The Great Trek Ebook

The Great Trek

The Great Trek was the migration of just about 12 000 white pioneers into the interior of South Continent from 1835 onwards.

Use this printable file folder project to discover all just about the Voortrekkers and their Trek.

Reasons for the Trek

Part 1: The Voortrekker Lifestyle

• The wagon - a mobile house
• Weapons and hunting
• Women and children
• Biltong and 'beskuit'

Part 2: The Events of the Great Trek

• The Trichardt and Van Rensburg treks
• Potigieter's trek
• The arrival of the Maritz party
• The arrival of Piet Retief
• The arrival of Piet Uys
• Map of the Great Trek
• Disputes
• The Voortrekkers in Natal
• The Battle of Blood Stream
• The Day of Reconciliation
• The Republic of Natal
• The Voortrekkers in the Province
• Voortrekkers in the Free State
• The Voortrekker monument
• Date Summary of the Great Trek

In this convenient printable ebook, you wish find all of the above-listed reference information just about The Great Trek as well as the mini-book templates to do the file folder project.

It is aimed at children between the ages of 7-11 but can easily be altered to include some older and younger children.

Working with mini-books enables you to break the subject matter into manageable topics, which can easily be completed and not overwhelm young children.

It is ideal for the homeschool situation or for classrooom use.

SAMPLE Snip FROM THE EBOOK

The wagon - a mobile home

The Voortrekkers prepared cautiously for their journeys, loading their wagons cautiously with the most essential items:

• rusks
• biltong
• clothing
• small wooden chests
• medicine chests
• beds
• stools
• ammunition and guns for hunting and protection
• pots, pans and chicken pens adorned under the wagons.

A wagon was drawn by just about 8-16 oxen, normally led by a young servant boy called a voorloper, who carried a whip or sjambok. The driver sat on a chest or wakis.
Once on the move, two or three wagons would-be travel abreast on with large herds of sheep, goats and cows happiness to the trekkers. Thus progress was slow and only just about 10km were covered in a day.
Once rivers or mountain ranges had to be crossed or there was thick bush to be hacked through, then the pace would-be be even as slower. At times, wagons even as tumbled down steep cliffs!

The traveller wagon was acknowledged as a kakebeenwa (jawbone wagon) because it was shaped like an ox's jawbone.

It consisted of three parts: the chassis (onderstel), the bottom boards and the body (buikplanke) and the hooped canvas canopy.

A wooden yoke (juk), coupled by a pin (jukskei) was attached to the necks of each pair of oxen.
Once the oxen were outspanned the jukskei was used for the game that is now a traditional sport - jukskei.

After a day's trek, the animals would-be be outspanned and unbroken in a kraal ringed by thorn tree branches to protect the animals from predators. The wagons would-be be arranged in a lager for protection.

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