This is a cross curricular unit on the Donner Party using the historical fiction book, The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds from the My Name is America series. It begins with a page to assess students' prior knowledge, followed by pages for response to literature, maps practice, math story problems and graph, card game to practice math skills, and a Powerpoint showing the key landmarks from the Donner journey. Perfect for having students create their own journals and ending with comparing and cont