Pack your wagonor

Load your gun…

Manifest Destiny…

Select a route…

Select a wagon…

Select your animals…

Select your “passengers”…

• Members of your family (Who are you?)

• Traveling companions (Neighbors, extended family, etc.)

• Historic people traveling with you or encountered along the way

(min. 3 from textbook)

Select food & supplies…• Max of 2,400 lbs• Food = approx 2,000• Cooking/eating utensils • Tools for repairs• Tools of your trade• Furniture• Weapons• Clothing• Books• Animal feed

Alamo or Mexican American War

• Instead of a journey to the west, you must capture the struggles of either of these battles…including specific geographic locations, dates, soldiers, outcomes presidents, etc.

Select adventures…• 6 month journey (or timing of battle)

• Minimum 3 journal entries **(Min. 1 full page)

(One starting, one during & one arriving) OR

(Before battle, during & after)

• Struggles & highlights of trip (Tolls to Native Americans, crossing rivers, etc.)

• Emotions…what’s left behind & unknown lies ahead

• Be specific & historically accurate

(Min 5 vocabulary words – from Ch. 11)

**Use textbook pg. 472 & 478 for more info.

Keep “wondering”…

Justified or not?