Today we each created our own page for our Oregon Trail iBook! Now all we have to do is name it, edit it and practice reading it for Pioneer Hour!
Please share your topic and a few facts with us.
Also, let us know what your favorite part of this process has been. Research? Typing your paragraph? Planning your widgets? Creating your page?
My topic is Independence, Missouri. This was the most popular jumping off point for the Oregon Trail. People had to sell their homes and live in their wagons. It was founded in 1827. My favorite part of the process was planning my widgets.
ReplyDeleteMy topic is food here are some of my facts. They eat Pies Cakes and Chocolate. They loved berries. They eat wild onions. My favorite part was creating the
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My topic is South Pass. Here are some facts, South Pass is a path through the Rocky Mountains, It is not flat, and it is the halfway point on the Oregon Trail. My favorite part was creating my page. I LOVE THE OREGON TRAIL! 👨🌾
ReplyDeleteMy topic is Dangers. Here are some facts. You can get sick from drinking to much water from Soda Springs. Some Native Americans were good and some were bad. My favorite part is journaling.
ReplyDeleteMy topic is "circling wagons and night time traditions". Here are some facts: while the young ones dance the women do the chores and the men just sit, smoke, and talk! So rude! But luckily at 8:00 pm they have to get up on their feet and do something! They have to guard the circle. Here are my widgets: the little quiz and the gallery. I also have the scrolling side bar but I don't think it counts as a widget. I can't wait until pioneer hour!!
ReplyDeleteMy topic was Oregon city. Oregon city was founded in 1842. It was place of bunnies between Americans and Indians. My favorite part was journaling.
ReplyDeleteMy topic is hunting. Pioneers hunted buffalo and other animals. they hunted animals with rifles. I can't wait for pioneer hour!
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ReplyDeleteMy topic is Independence Rock. Here are some facts. It is 128 feet tall,1,900 feet long and 850 feet wide. People wrote or carved their names on it using hog fat or axel grease. My favorite part of this process has been creating my page!
ReplyDeleteMy topic is River Crossings. The first river on the trail is Missouri river. The last river is Columbia river. Snake river has three islands in the middle of it.
ReplyDeleteMy topic is Children's Chores. Kids pick berries, wash dishes, help cook and do many more chores.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of this process is designing the ibook author page. I really like the pioneer unit and I'm really excited for pioneer hour!
Hi! I really like the title "Oregon Trail 101 basics for beginners." I really like this name because it sounds like a professional author wrote it. My topic is chimney rock. Chimney rock is 325 feet tall and it is losing height because of erosion and because it was used as target practice by the pioneers who shot at it. I LOVE THE OREGON TRAIL SO MUCH! Oh...whats that Pa...oh got to go...see you later! Bye!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of our pioneer unit was the iBook authors page. My topic is clothing. Some of my facts are: When it rained, the pioneers would wear oilskin ponchos, or they would take out an umbrella. Women would wear dresses or skirts. Also, both women and men would wear cotton usually. Those are only a few facts, I still have more though!
ReplyDeleteMy topic is soda Springs. Soda Springs is a stoping point on the Oregon Trail that shoots up fizzy water. Pioneers in their animals would get sick if they drink too much. it was really fun making are widgets today on iBooks author. I can't wait for pioneer hour!!!!🤣
ReplyDeleteMy topic is Manifest Destiney. Manifest destiny is the idea of Americans spreading from ocean to ocean. John O'Sulivon thought of the term Manifest Destiney and encouraged Americas to spread out westward. John O'Sulivon was a writer. James Polk was the president at the time of the Oregon trail. After the Americans thought of the term Manifest Destiney they thought they were better than everybody else.
ReplyDeleteI am researching Fort Kearney. It was first built in 1848 to be used as a military post to protect the growing number of emigrants. It was named after General Stephen Watts Kearny. The "e" was added when postmen misspelled Kearny, Nebraska, which Fort Kearney is near. It was built where multiple trails merged to protect more. Fort Kearney was a Pony Express Station. It closed in 1871 after the Transcontinental Railroad was built.
ReplyDeleteMy topic is Fort Laramie. It has been a good topic so far. It was discovered in 1834 and it first was called Fort William but in 1869 the U.S. military bought it and then it was called Fort Laramie. It was one of the big parts of the pony express. I love I-book it has been really fun. My favorite part was journaling. I cannot wait until pioneer hour.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part about studying about the wagon was when we got to type in IBook author. My study was about the wagon and packing. It was interesting to learn that there were drawstrings at the front and back of the wagon. The cloth at the top of the wagon is called a canvas. I really liked doing the gallery and researching about the wagon was also a really good part. I sort of liked the whole thing.
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