Start with the information found HERE. This is general information that will help you as you go. HINT: keep this tab open as you work through the locks.
Watch the video below to solve the 4 digit lock:
Use this slideshow to help answer the questions for the directional lock.
After the Game-Reflection Questions (answer at least 2):
1. If you had to choose between the California Trail and the Santa Fe Trail because you were hoping to make money, which one would you travel and why?
2. Why would Devil’s Rope be an accurate name for barbed wire?
3. What sort of changes do you think the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad made to the lives of the people in the West?
4. The government offered 160 acres of land to anyone 21 years of age or older for a $10 filing fee and 5 years of service on the land. Would you have risked everything to try and earn your own land?
5. How was the idea of Manifest Destiny used to justify westward expansion? What groups were hurt the most because of the expansion? What groups benefited the most because of it?
2. Why would Devil’s Rope be an accurate name for barbed wire?
3. What sort of changes do you think the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad made to the lives of the people in the West?
4. The government offered 160 acres of land to anyone 21 years of age or older for a $10 filing fee and 5 years of service on the land. Would you have risked everything to try and earn your own land?
5. How was the idea of Manifest Destiny used to justify westward expansion? What groups were hurt the most because of the expansion? What groups benefited the most because of it?