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Below is a list of items pioneers might have placed in their covered wagons for the long trip west. Some of these items are necessities, and some are luxuries. Choose the 10 items from the chart you think are the most important, and write them in the empty boxes.


Image to right: A covered wagon like this was used by pioneers.
 

Boots	Dolls	Blanket	Kettle
Cooking utensils	Tin tableware	Musical instrument	Family album
Candle mold	Plow	Rifle	Ladle
Skillet	Tent	Bacon	Schoolbooks
Poles	Campstool	Spyglass	Stakes
Flour	Wool coat	Ax	Rocking chair
Lanterns	Gunpowder	Coffee pot	Bullet mold
Fine linens	Pillow	Bed	Grandfather clock

Now, choose 10 items you would take on the Space Shuttle. You may use words from the chart or pick your own! Remember that space is limited on the Shuttle, so you can’t take large items.


Image to left: Astronauts cannot take large personal items on the Space Shuttle.


 

Shoes	Doll	Blanket	Scissors
E-mail addresses	Food packs	Musical instrument	Family album
Cookies	Schoolbooks	Basketball	Pillow
Teddy Bear	Tent	Pet	Velcro
Fork	Clothes	Game	Book
Video Game	CDs/player	Movie	Telephone

Why did you choose these items?