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The Oregon Trail

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The Oregon Trail. You will be collecting information about the Oregon Trail using a series of websites. Using the internet, you will discover many interesting facts about this long and dangerous journey. The information you gather will be placed on a separate sheet of paper. HAVE FUN !!.

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  1. The Oregon Trail

  2. You will be collecting information about the Oregon Trail using a series of websites. • Using the internet, you will discover many interesting facts about this long and dangerous journey. • The information you gather will be placed on a separate sheet of paper. • HAVE FUN !!

  3. The Route Using the trail map on the next slide, answer the following questions: 1) Where did the trail start? 2) Where did it end? 3) Name 5 places the pioneers passed through: a) b) c) d) e)

  4. Supplies http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/barlowrd.htm#provisions 4) How much did it cost to outfit a wagon? 5) List food, supplies, clothing and bedding, guns and trading goods that pioneers needed to bring for their journey. 6) What did people eat on the trip?

  5. How Did They Travel? See the next slide for an image of the “prairie schooner” How to Draw an Oregon Trail Wagon The pioneers on the Oregon Trail traveled in a covered wagon. 7) Why was the wagon covered? 8) What is another name for the wagon? 9) The wagon weighed 1200 - 1500 lbs. empty and was pulled by a team of 2 to 4 _______. 10) Draw a picture of the wagon and label four parts.

  6. The Wagon Train http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/travel.htm 11) What was a wagon train? 12) What did they do with the wagons at night? 13) Why was this done? 14) What was the leader of the caravan called? 15) Many scouts that guided the trains had been _______ or ________. 16) Who was a famous scout on the Oregon Trail?

  7. Hardships and Dangers http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Hardships.html http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/Dangers%20on%20the%20Trail.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/Crossing%20the%20Rivers.htm 17) Many things could go wrong during the journey. Make a list of 15 things that could happen.

  8. Crossing Rivers and Mountains http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/Crossing%20the%20Rivers.htm 18) How would wagons cross shallow rivers and creeks? 19) If the water was deeper, how did the wagons get across? 20) How long would it take for a wagon train to cross a river?

  9. Life on the Trail http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/lives.htm 21) What was a typical day like? 22) How far did they travel every day? 23) What did the children do all day? 24) What chores were children responsible for on the trail? 25) How was the ride in the wagon? 26) Where did you sleep? What happened if it rained? 27) What did you do for clothing?

  10. Fire http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/fire.htm 28) What did they use to make a fire? 29) How did the pioneers make their fires?

  11. Pioneer Tools http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/tools.htm 30) Explain the form/function of the following tools a) Corn seeder b) Fro c) Auger d) Draw knife e) Grinding stone f) Two person saw

  12. Fun http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/toys1.htm 31) What was a bullroarer? • What was a whimmydiddle? • What was a buzzsaw? • What is a mountain bolo?

  13. Pioneer Food http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/cooking.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/cooking.htm 35) What food did pioneers eat some variety of at almost every meal? 36) Choose a recipe from one of the websites that interest you. Write the name of the dish and why you selected it. Would you/could you make this meal for your family?

  14. Music http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/songs.htm 37) Which song is your favorite? Why? 38) What does this song make you think of?

  15. The Whitmans Unusual Honeymoon • What did Narcissa Whitman and her husband do? • What does this tell us about the journey on the Oregon Trail?

  16. Glossary http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/glossary.htm#H 41) Find the meanings of: • Conestoga • Fording • Pelt • Stockade • Westward Expansion • Prairie Schooner

  17. ABC Challenge http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/glossary.htm#H 42) Create a list of words (one for each letter of the alphabet) related to the Oregon trail For example - A - axle on the wagon

  18. More Information about the Oregon Trail A $100 drink of water? A cow that started a war? Fun stories about the Oregon Trail http://courses.missouristate.edu/ShaeJohnson/oregontrail.htm