,