This
week I went to Pioneer Camp. Pioneers were people who went over the
mountains and plains. They traveled for months and months. They were
going to Oregon so they could have their own plot of land. They had
to bring their mother's stove, the mother's trunk, food, quilts,
water, guns and bows and arrows.
When
they got to Oregon, before they built their house, they rested for a
few days. On the third day they built their house and that night they
had a party at their house to celebrate the end of the long journey
and their new plot of land.
At
Pioneer Camp we pretended to be pioneers. On the first day we talked
about pioneers and how they would travel and what they had to bring.
Then we made trunks out of paper. We cut out pieces of paper from
magazines to fill our trunks. In my trunk I put diamonds, an ax,
food, books, a teapot and water.
Then
we went on a walk to go to our new homestead. We played lots of fun
games. We made candles out of beeswax, we made bandanas, and we
planted corn, squash and sunflowers for our gardens. Unfortunately,
the squirrels ate our plants that night.
On
the final day, we had an ice-cream social and we played pioneer games
like bowling, stick-and-hoop and corn toss. Like the real pioneers,
we were given deeds to land. My teacher said that I could pick my
land and I picked the land where there is a beautiful garden.
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