We are just beginning our Westward Expansion unit! We know the pioneers were traveling in hopes of cheap and fertile land in Oregon!
What are you wondering about? What is some new learning you have from our reading from this week and last week? Share with us at least three or four sentences of your wonders and new learning. Please read each other's comments and try not to repeat posts. Be sure to write in complete sentences with the correct capitalization and punctuation.
I wonder how many people died on the oregon trail. They went in wagon trains. All kinds of different people went on the oregon trail for instance bakers, farmers, robbers, shoemakers, doctors, etc.
ReplyDeleteI wonder why people wanted to stay if Oregon was so great? I also wondered how a wagon could be turned into a boat? How could oxen pull a wagon with so much stuff in it?
ReplyDeleteI wonder how could the wagon carry stuff if it was not that stable? How could they fit all their belongings in there? Did the pioneers not know how to swim because it said that some drowned along the way? How many years would it take to walk or ride a horse to Oregon? It said that some of the ox died of exhaustion on the way!
ReplyDeleteI wonder why some people use horses and mules instead of oxs because oxs are stronger animals. I wonder why people didn't go on boats I think boats would be safer because there are no animals that could kill you. Why did they have to have so many guns and ammo.
ReplyDeleteI did not know that most of the time oxen pulled wagons. I thought only horses did. How do the oxen pull wagons across water? Wagons must be twice as heavy in a river. I wonder what would have happened if the English got to Oregon first. Oregon would not be part of America, so we would only have 49 states. I did not think about the fact that there could be weather issues. Monsoons, storms, and tornadoes were all possible weather statements. Going through the Oregon trail must have been dangerous.
ReplyDeleteMy pioneer name is Stella Blackman! I wonder how they could bring so much stuff in one wagon! How come the food did not rot. How did the wagon go across the rivers and lakes PLUS how did how deep they were to see if it was to deep! Last how did the people figure this out!
ReplyDeleteI learned that they have to pack tons of stuff. I wonder if they ever ran out of food.
ReplyDeleteWhy do they need so much gun powder and ammo.I learned that they used their guide for telling when to leave go and eat.They had tons of different people go along like Farmers,Shoemakers,doctors,Crimnals and etc.
I wonder how many people were going to Oregon? I didn't know that horses could pull wagons too . I didn't know that wagons can float . I wouldn't want to be on the Oregon trail.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how many people were on the Oregon trail BEFORE they left. I also wonder how many people survived when they got there. I know that they're tons of type of people that traveled along like cooks and prisoners and other stuff. I didn't know that the used oxen to pull there wagon, I thought they only used horses!
ReplyDeleteI was sad and surprised when they said that people could not ride in wagons. My pioneer name is Sherman Fitzpatrick. I wonder how may people survived the Oregon trail. I want to learn more about obstacles the pioneers had to face. I am excited about this unit!
ReplyDeleteI have learned that some pioneers on the trail died because they accidentally shot themselves. I wonder how long it took to get to Oregon. My pioneer name is Willis Walker. I wonder how they cleaned their clothes on the trail.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how many things they bring on the organ trail? i wonder how many people past away in the organ trail? My name is Dorthy Dawson that is my pioneer name. I wonder when we will start are pioneer books? This will be super fun!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy pioneer name is Hazel Robinson. I wonder how many people drowned in the river and lakes? I liked learning about the famous doctor that wrote in a old fashion leather journal. I think this is interesting because he wrote letters to his family members that stayed home. I wonder if they killed the oxen if their was no food? I can't believe they let criminals come with them! I think they would cause trouble. I hope Hazel makes it to Oregon! I can't wait to get started. I hope I don't DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy pioneer name is Virginia Taylor. People die because of accidental gunshots. I wonder how many people went on the Oregon Trail. I thought only horses could pull stuff not Oxen . I can not wait to learn about pioneers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy new learning was that some women had babies along the way and they would have to stop for one or two days. A little less than half of people would die on the trail. My pioneer name is Lydia Davis. I am wondering about how many people would travel on the trail? I am also wondering if when people died they would get buried in the ground or get taken with the families?
ReplyDeleteThe trail is interesting lots of things happen on it and it’s a very long way. The families made big decisions to travel that far and might have encountered danger. People got sick and died on the trail. The trail riders were robbed.they carried all their own food.
ReplyDeleteMy pioneer name is Eliza Johnson. I wonder how many people drowned? I learned that about 400 people were killed just from Indians. Another thing I learned was that oxen were the best animals to pull a wagon because they are strong and can travel really long distances. Lots of people go like farmers, criminals, shoemakers, and lots more! It is really weird how people back then would just throw some of there stuff out of there wagon instead of just keeping it.
ReplyDeleteOne of my wonders is that if two wagon trains met would they be peaceful or would they not another wonder was that if there were criminals would they share the food with she or he. One thing i learned is that the definition of pioneer is that you are the first to do something. My pioneer name is Warren Clements.
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