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Title: The Oregon Trail


1
The Oregon Trail
  • Lauren Sharkey
  • Grade 4

2
Map from 1843
  • Above is the route taken by many travelers who
    followed the Oregon Trail. These travelers set
    out on journey of the unknown in hopes of finding
    a promising future in the west. They faced many
    challenges along the way. Your mission is to
    explore what daily life was like on the trail and
    describe the hardships they faced.

3
Your Mission
  • Records of historical information is key for
    understanding times of the past. Many of those
    traveling on the trail used journals to record
    their experiences. You will have to opportunity
    to pretend you are traveling on the trail and
    will be responsible for creating a journal
    describing your experiences.

Whitman Mission
Oregon City
Chimney Rock
4
Diary vs. Journal
  • A diary is record of daily events that is
    written.
  • A diary usually states the facts about what has
    happened.
  • A journal is a written record that is not written
    on a regular basis, but rather when someone
    experiences something significant.
  • Journals tend to be done in storytelling fashion
    with many details.

5
The Facts
  • You might discuss the following topics in your
    journal
  • Landmarks on the trail
  • Transportation
  • Food and Supplies
  • Weather Conditions
  • Illness
  • Animals
  • Landscape (mountains, plains, ect.)
  • Emotions of travelers
  • Native Americans
  • Your journal must historically factual and
    accurate in terms of these topics.
  • For example Do not write about how the ocean
    was very warm in Nebraska o)
  • YOU MUST DO RESEARCH!

6
Landmarks to VisitVisit the websites below to
learn more about each of landmarks on the Oregon
Trail.
  • MISSOURI St. Louis Independence St.
    Joseph Westport
  • IOWA Council Bluffs
  • KANSAS Shawnee Mission Alcove Spring 
  • NEBRASKA Rock Creek Station Fort Kearny Ash
    Hollow Courthouse Rock Chimney Rock Scotts
    Bluffs
  • WYOMING Fort Laramie Fort Caspar Independence
    Rock Devils Gate South Pass Fort Bridger
  • IDAHO Fort Hall Craters of the Moon Shoshone
    Falls 3 Island Crossing Fort Boise
  • OREGON The Dalles Oregon City Barlow Road
  • WASHINGTON Whitman Mission Fort Vancouver

7
Methods of TransportationClick on the pictures
below to learn about the wagons used on the trail.
8
Food and Supplies Click on the links below to
learn about the different foods and supplies
brought on the trail.
  • Pioneer Personal Possessions
  • Cooking on the Trail
  • List of Supplies
  • Provisions on the Trail
  • Packing for the Trail

9
Weather ConditionsDescribe the weather
conditions on the trail and how they would affect
the journey.
  • Hardships on the Trail
  • The Effects of the Weather
  • Use the journals to read about how the weather is
    described.

10
Illnesses
  • Hardships on the Trail
  • First Aid Used on theTrail
  • Medicines for Illnesses
  • Drama of the Oregon Trail
  • Diseases

11
AnimalsClick on the pictures to learn about the
animals that were encountered on the trail.
Buffalo/Bison
Appaloosa
Oxen
Beavers
Grizzly Bear
Longhorn
12
LandscapesDiscuss the very different landscapes
that were encountered throughout the trail.
There were mountains, valleys, plains, and
rivers.
13
Take it from those who knowClick on the links to
read about others experiences on the trail.
  • Journal of Sarah Wiseman
  • Diary of George Edwin Bushnell
  • Narrative of James Clyman
  • Journal of Abigail Jane Scott
  • Letters and Journals of Narcissa Whitman
  • Journal of Americus Savage
  • Letters from a Women Homesteader
  • Journal of William Sturgis
  • Other examples of letters, diaries, journals and
    narratives
  • Some other information

14
Native Americans
  • Were They Dangers on the Trail?
  • Trail Facts
  • Native Americans on the Trail
  • Whitman Mission

15
A Few more things
  • Remember
  • Date your journal entries
  • Write your journal entries in first person (I was
    walking along)
  • Use your imagination and be descriptive!!

HAVE FUN!!!
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