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Explorers' and Pioneers' Routes — Advanced LITERACY · 5TH GRADE Name Date Read the passage, then answer the questions below. Routes across North America followed water and gaps in the mountains, because both carried travellers and cargo more cheaply than open ground. The Ohio and Mississippi rivers moved settlers and goods through the interior, and the Cumberland Gap let wagons through the Appalachians into Kentucky. Lewis and Clark followed the Missouri River west because it offered the longest navigable path toward the Rockies. Later overland trails — the Oregon, California, and Santa Fe — all began in Missouri towns, where the last supplies could be bought before weeks without settlements. Where a route crossed a mountain pass or a river ford, a town almost always grew, which is why so many cities sit at those points today. Questions: 1 Why did routes follow water and mountain gaps? 2 Which river did Lewis and Clark follow west, and why? 3 Why did towns grow at passes and river fords? www.littleactivity.com 5th Grade · Literacy
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Explorers' and Pioneers' Routes — Advanced LITERACY · 5TH GRADE Name Date Read the passage, then answer the questions below. Routes across North America followed water and gaps in the mountains, because both carried travellers and cargo more cheaply than open ground. The Ohio and Mississippi rivers moved settlers and goods through the interior, and the Cumberland Gap let wagons through the Appalachians into Kentucky. Lewis and Clark followed the Missouri River west because it offered the longest navigable path toward the Rockies. Later overland trails — the Oregon, California, and Santa Fe — all began in Missouri towns, where the last supplies could be bought before weeks without settlements. Where a route crossed a mountain pass or a river ford, a town almost always grew, which is why so many cities sit at those points today. Questions: 1 Why did routes follow water and mountain gaps? 2 Which river did Lewis and Clark follow west, and why? 3 Why did towns grow at passes and river fords? www.littleactivity.com 5th Grade · Literacy
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Creative Writing — If Animals Could Talk LITERACY · KINDERGARTEN Name Date Plan each part, then write the whole story on the lines. Write about: If Animals Could Talk Beginning Who is there, and where? Middle What goes wrong? End How does it work out? Word bank paws loyal gentle bark curious playful furry wagging Now write it out: www.littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Literacy
