Get Ready for GOLD Fever!!!
TASK:
How will you travel to this land of golden opportunity? Where is your home (e.g., China, Germany, Venezuela, Missouri, Virginia)? What route will you take to get to California? You must make some important decisions before you begin your trip and then, keep a journal of the hardships and adventures that you experience along the way? You and a partner must travel together using a simulation program, Oregon Trial. There are decisions to be made before the journey can begin. You must keep a journal note on paper, then later transfer it to a blog style page using Google Sites. You are to post this blog weekly to document your journey and as a historical documentation of your existence. Each Blog post must include a picture. |
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PROCESS:
1. Plan the best route ... What will get you to the goldfields as quickly as possible? But - remember safety is important too! Will you go by land or sea? Draw the route that you will plan to take on a map! What plans will you make before starting your journey. Where does the journey start? Why have you chosen the route you will take?
2. What are the hardships and adventures that you experience along the way?
3. What supplies should you take? Will you have milk or eggs? Luxury items?
4. Keep a journal to record your trip. Your journal should talk about what it was like getting to California. Tell about your hopes & dreams to get rich, to get your own land or for adventure.
5. What decision will you make along the way to stay alive and survive this harsh journey.
A really great website for full information is HERE
1. Plan the best route ... What will get you to the goldfields as quickly as possible? But - remember safety is important too! Will you go by land or sea? Draw the route that you will plan to take on a map! What plans will you make before starting your journey. Where does the journey start? Why have you chosen the route you will take?
2. What are the hardships and adventures that you experience along the way?
3. What supplies should you take? Will you have milk or eggs? Luxury items?
4. Keep a journal to record your trip. Your journal should talk about what it was like getting to California. Tell about your hopes & dreams to get rich, to get your own land or for adventure.
5. What decision will you make along the way to stay alive and survive this harsh journey.
A really great website for full information is HERE