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1 Who Went West?

2 What kinds of people would most likely leave everything and head West?

3 Review your journal What is the destination of your journal’s travelers? Based on what you have read so far total the types of people mentioned in the journal. How many: men women children

4 Collect responses from students and total on the slide-
Who went to Oregon? Men Women Children Collect responses from students and total on the slide- Is this photo accurate?

5 Collect responses from students and total on the slide
Who went to California? Men Women Children Collect responses from students and total on the slide Is this photo accurate?

6 Collect responses from students and total on the slide
Who went to Utah? Men Women Children Collect responses from students and total on the slide Is this photo accurate?

7 Explain the makeup of pioneers going to different destinations

8 How and why did people die on their way West?

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