At Home: Patty Sessions - Suggested Activities

Suggested Activities

1. Creating a Collage

Create a collage illustrating Patty Session's story

Collaborate on a web diagram to determine the different sorts of elements that could be included in a collage--from winter scenes to stoves.

2. Creating a Memory Box

Pretend you are moving to a new city or town and create a Memory Box of objects that will help you to remember the people and places you are leaving behind.

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3. Planning a Trip

Patty Sessions travelled from Illinois to Utah. Her journey took almost a year, from 1846 to 1847, and was made mostly on foot.

Plan a trip to Salt Lake City, Utah, from your home town. You can travel by car, bus, train, or airplane. Some of the resources you might need are: a road atlas, a train schedule with trainfare information, and flight schedules and ticket prices for different airplane companies.

Search well-known airplane companies and Yahoo's search engine allowing you to select other airplane companies. Look for headings like "Flight information," "Flights," or "Flight schedules" for information on departure dates:

Write a report of your journey: what route will you take, how long will it take, and how much will it cost to travel to Utah?
When you get to Salt Lake City where will you stay and what will you do? You might want to consult travel guides and hotel brochures as part of your report.
Decide what you will take on this trip in terms of clothing and gear. Can you find out what the weather will be like in Salt Lake City during the time of your trip?
As a class, compare each other's trips. Put them on a graph to see which journey takes longest, which is the quickest, and which is the most expensive.

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