• You will be collecting information about the Oregon Trail in a journal.

• Using the internet and the book,

If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon by Ellen Levine, you will discover many interesting facts about this long and dangerous journey.

• The information you gather will be used to make both an alphabet book and a game that you will construct and play with your class.

• HAVE FUN !!

The Route

• http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/maplibrary/oregontrail.html • Where did the trail start?• Where did it end?• Name 5 places the pioneers passed through:

– 1.– 2.– 3.– 4.– 5.

Supplies• http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/outfit.html• http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/barlowrd.htm#provisions

• How much did it cost to outfit a wagon?

• List food, supplies, clothing and bedding, guns and trading goods that pioneers needed to bring for their journey.

• What did you eat on the trip?

How did they travel?

http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/wagons.html

• The pioneers on the Oregon Trail traveled in a covered wagon.

• Another name for this covered wagon

• was a _____________________.

• It weighed _____lbs. empty and was pulled by a team of __ to __ _______.

• Draw a picture of the wagon and label 4 parts.

The Wagon Train

• What was a wagon train? • What did they do with the wagons at night?• Why?

http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/travel.htm• The leader of the caravan was called the

___________.• Many scouts that guided the trains had been

_______ or ________.• A famous scout was ___________.• His nickname was “___________”.

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

• Many things could go wrong during the journey.• Make a list of 15 things that could happen.

– 1. 2.

– 3 . 4.

– 5 . 6.

– 7 . 8.

– 9 . 10.

– 11. 12.

– 13. 14.

– 15.

Crossing Rivers and Mountains

http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/Crossing%20the%20Rivers.htm

• If the river was shallow wagons would cross by ____________. • _______ would pull the wagons across.• If the water was deeper how did the wagons get across?

• How long would it take for a wagon train to cross a river?

Life on the Trail

http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/lives.htm

• What was a typical day like?• How far did they travel every day?• What did the children do all day?• What chores were children responsible for on

the trail?• How was the ride in the wagon?• Where did you sleep? What happened if it

rained?• What did you do for clothing?

Fire

• http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/fire.htm• http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/fire.htm

• What did they use to make a fire?

• How did they do it?

Pioneer Tools

• http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/tools.htm

• What is a – Corn seeder– Fro– Auger– Draw knife– Grinding stone– Two person saw ?

Pioneer Food

http://www.nps.gov/archive/whmi/educate/ortrtg/ortrtg14.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/cooking.htm

Fun

http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/toys1.htm

• What was a bullroarer?• What was a whimmydiddle?• What was a buzzsaw?• What is a mountain bolo?

Music

• http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/songs.htm

• Which song is your favorite?

Pioneer Food

• http://www.nps.gov/archive/whmi/educate/ortrtg/ortrtg14.htm • http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/cooking.htm

• Pioneers did not have many of the foods we have today.• They ate ______ in some variety at every meal.• Choose a recipe from the websites and copy it into your journal.

Would we serve this to our families today? ____

The Whitmans

• http://www.nps.gov/archive/whmi/history/narcbio.htm

• Who was Narcissa Whitman?

• What did she and her husband do?

Glossary

http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/glossary.htm#H

• Find the meanings of:– Conestoga– Fording– Pelt– Stockade– Westward Expansion– Prairie Schooner

ABC• http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/glossary.htm#H • Create a list of words related to the Oregon trail

to use in your ABC book– A B– C D– E F– G H– I J– K L– M N– O P– Q R– S T– U V– W X– Y Z

More Information about the

Oregon Trail

• http://courses.missouristate.edu/ShaeJohnson/oregontrail.htm