Keely

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1) What was the purpose of the pony express? The purpose was to carry mail from place to place.

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) Yes, because you would get payed 100 dollar a month. But it was also very dangerous and I like to take chances because sometimes they would have to help people threw weather and go on the rocky mountains.

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?

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? John Wilkes booth was an actor he hated linclon because 2) What assumptions are you making from the article? Another words, what are you taking for granted? the things I am taking for granted are how lucky we are to eat everyday 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? because I am healthy and walking around and everything is in shape 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