Bailee

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1) What was the purpose of the pony express? The purpose was to deliver mail ﻿on horses on time.

2) Would you have been a good candidate to be one of the riders? Why or why not? (use the information from the article to support your answer)

I think I would not be a good candidate for these reasons,I can't ride a horse, I would fall off when the horse was going so fast. That is why I would not be a good candidate.

3) Just as the telegraph led to the end of the pony express, do you think it might be possible that the internet is impacting our current postal system? Why or why not? It would have to depend on how people use the internet.And also you can e-mail and not have to send letters.

4) Write a summary of the movie that Miss Dauman showed you at the beginning of class and put it in my correcting basket at school.

[|Lincoln] If you have time click on the following article and read the story. Answer the following questions.

1) Who was John Wilkes Booth and why was he so angry with President Lincoln? Jonh Wilkes was angry with Lincoln because John was aganist Lincolns belives. 2) What assumptions are you making from the article? Another words, what are you taking for granted? What i am taking for granted is that since John was so mad at Lincoln that he wanted to do something such as kill him. 3) How can you check to see if those assumptions are accurate or not? What evidence would you site to support or refute this assumption? I would say that my assumption is correct because John Wilkes assanated Linclon a couple days befor his speech about blacks having the same rights as the whites. Once you are in the story please click on John Wilkes Booth's name or Dr. Samuel Mudd. Read their stories and write a brief summary. 2-3 paragraphs about each of them.


 * You may not get all of this done, but get as far as you can.

Miss Hansen