Pioneer Unit

  Ok, now for the day by day details… Recorded in real time. Day 1 We read chapter 1 of Wagon’s West: Brigham Young and the First Pioneers.  This chapter was about Nauvoo. I used this day as an introduction to our unit.  I presented each of the kids with their binder that had information...Read More

Day 6: The Battle of Nauvoo Today we read about the battle of Nauvoo. Because of sickness, age, pregnancy, and being too poor to purchase supplies, some of the Saints remained in Nauvoo after the majority had left on the journey west. The hostility of the anti-Mormons continued to rise, resulting in a mini war....Read More

Fieldtrip At the end of our first week of unit lessons, we went on a field trip to This is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake. We had never been there before and it was so fun!  It’s kind of like Nauvoo, in that there are a lot of pioneer buildings/ cabins, etc. that...Read More

There’s just something about fiddle music and dressing up that makes you want to dance. So that’s what we did to kick off our unit. And then we built our wagon. 🙂   Pioneer children pick their noses too. 😂Read More

For our unit last year, we followed along with the Brigham Young Vanguard company and followed their trek from Nauvoo to the Salt Lake Valley. This year, we will be repeating some of the same activities but instead of following a particular company and chronological events, we will be learning more about the specific ancestors...Read More

We went on a little mini vacation up to Logan for Wednesday night. On the way back home yesterday, we stopped at 4 cemeteries to see some of our ancestors’ graves. At 3 of these cemeteries, we found the graves of 4 of the 5 pioneer ancestors that we are representing during our Pioneer Unit...Read More