After reading the last part of Chapter 6 you had questions!
In fact, you came up with some very good questions.  Being the computer savvy students you are, you have the ability to find out the answers.  With a little research you can find out anything you want to know - isn't being a part of eMINTS wonderful?!
    Each pair of students will be asked to answer one question.  They must create a 1 page power point stating the question and answering it completely.  You will present your power point to the class to share what you've learned.  You have one class period to complete your research and power point. Here are the questions you've asked; now go get your answers!

1. What is  malaria  and why don't we get it today?

2. What is cholera and why (or how) did it kill so many people?

3. How did you become a teacher in 1849?

4. What was school like and how did they learn in 1849?

5. What's an almanac and  why did pioneers read them?
 Look at the Old Farmers Almanac and decide why something similar was useful to pioneers.

6. What other games did pioneers play?

7. Where did Daniel and Nathan Boone  decide where to live in Missouri?

8. Why did the US Government move the Indians off the land?
 Go to the bottom to What Happened to the Native Americans

9. How did the Cole's survive their first winter in Missouri?

10. What are some pioneer recipes and how did they cook their cornbread?
 Pioneer cooking and food