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1. Click on the image below to enlarge it.

2.  Observe the primary sources closely and silently for at least 30 seconds.

3. Citation Notes: During the time of Westward Expansion, communication was extremely difficult. The were no radios, telephone or internet. People were separated by long distances that included difficult terrain, inhospitable climates, and hostile Native Americans and bandits. During this time, there were two main attempts to circumvent this distance and the challenges they presented. The first was the Pony Express. The second was the invention of the telegraph, the precursor to the telephone.

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Create a new document and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection. Use Docs to edit Word files. Free from Google.

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1. Double click anywhere on this page to post a question.

2. In the Title section, type your question exactly as it first comes to mind.

3. In the Write Something section, type your first and last initial.

4. When finished, click again anywhere on this web page to post another question.

5. Read the questions other people have posted. Feel free to add new, but related questions as "comments" on a question someone else posted.

6. Keep asking questions until time is up.

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Step 1: Review the rules for asking questions 

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Step 1: Review the rules for asking questions 

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1.     Ask as many questions as you can

2.     Do not stop to discuss, judge or answer the questions

3.     Write down every question exactly as it first comes to mind

4.     Change any statements into a question

THINK: What might be difficult in following those 4 rules? Add a comment to this post if you'd like to share.

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Review the questions that you asked. Find at least one to label “C” for closed questions or and at least one to label “O” for open-ended questions.

Closed questions: can be answered with “yes” or “no” or with one word.

Open-ended questions: require an explanation and cannot be answered with "yes”, “no”, or one word.

Then, edit your post using the pencil symbol and in the "write something" section, next to your initials, label it C or O.

THINK: What are the advantages and disadvantages of asking each type of question? (optional) Use the Add Comment chat box icon for this post, if you'd like to share an advantage or disadvantage you see for Open and/or Closed questions.  Add your first and last initial after any comments that you make.

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1. Read through all of the questions that have been posted. Pick the three questions that you feel most curious about.

2. Click on the heart icon at the bottom of a post to "vote" for it as a priority question.

3. THINK: What were your reasons for selecting those three?  (optional) Click on the Add Comment chat box icon on this post if you'd like to share your rationale and reflect on your choices. Don't forget to add your initials at the end of your comment!

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Directions:

1. What did you discover through this process?

2. How did you learn it?

3. Has what you wanted to learn shifted after this lesson? How?

Double click to post a reflection comment anywhere on this page.

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Extension: Optional                                   Step 7: Further Investigation 

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Extension: Optional                                   Step 7: Further Investigation 

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If you were going to answer your three priority questions right now, what are some possible next steps or avenues for investigation and further exploration?

If you have a next step related to a specific priority question, click on the Add Comment chat box icon to post a comment on that specific question.

Or, if you'd like to share one idea for next steps more generally (not related to just one priority question), click on the Add Comment icon on this post to post your ideas.

Please add your initials at the end of your comments!

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The Question Formulation Technique (QFT) was created by The Right Question Institute

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The Question Formulation Technique (QFT) was created by The Right Question Institute

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Visit rightquestion.org for free resources and more information!

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Here are some notes, resources, and how-to's to help you create your own virtual QFT using Padlet

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Check out this video from 2 geeky teachers, aka Michelle Pearson and Laura Israelsen, 2 educators from Colorado who have put together MANY resources on how to use Padlet and other tech tools. Their webinar series is hosted by Teaching with Primary Sources Western Region.

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Blue posts: Directions that outline the steps of the QFT
Purple posts: Tips and How-tos on using Padlet for the QFT

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This one may work better in completely asynchronous settings!

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I learned so much!

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Or, students can respond with audio or video:

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Or, students can respond with audio or video:

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I learned some new padlet features!

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Watch: Guide to Posting in Written, Audio, or Video Forms

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Watch: Guide to Posting in Written, Audio, or Video Forms

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Learn how students can respond in multiple modes. Also, hear a couple ideas for alternative ideas and variations on the QFT steps.

