West by Covered Wagon
Publication Information
Author:  Patent, Dorothy	Illustrator:  Munoz, William
Title:  West by Covered Wagon	Date:  1995
Publisher:  Walker and Company	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-8027-8377-5	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction, easy reading, photographic essay
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
Photographs illustrate the story of a modern reenactment of a covered wagon train journey on the Oregon Trail on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana.
Teaching Ideas:
The book encourages comparisons of then and now--transportation, equipment, routes, and so on. Why would modern families want to recreate the trip of a wagon train? The map suggests possibilities for following the wagon train routes and computing the distance and the time required. The book is an excellent easy reading addition to the large text set on Westward Expansion.
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