They have turned their back to the east because they feel their future and fortune lie with the west. Ann s love of the road is mixed with her desire to be with the loved ones she left behind. The students role in selecting content will be to pursue whatever aspects of Pioneer life interest them in the form of an e-mail game played with other elementary classrooms. The creation of the story web and the book report using technology will give them a purpose to do a good job. In today s society, children need to have an understanding of how to use e-mail, word processing programs, and other software tools such as Inspiration.
Children are interested in how their lives differ from the lives of children in the past.
They are also interested in interactions between children, which is one of the themes of this book. The children will have prior knowledge of the elements of a story and the writing process. This activity will give them the chance to explore these ideas further using technology which tempts children to participate in activities they may otherwise not be interested in. Today s society is very different than society when Ann was alive. The students may have a hard time relating to Ann and understanding her feelings about various things that happen in the story.