Directions: Pretend that you're living in the United States around the early to mid-1800s (200 years ago). You decided to move west to one of the places you've
learned about in this lesson. You have just finally arrived in the West. Write a diary entry
that answers the following questions about the journey you just made:
1.) What year is it?
2.) Why did you leave your home and move west?
3.) Where did you go? What trail did you take?
4.) What was the trip like? How long did it take you? What did you see? Who did
you interact with?