TIPS FOR TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS:

Along the Santa Fe Trail: Marion Russell's Own Story

• Study new words such as: adobe, baille, cholera, prairie, dashboard, running gear, and buffalo wallows.

• Compare and contrast travel now and in 1852.

• Talk about the relations between Native Americans and settlers.

• Discuss the influence of Spanish and Mexican culture in the southwest.

• Write a list of things to bring in a covered wagon, such as flour, dried fruit, seeds, tools, and medicines.

• Have students write a journal (or an entry) as though they are on Marion's trip.

• Have students draw a picture of their favorite place along the Santa Fe Trail.

• Check out the Santa Fe Trail Association at www.santafetrail.org and learn more about the Santa Fe Trail.

• Go to the University of Kansas Interactive Santa Fe Trail site to find loads of information and exciting links.

• To learn more about Marion, read from her memoirs Land of Enchantment (University of New Mexico Press, 1989).

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