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Latest revision as of 02:21, 15 October 2024
Oregon Trail
Skill Level
Unknown
Year
Unknown
Version
22.11.2024
Approval authority
Upper Columbia Conference
1
Learn about the history of the Oregon Trail, answering the following questions:
1a
Around what year was it created and by whom?
1b
How many miles long was it?
1c
How many miles long was it?
1d
What was the highest point on the trail?
1e
What is the estimated number of people who used the Oregon Trail?
2
Trace the Oregon Trail on a map. What states did it cross?
3
Who is known as the Father of Oregon? Why?
4
Why did pioneers choose to travel west? With your instructor, create a list of items that the pioneers would have taken with them on the Oregon Trail.
5
Answer the following questions about the covered wagons used to travel the Oregon
Trail:
5a
What types of wagons could travel it?
5b
About how much did they weigh, and how were they pulled?
5c
How much could be carried in them?
5d
How much did they cost back then? Today?
5e
How many miles could be covered in a day?
6
What diseases did the pioneers face along the way? Compare and contrast how they were prevented and treated, and how we prevent and treat diseases today.
7
Discuss the opportunities or dangers that each of the following could cause the Oregon Trail pioneers:
7a
Weather
7b
Animals
7c
Native American Tribes
8
What type of food was available?
9
The Oregon Trail was only one of the many trails used by pioneers to travel west. What other trails were there? Trace them on a map.
10
Why did pioneers stop immigrating west on the Oregon Trail?
11
Choose and research an Oregon Trail pioneer missionary, and give a short presentation about their work to a group.
12
Do one of the following:
12a
Create a song, poem, story, or skit about the Oregon Trail pioneers.
12b
Create a display of pictures, articles, and information about life on the Oregon Trail.
12c
Visit a section of the Oregon Trail and write or discuss what you saw with your instructor.
12d
Participate in a conservation project for the preservation of the Oregon Trail.
12e
Earn the Pioneering honor.
For tips and instruction see Pioneering.
13
Find three stories in the Bible about a pioneer immigration. Share one of them in a creative way with your group.
