Frontier Unit and Math activities

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From: C..Lee.Duckert C. Lee Duckert
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 16:08

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The frontier idea sounds interesting.  Questions that struck us are:  How much 
flour will they need to carry to meet needs over a trail.  How much room will 
it take up in the wagon.  If a wooded region, number and size of trees to make 
various sized cabins.  Size of field to be cleared to plant certain weight of 
seed.  Comparing travel times via water, foot, oxcart, horseback (with a car 
and the Concorde thrown in for fun).All kinds of mapwork.  Finding the area in 
an acre (teh amount of land a person could plow in a day) on  the playground.  
Compare it to the land homesteaded (as well as quarter sections, 
half-sections, etc. and modern farms).  



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