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Going West Fifth Grade Scavenger Hunt |
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Are You Ready? Let's Go West!
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Read each question, follow the directions to find the answers, and write them on the answer sheet.
1. Why did people move west?
Click on the link below and find out some reasons people headed west.
2. How did the pioneers travel west? 
Click on the site below to find out details about the wagons.
A. What were their wagons like?
What material was the wagon made from? |
How much weight could a wagon carry? |
Why were the Conestoga wagons called Prairie Schooners? |
Why was it so noisy to travel on these wagons? |
Click on the link below to find a diagram of a covered wagon.
Click on the letter that goes with the cover to answer the following questions.
What was the cover made out of? |
What was the purpose of the cover? |
B. What things did the pioneers take with them?
Click on the link below to find out what the pioneers needed.
List 3 basic supplies the pioneers took with them. |
If the pioneers had so little space, why did they take chocolate? |
What is this?
Click on the picture of the pots.
Find out the name of this tool and why it was so important.
C.What was a wagon train?
Click on the link below to learn about the wagon train.
Why do you think it was called a wagon train? |
Why did they circle the wagons at night? |
D. What was life like on the trail?
Find out by clicking on the link below.
How far did they travel each day?
When did they eat?
What chores did the children do?
E. What dangers did the pioneers face on the trail?
Clink on the link below to learn about the dangers along the way.
Identify 3 of the specific dangers the pioneers faced on the trail.
Click on River crossing and tell about one way the pioneers crossed the river. Be sure to include details in order.
3. What was the Gold Rush?
Find out all about it by clicking on the link below.
How did it start ?
When did it start?
Click on 'Journey of the Forty-niners" and identify 3 ways the forty-niners traveled from the East to California.
4. Who was important in the development of the West?
To find out,go to the site below and click on "People to know".
Find out about these people by moving across the questions on the site.
A. How were Levi Strauss and John Sutter important to the development of the West?
B. Some famous names from the West include William f. Cody (Buffalo Bill), Jesse James,
Annie Oakley, and Calamity Jane.
Can you guess who is shown in each picture?
Use what you know about each person and look carefully at the pictures to determine who each person is.
A _____________ B _____________ C ________________ D ___________________
If you need help identifying the person, go to the sites below to help you find out.
C. Click on the sites below to find out about some other people involved in the
development of the west.
Then name 2 gunslingers and 2 women who you think are particularly interesting and give one fact about each.
D. Native Americans were important to the development of the West.
Go to the sites below. Then answer the following questions.
How was Sacajawea involved in the development of the West?
Name 2 other Native Americans and give one interesting fact about each one.
5. What important event occurred on May 10,1869 which connected the parts of the country? Why was the event important?
6. What did the pioneers do once they reached their new homes in the West?
7. What was the Homestead Act?
So, now that you have learned about the pioneers‚ their reasons for moving, their journeys and what happened when they arrived in the West, would you have made the journey?
Why or why not?
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