TheGreatTrekWestwardsTheytraveledtheroadofhardshipTheGreatTrekwestwardshadbeenturnedintomanydifferentmovies(DanceswithWolves).In1800theUnitedStatesofAmericawasstillayoungcountry,whichhadjustcomeintobeing.ItconsistedofthestateseastandsouthoftheGreatLakes.NolandstothewestoftheMississippiriverwereexplored.In1803,PresidentThomasJeffersonsentasecretmessagetotheAmericancongress,callingforanexpeditiontothePacificOcean.Inthenextsixtyyears,fourexpeditionssetouttoexploretheland.InthetwodecadesbeforetheCivilWar(1861--1865),thousandsofAmericansmovedtothewest.Asmanyas250,000peopletraveledoverlandtonorthernCalifornia,whileuntoldthousandstosouthernCaliforniabywayofthevarioussouthernroutes.About43,000peoplereachedOregon,andasimilarnumbersettledinUtah.Insearchofland,theysufferedagreatdealonthejourney.Noroadsexisted,andtherewerenovillagesontheway.Manypeoplediedeitherfromhunger,thirstortiredness.Somegroupsgotlostinthedesertwhilesomeothergroupswerefrozentodeathinterriblesnowstormsinthemountains.Inlateryears,manypeoplewhohadmadethejourneywrotedowntheirexperiences.Lead-inandPre-readingLead-inandPre-readingWhotheNativeAmericanswere?Wheredidtheyliveandwhatdoyouknowabouttheirlife?WhotheNativeAmericanswere?Wheredidtheyliveandwhatdoyouknowabouttheirlife?TheNativeAmericansweretheIndian.TheylivedinthevastlandofWestAmericaandtheirlifewassimpleandhard.Theyhuntthebisonandotheranimalsforfoodonhorses.TheNativeAmericansweretheIndian.TheylivedinthevastlandofWestAmericaandtheirlifewassimpleandhard.Theyhuntthebisonandotheranimalsforfoodonhorses.Detailedinformation:1.ThereasonwhymyfatherwantedtogotoCaliforniaisthat.A.itwasindesertB.itwasfarawayC.itwasawonderfullanddescribedinabookD.CaliforniawasthelargeststateintheUSA2.Peoplemovingtothewestwouldmeetin_____A.KansasB.CaliforniaC.SaltLakeValleyD.SaltLakeDesert3.OnwhichdaydidtheauthorentertheSaltLakeDesert?A.April12.B.November4.C.October15.D.December25.Detailedinformation:1.ThereasonwhymyfatherwantedtogotoCaliforniaisthat.A.itwasindesertB.itwasfarawayC.itwasawonderfullanddescribedinabookD.CaliforniawasthelargeststateintheUSA2.Peoplemovingtothewestwouldmeetin_____A.KansasB.CaliforniaC.SaltLakeValleyD.SaltLakeDesert3.OnwhichdaydidtheauthorentertheSaltLakeDesert?A.April12.B.November4.C.October15.D.December25.4.Whydidtheanimalsalmostrunwhenthetravelersreachedtheedgeofthedesert?A.Becausetheyweretiredandweak.B.Becausetheyhadnoburden.C.Becausetheymusthavesmeltthewater.D.Becausetheywentbacktotheirhome.5.Fromthetext,wecaninfer.A.theyhadtogoalldayandallnightlongB.therewasnooxenleftwhenthetravelersreachedCaliforniaC.manytravelersdiedwhentheirdaysofhardshipcametoanendD.it’salongwaytotravelfromtheauthor’shometowntoCalifornia4.Whydidtheanimalsalmostrunwhenthetravelersreachedtheedgeofthedesert?A.Becausetheyweretiredandweak.B.Becausetheyhadnoburden.C.Becausetheymusthavesmeltthewater.D.Becausetheywentbacktotheirhome.5.Fromthetext,wecaninfer.A.theyhadtogoalldayandallnightlongB.therewasnooxenleftwhenthetravelersreachedCaliforniaC.manytravelersdiedwhentheirdaysofhardshipcametoanendD.it’salongwaytotravelfromtheauthor’shometowntoCalifornia6.Whydidthetravelerscalltheirninety-miledrivethroughtheSaltLakeDesertthe“LongDrive”?ABecausethelandscapewasdryandbarren.B.Becausewaterwassaltyandnotdrinkable.C.Becausetheirwatersupplywassolow.D.Alloftheabove.7.Whydidn’ttheauthorstaybehindwith...
