Everything you need to understand or teach The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party by Marian Calabro.
The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party tells the tale of the ill-fated journey of the Donner Party from Illinois to California in 1846. A series of bad choices and unfortunate incidents forced the group of several families and individuals to suffer through a terrible winter, stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
In April 1846, a total of thirty-two people set out from Springfield, Illinois, guided by the promise of free land in...
The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party Lesson Plans contain 113 pages of teaching material, including: