Free the great turkey walk worksheets and literature unit for. America and the birth of the modern world, 17881800 by jay winik. In 1860, a somewhat simpleminded fifteenyearold boy attempts to herd one thousand turkeys from missouri to denver, colorado, in hopes of selling them at a profit. He is 15 years old, he is strapping and people say he is not very smart. The great turkey walk worksheets and literature unit by kathleen karr grades 36 daily reading journal go beyond a simple book report.
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