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The Great Trek

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

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

Reasons for the Trek

Part 1: The Voortrekker Lifestyle

The wagon – a mobile home

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 River

The Day of Reconciliation

The Republic of Natal

The Voortrekkers in the Transvaal

Voortrekkers in the Free State

The Voortrekker monument

Date Summary of the Great Trek

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

It is aimed at children between the ages of 7-11 but can easily be adapted to include both 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.

The Great Trek lapbook

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SAMPLE SNIPPET FROM THE EBOOK

The wagon – a mobile home

Ox wagons at Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria

The Voortrekkers prepared carefully for their journeys, loading their wagons carefully 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 hung under the wagons.

A wagon was drawn by about 8-16 oxen, usually led by a young servant boy called a voorloper, who carried a whip or sjambok. The driver sat on a chest or wakis.

When on the move, two or three wagons would travel abreast along with large herds of sheep, goats and cattle belonging to the trekkers. Thus progress was slow and only about 10km were covered in a day.

When rivers or mountain ranges had to be crossed or there was thick bush to be hacked through, then the pace would be even slower. At times, wagons even tumbled down steep cliffs!

The trekker wagon was known 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), linked by a pin (jukskei) was attached to the necks of each pair of oxen.

When 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 outspanned and kept in a kraal ringed by thorn tree branches to protect the animals from predators. The wagons would be arranged in a laager for protection.

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