PIONEER SIMULATION

4TH GRADE 5 Day Journey

Role Attributes

STRENGTH – task performance

COMMON SENSE – wisdom, understanding, reasoning

HUNTING / FISHNG SKILLS – food & survival

NEGOTIATION SKILLS – influence others for good

MEDIAL EXPERTISE – caring for sick or injured

HEALTH – life status; 5 = healthy, 0 = death

Food & Money determined along the journey

Process Select a role & Wagon

Company name: complete profile page & Wagon Company Journal

Select scenario choice. Calculate points.

Wagon Company Journal: take turns recording dates, roles, travel time, money & supplies

Write in Diary: in character perspective include events of the day, simulation dates, & insights to the experience

Episode 1 Scenario 1: Crossing Big Blue

1. Use the ferry to cross the river and pay $15

2. Ask for another way to cross the river.

3. Float the wagon across the river.

Scenario 2: The Snake-Oil Salesman

Pass and not buy the Miracle Elixir

Buy the Miracle Elixir and negotiate a price

Buy the Miracle Elixir and drink some

Episode 2 Scenario 1: Crossing the Platte River

Hope the river level drops

Try to cross the river by floating wagon

Scenario 2: Lightning, Thunder, and Pounding Hail

Ready for the storm

Not ready for the storm

Episode 3 Scenario 1: Exposed to Cholera

Not catch the disease

Infected with cholera

Scenario 2: Meeting the Shoshone

Run to the wagon and grab guns

Run to the wagon and try to get away

Try to talk to the Shoshone

Episode 4 Scenario 1:Decision Time

Stop by Fort Bridger

Take the Sublette Cutoff

Scenario 2:Wagon Breakdown

Repair Wagon Mishap

Episode 5 Scenario 1: Outrunning Winter

Winter Storm Difficulties

Scenario 2: Fort Walla Walla and the Homestretch

Cascade Crossing Difficulties

Rafting the Columbia River

Epilogue

Build a Cabin and Plant a Farm