Someone who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area is called a _______________.

How Pioneers Traveled

True or False? Pioneers could pack everything they owned on their wagon.

True or False? A main job for pioneer men was to hunt and fish for food.

True or False? Life was easy for the pioneers.

True or False? Candles and oil lamps were a way to produce light.

Covered Wagons had a _______________.

What are reasons a wagon might tip over on the trail?

What animals were often used to pull wagons due to their strength?

What were the main destinations for those traveling West?

Where were the tools or valuables kept in a covered wagon?

The strips of wood holding up the canvas were called _______________.

Which wheels made it easier for the wagon to make sharp turns?

The handle which is used to pull the wagon is called a _______________.

Underneath the wagon between the back wheels, there is a hook with what hanging down?

Covered wagons are also called _______________.

A group of wagons that travel together is called a _______________.

At night the wagons formed a _______________.

What month was the best time to leave?

The way to dry meat is called _______________.

Most wagon trains left from _______________.

When it was hard to find wood to burn, the children collected sagebrush, sage roots, and _______________ to start campfires.

All the items listed are challenges the pioneers faced except ______________.

A wagon train hired _______________ since they knew the way West and the best places to cross rivers.

Babies and little children usually slept in the wagon. Where did the others sleep?

What could you do to save your weakening animals?

All of the following illnesses plagued (caused trouble for) the pioneers except _______________.

Name the category: feed and water the animals, wash dishes, collect wood or buffalo chips, and hang beef jerky to dry

Name the category: read, sing, dance, tell stories, create toys and games