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= Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: The Donner Party = = = Objective: The student will be able to identify the mistakes made by the Donner Party during the time they were on their expedition.

Answer: They didn't bring enough food, they took a short cut called Hastings cut-off, they took a 4 day rest in Reno, Nevada, they went into bad weather, and they left too late to safely make the trip safely.

[|Helpful Website on the Donner Party]

George Donner, one of the men in charge of the trek. https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcThACE1BZ5rPhgui3eOY70GdZ4T7VO_WgYWch6uusGDqwBvPQgsvg