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Daily Travel Log

6/3/2016

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Tyler is feeling better and stayed behind to start a new life in Courthouse rock. Last night there was a thunder storm and 2 of our oxen that were latched up got spooked and ran away. Those darn oxen! When we arrived at fort Laramie we learned that the cheap prices were a myth. When we were there we also had to buy 2 new oxen to replace the ones that got spooked.  We got back on the trail and went to fort casper a smaller fort. I got sick but luckily I drank quinine to try and get cured. 
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Google Slide

6/2/2016

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Fictional Travel Log

6/2/2016

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   Mr. Mc'Coy was elected as the supreme king ruler. Mr. Mc'Coy Forced the Murray"s and the Hatfeild's to stay on the trail and and await to there death. Tyler is on his death ben because he has come down with the same horrific sickness that will surly kill him. A terrible no good filthy rotten scamming crook try to sell us this preposterous oil which is supposably from a snake. This was said by a snake oil seller but it was a wondrous,amazing, and great again. We stopped at Corthouse rock and just did our usual catch up on chours and stuff like that. It was terribly boring I seriously though I was going to die of boredom. Now we are at the most amazing,cool, beauteous landmarkI have ever seen it is called.......Chimney Rock! Chimney Rock is a giant enormous huge mountain and it stretches out into the sky.  We had to buy new flour because ours was filled will disgusting appalling terrible maggots. 
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Thinglink: By Addie and Cassidy 

5/26/2016

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Newscast 

5/24/2016

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Voki: Oregon trail

5/24/2016

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Act it out with Addie Cassidy

5/18/2016

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Photo Stories By: Addie and Cassidy

5/13/2016

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We decided to go on the Oregon Trail opposed to any other trail.(E.g. the Santa Fe) Credit for the image: http://www.historyglobe.com/ot/otmap2.htm
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There was all sorts of propaganda about how great Oregon is. They even said that pig ran around already cooked with knifes and forks sticking out of the ready to eat. Credit for image: http://paulsolarz.weebly.com/uploads/8/3/0/8/8308546/merged_document.pdf
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We are going to travel west because James Mc'Vee told us that Oregon is great for farming. Credit for image: http://www.vaco.org/governor-mcauliffe-announces-more-than-1-million-in-farmland-preservation-grants/
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In our landing we acidentilly killed someone and we took their gold. Credit for image: http://d2a0do11gpvbrl.cloudfront.net/t.php?y=article_image&p=http://st.wthr.ws/sites/default/files/field/image/shutterstock_130181921.jpg
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We landed in independence Missouri in 1843 Credit for the image http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h393/aviezra/ufo.png
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Mars Conststiution

5/5/2016

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Preamble
We the people of the Independent Republic of Innovatio create this constitution for ourselves and future generations to ensure freedom, equality, and fraternity.  We believe strongly that our individual human rights should be protected and justice shall be served.  In which also the citizens are provided with more political freedom, equality, and social justice.  We desire this constitution to be beneficial for all, and to promote the common good.  We have come together to create a splendid culture that honors and protects all individuals whether earthlings or not. The people of the Independent Republic of Innovatio will work hard to self-reliantly modernize industry, agriculture, science and technology.  We are guided by our desire to express the will of the people of Innovatio, and  to create a democratic law-governed and social state. The people of the Independent Republic of Innovatio do hereby approve this Constitution, promise to honor it forever, and promulgate it so that people can be informed of their rights and abilities.


