Oakridge Sixth Grade Blog

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This week, we get ready to find out about the states.

Go to Explore the States, and read about three different states (NOT California)
Then share one interesting thing you learned during this reading in a comment here
We will share what we learned by reading and replying to our comments

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Photo Credit: Buffalo and Newborn
Think about what we saw about how cattle are raised, then read one of these links on buffalo:

BUFFALO / BISON

Buffalo Hunt, 1846

and, look at these graphics on the waste and use of energy from modern animal production:

The New York Times > Livestock’s High Energy Costs

The New York Times >The Huge Flow [...]

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Map of Lewis and Clark’s Track, Across the Western Portion of North America, published 1814.jpg – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Please do the following activities to learn more about the path that Lewis and Clark took with the Corps of Discovery:

Meriwether Lewis & William Clark

Wanderlust: GOOD traces the most famous trips in history
Please go to [...]

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