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Top Text Title: Top Text: It's 1840 and you need a new start. With the country's expansion West, you hear of riches and opportunity beyond anything you have experienced back here in the East. You decide to pack up the whole family and head West. You are a pioneer, willing to work the land and start a new life. Use the resources below to research your journey. Things you might want to consider in your research are: 1. What were your reasons for heading West? 2. What items and supplies did you take with you? 3. What mode of transportation did you use? 4. What route did you follow and why? 5. What obstacles and hardships did you face along the way? 6. How did you deal with the Native people? 7. What did you find when you got there?<br /> <br /> Links Section Title:
Bottom Text Title: Bottom Text: Just because this is a Web Quest doesn't mean that you are limited to using the web for resources. Here are some books and other research materials you will find in the school library: 305.2 FRE Children of the Wild West. Freedman, Russell. 391 KAL 19th century clothing. Kalman, Bobbie 641.50973 ERD Food and recipes of the westward expansion : Erdosh, George, REFERENCE 917.8 SNY In the footsteps of Lewis and Clark, Snyder, Gerald S. 973.8 BRO The struggle to grow : Brown, Gene. REFERENCE 978 DAV The American frontier : Davis, William C., 978 ERI Daily life in a covered wagon / Erickson, Paul, 978 JAF The Oregon Trail : Jaffe, Elizabeth D. 978 LEV If you traveled west in a covered wagon / Levine, Ellen. 978 PEN Westward ho! : Penner, Lucille Recht. 978 PIR The wild, wild west / Pirotta, Saviour. 978 SAN Oregon Trail / Santrey, Laurence. 978 SAN Pioneers : Sandler, Martin W. 978 SCH Black frontiers : Schlissel, Lillian. 978 SHA Boomtowns / Shapley, Robert W., 978 SMI Exploring the frontier : Smith, C. Carter, ed. 978 SMI The riches of the West : Smith, C. Carter, ed. 978 STE Children of the westward trail / Stefoff, Rebecca, 978 STE Frontiersmen / Stewart, Gail, 978 STE Scouts / Stewart, Gail, 978 STE First frontier / Stefoff, Rebecca, 978 WAR Pioneer girl : Warren, Andrea. 978 WIL The American West / Williams, Lucy. 978 WRO Kids in pioneer times / Wroble, Lisa A.
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