Constitution:
In order for the Independent Republic of Innovatio to remain united and safe, we have made laws that will protect us and our mission. To ensure the success of our purpose, each individual must do their job and follow the work schedule. There is an exception though, we have a work pass signed by the doctor that says how many days you can not do your job, and why you don’t have to do your job. Tools used for jobs, like knives used by the chefs or stethoscopes for the doctors, are strictly prohibited to everyone else. Tampering with any homes, automobiles, or any work spaces will be declared unconstitutional.
Although the laws above ensure the success of the mission, The Independent Republic of Innovatio has laws that ensure the safety and happiness of our citizens. In order to maintain security in our nation, searching through people’s belongings without government approval is illegal. Vandalizing and stealing property is also unconstitutional and illegal. Physical abuse is also illegal to ensure the wellbeing of the people. Finally, blackmailing is unconstitutional. If having done a crime then you go to the jury and will be convicted guilty or innocent  One of the laws that we made is no slacking.(No slacking means you can’t just not go to work). You have to have special permission to Do It. We made this because some people were stealing and slacking, our consequence for this is to search the pods for fifteen minutes to see why they were not at work. Also if they are not at work for no reason they will have to work at night with no pay, this means that you don’t get paid money for that night. We also saw that people were vandalizing other people's property so we made sure you will fix the item and work an extra shift of work overnight with no pay. When people need privacy you have to give them privacy. Make sure when you want privacy you can lock the doors and tell people that they want privacy. We are not allowed to have weapons on mars. The trainer is allowed to use types of weapons to train people how to do things. Another one of our laws is not to kill or hurt people. If you do kill or harm someone in vain, you will get the same treatment that you did to that person. If you steal anything, then you will be forced to tell us where the object you stole is. If you won’t tell us, we will look around your space to make sure the object is not there. We will find more evidence and if you for sure stole it, and can’t find the object, you will be fined. We will try to be caring, considerate citizens so our country is a safe and nice place to live. But to have these laws, we have to know how to make laws.
To decide if a law should be made and considered constitutional, citizens will use four effective tactics to ease conflicts on whether a law should be made or not. The first tactic is the agreement vote. The agreement vote is where all of the citizens unite to vote to see if they want the law to be made or not. The second tactic is the fairness vote. The fairness vote is where all citizens vote to see if the law that is made is fair enough to enforce. The third tactic is the usefulness vote. This takes place when citizens come together to vote to see if the law is useful enough to enforce. The fourth tactic is the debate. The citizens must use the debate when an agreement is not settled after all of the other tactics are used, and have failed. The citizens get to share their opinions with arguments and defenses to prove themselves right. The majority vote is seventeen votes at the least.   At least twenty five citizens need to vote to make a law.
Although, If some people do not agree with the laws that we made then we can hold a meeting during lunch, breakfast, or dinner deciding if we want the law/rule gone.  During the meeting we will discuss the differences of the law. For example, if one person wants the law gone and another doesn’t, we will discuss the differences and come to an agreement.  When we are done discussing the differences of the law/rule we will vote so that it doesn’t get out of control, and so that everyone doesn’t start fighting. When we decide if we want the law and or rule gone we will take it away and we will not use it as a rule or a law anymore.
We will make and vote on laws during dinner twice a week. You are required to attend unless you are granted special permission by the doctors or other authority figure. The dates of the weekly meetings will be on Monday and Friday.  Everyone is able to propose new ideas for laws, and/or suggestions that might not be made into laws but that we might want to keep in our head.  To approve a law you must have at least twenty five people that are able to vote. At least seventeen people need to give their approval on the law.  To promulgate the law we will keep a list of the laws in many places and each individual will have their own copy. If you come up if with a law we will write it down on your list and we will discuss everyone's list’s at dinner.  
      There is no government to make the laws and no single person or group will decide laws that will affect the whole country.  The Government is the people so we will decide as a group what laws we will put into effect over the people of The Independent Republic of Innovatio. Our government in the Independent Republic of Innovatio will not overpower any of the other people in Innovatio, our government can not take away anybody’s rights. Authority can’t threaten anybody to give government more power. Before a law is officially made, if it is unconstitutional, it won’t be a law. Everybody can have a say in government. The people are required to attend to an election unless they are given special permission.
So we try our best to respectfully follow this constitution. Everyone in the Independent Republic of Innovatio will be required to invest time to fully read this constitution so our community has ensured justice.



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Science Fair

5/5/2016

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First Presintation

I am glade that I got to videotape my presentation before the Science Fair because: 
  • When we practice our presentation's before the science fair it helps us know what we need to say to the groups of kids 
  • I it is also very important because we will memorize what we want to say. 

                                            Second presintation


By the end of the Science Fair, my presentation was much better because:
  • The presentation was much better because I knew exactly what to say. 
  • It was also better because I had everything I wanted to say all memorized.
  • I was very glade because my project went very well because I knew the exact speed that I needed to go at for it to be long but not to long. 
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Overall, I think that the Science Fair was a valuable experience because we learned a lot about researching, taking notes, and making sure that there was correct data. Also, it was valuable because we learned many different skills for figuring out what to do. 

I definitely made some mistakes along the way, but I learned from them. Here are some examples, when the first person came up to me I made some mistakes with the information. the second person was much better everything I said was correct and I had no mistakes. 

If I were give the chance to do anything differently, I would choose more brands so I could have more chocies for the colors of the nail polishes. I would have also, tried to make my back board more vibrent. 
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