Jumping Off…

Picture yourself preparing to move across the country, to new land and an area you’d never seen before. Then image being allowed to bring NOTHING with you but your friends and family and having to walk nearing 2,000 miles barefoot. Anxious yet?

As many pioneers ventured off into the unknown land looking for a better life in the future, life was not easy on the trip. Visit the website Jumping Off. And take some time to read and capture what pioneers must have gone through at this time.

As your assignment, read through the entire article and list three problems the pioneers faced. Then explain why they were problems and what it meant for those traveling.

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Once you have completed this, take one of the three problems and describe in detail what you would do to correct the problem from occurring again along your travels. How could you fix this problem once and for all?