Jump to: Preparation Procedure Evaluation What motivated thousands of people to journey west during the 1800s? Was it the prospect of land ownership advertised on a broadside tacked to a tree that convinced a family to pack up all their belongings and travel across a continent in search of a better life? Or was it a letter from a friend announcing their good fortune of striking gold in California Objectives Students will be able to: evaluate and gather information from a first person narrative a