Getting Ready to Go
What was the Oregon Territory? http://scholar.coe.uwf.edu/pacee/steps/two/west/map.jpg http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Allabout.html http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/maplibrary/oregontrail.html http://www.americanwest.com/images/ot_per1.jpg http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6400/trails.htm
Why did some people want to travel to Oregon? http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6400/why http://www.west-aurora.k12.il.us/waschools/goodwin/default.htm http://cyberkids.ccsd.k12.wy.us/sunflower/toddot.html
What was a covered wagon? http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/wagons.html http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6400/wagon.htm
What was a wagon train? http://dreamartists.com/wagontr1.htm
Did anybody lead the wagon train? http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6400/travel.htm http://www.west-aurora.k12.il.us/waschools/goodwin/default.htm
What was a trail guide? http://www.west-aurora.k12.il.us/waschools/goodwin/default.htm http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6400/travel.htm
What kinds of people traveled west? http://www.west-aurora.k12.il.us/waschools/goodwin/default.htm
What would your family bring in their covered wagon? http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/outfit.html http://www.west-aurora.k12.il.us/waschools/goodwin/default.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/barlowrd.htm#provisions http://www.teleport.com/~eotic/road2oregon/sa15outfitting.html http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6400/supplies.htm
When was the best time to start the trip? http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Jumpingoff.html
Life on the Trail
How would you cross rivers when there were no bridges? http://www.west-aurora.k12.il.us/waschools/goodwin/default.htm http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6400/Crossing%20the%20Rivers.htm
How far would you travel in a day? http://dreamartists.com/wagontr2.htm http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6400/lives.htm
Would you ride in a wagon for the whole trip?
What were the dangers and difficulties for the trip? http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/road2oregon/sa18death.html http://heritage.uen.org/cgi-bin/websql/query.hts?type=6&tid=45 http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Hardships.html http://www.west-aurora.k12.il.us/waschools/goodwin/default.htm http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6400/Dangers%20on%20the%20Trail.htm
Where would you sleep? http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6400/lives.htm
What kind of clothes did the people wear? http://www.nara.gov/nara/nn/nns/west134.jpg http://www.agoldmine.com/OverlandTrailDress.html http://www.victorianmillinery.com/VM.cfm http://dreamartists.com/wagontr3.htm
What would you eat? http://www.nps.gov/whmi/educate/ortrtg/ortrtg14.htm http://heritage.uen.org/cgi-bin/websql/query.hts?type=6&tid=143 http://heritage.uen.org/cgi-bin/websql/query.hts?type=6&tid=551 http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6400/cooking.htm http://calcite.rocky.edu/octa/williams.htm
How did you make buffalo meat last a long time?
How would you build a fire if you didn’t have any wood? http://heritage.uen.org/cgi-bin/websql/query.hts?type=6&tid=548 http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6400/fire.htm
If you ran out of supplies, could you get more?
Is there anything left of the old Oregon Trail? http://www.emigrantroad.com/trailguide01.html
