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Orphans preferred is the intriguing hook that will lure your students to investigate this unique primary source document about business in the old West. You can develop their higher-level thinking using dozens of open-ended questions to dissect, analyze and hypothesize about an 1860’s advertisement for Pony Express riders. Then students ‘saddle up’ with a quick and easy simulation to recreate this short-lived mail service.

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Grade levels 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 7th Grade
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