Westward Ho!
When did Americans start to move west?
Pioneers
a person who moves into an area where people do not live.
Did all children attend school? Why or why not?
No some children stayed home to help their families to work on their farms.
In what months does the school year begin and end today?
September-June
I go to school from September to June...Who am I
Pioneer or Present day student?
How did people who had more money travel to the west?
In covered wagons
struggle or tension
A one room school house where students were all in one classroom even if they were in different grades.
How do people travel to school today?
walking, buses, cars, trains
Pioneer student
They walked
sawmill
building where logs are cut into boards.
How did pioneer children get to school.
They had to walk
Describe our school building.
There are many floors with different classrooms for each grade.
I could not go to school last year because I needed to help my families farm. Who am I?
Pioneer
Why was there conflict between Pioneers and the Native Americans?
They U.S. government had taken the land away from the Native Americans.
people who traveled west got this name because the of the Gold Rush that began in 1849.
Forty-Niners
What months did the school year begin and end in?
October-May
What subjects do we learn in school?
I looked up information about horses on the internet.Who am I?
Present day student
Why did the pioneers leave their homes to travel west?
Money or treasure
Fortune
What did pioneer students use to take notes and do their work?
Slates
What do our schools have that schools in the past do not have?
different classrooms
a lunch room
a lot of teachers
smart boards and computers
etc
I walk to school everyday. My teacher teaches my sister who is in 1st grade and my brother who is in 4th grade and me who is in 6th grade. Who am I?
a pioneer student