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And how did the people manage to make the length of the line equal?

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1. What I discovered through this process is what Pony Express did and how the system worked. I also learned about how the telegram was made.
2. By reading the given document and researching to answer the questions.
3. No, but it inspired me to learn more about American history.

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What was the main difference between before Americans move and after?

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What was the main difference between before Americans move and after?

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Opened question
DH

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What are some things that americans have effected when they moved?

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1. The thing that I discovered is the main difference between before and after.
2. By searching and reading some materials.
3. Ummm.... I don't know it well.

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What caused the Indian's anger and resentment toward the Americans that ended up consistently attacking?

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What caused the Indian's anger and resentment toward the Americans that ended up consistently attacking?

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O
SY

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Therefore is it true that the Indian's consistent attack upon the pony express led to the institution of telegraphs?

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Therefore is it true that the Indian's consistent attack upon the pony express led to the institution of telegraphs?

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C
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At the end, did the federal government accepted the request of Minnesota, paying for the telegraph?

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At the end, did the federal government accepted the request of Minnesota, paying for the telegraph?

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C
SY

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How much people worked as a Pony expresser back then?

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How much people worked as a Pony expresser back then?

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O
SY

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What was like after americans moved away.

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Where did the Indians habitat as the settlers more and more seized their land?

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Where did the Indians habitat as the settlers more and more seized their land?

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O
SY

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About how much people ended up dying or harmed by the indians?

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About how much people ended up dying or harmed by the indians?

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1. I found out the before and after of colonazation.
2. By watching videos and reading other articles.
3. I think this inspired me of learning history and this was really intersting.

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How did the government react to the Indian and American incidents? Did they force punishment upon the indians? 

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How did the government react to the Indian and American incidents? Did they force punishment upon the indians? 

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O
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If americans were the last to come, how did they collaborate with others?

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If americans were the last to come, how did they collaborate with others?

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Open
OC

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How did Americans communicate in that large land?

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How did Americans communicate in that large land?

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Open
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What were some common mistakes made because of telegraph?

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What were some common mistakes made because of telegraph?

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Open
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How were Pony express riders rewarded or treated from others?

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How were Pony express riders rewarded or treated from others?

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Open
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Was there hardship in communicating with telegraph?

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Was there hardship in communicating with telegraph?

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Closed
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what were the differences between the time when the americans moved to the time americans didn't?
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Something I was able to discover through this thought process is that people get to develop their ideas as they ask themselves a question and reason your idea with reasonable supporting sentences. I was able to learn that by actually giving me a question and try to think of an answer by my own. I want to learn some different ways of communicating in that time period and compare and contrast with right now.

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how did the myth of golden city effected the americans, and the natives?
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because of the americans coming to west, what kind of things should have the natives sacrifice to keep their home?
J
open

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what were some restriction for the americans because of the large land?
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1. I foundout about what the pony express did, and about how telegram was made
2. by reading and watching the given videos
3. I think this activity shifted my wants of learning to learning the connection not only between natives, and the americans, but the connection between many other races.

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Why did Indians became very troublesome  on the line of the stage road along the Sweetwater?

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Why did Indians became so bad?

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How did people collaborate?

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How did Indians treat Pony expresser?

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During this activity I was able to learn two main things: how to successfully gernerate OFT questions and how was America before the telegraphs were commonlized

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Did telegraph work well or did it make a lot of mistakes when it was first made?

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Did telegraph work well or did it make a lot of mistakes when it was first made?

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C
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Did anybody try to come up with. a different communicating method other than telegraph? 

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Did anybody try to come up with. a different communicating method other than telegraph? 

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O
EC

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O
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In what ways was pony express better than telegraph?

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In what ways was pony express better than telegraph?

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O
EC

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In what ways was the telegraph better than pony express?

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In what ways was the telegraph better than pony express?

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Through this activity I learned how to make questions and how people communicated before telegraph was used .