Background historical information background primary. Travelers were inspired by dreams of gold and rich farmlands, but they were also motivated by difficult economic times in the east and the diseases like yellow. This is one of the reasons we take effect the across the wide and lonesome prairie oregon trail diary of hattie campbell kristiana gregory as your. As westerners, my students especially need to appreciate the hardships their ancestors endured as they traveled across the plains to reach their. Put a worksheet in the binder each day, representing what the order and contents of their diary collections should be. Her first husband was calvin walker who soon died on the trail of mountain. For this unit, have the students keep all of their oregon trail worksheets, maps, and diary entries together in the. An oregon trail lesson in group decision making, and what impacts our choices for teachers. He dreamed of free land, mild winters, and good soil. Oregon trail diary 511 free printables for teachers. Ask the students what hardships they think the people on the oregon trial faced. It is the first dear america book that i have read. Bought 30 pounds of beef and some other eatables and started to barlows gate 9 miles ahead, got there about noon, found plenty of wood and water and grass one mile south.
This oregon trail diary lesson plan is suitable for 5th 11th grade. This may require some preorganization to assign groups. He wanted to leave behind a life in missouri marked by an increased. Read the following excerpt from the oregon trail diary of. Wyoming and idaho journal entries by location this wonderful collection of diary quotes, organized by location and by date for wyoming and idaho, were taken from a 1979 cultural resource study of. The oregon trail, life on the wagon trains free american. Across the plains, mountains and desertstrail diary bibliography is a listing of. In 1988, following extensive research regarding her identity, 1852 oregon trail traveler quintina snodderlys remains were reinterred where they had been found in 1974 on private land east of present casper, wyo. Start your diary in your notebook with a new title page.
Oregon trail diary lesson plan for 5th 11th grade lesson. As america expanded across the continent, her settlement of the west by the pioneers was one of the major accomplishments of the 19th century. Dairy is along oregon route 140 at the west end of oregon route 70, and is about 19 miles 31 km from klamath falls. They are ministers at a wellknown church in kentucky. Diary of francis sawyer, 21 when she crossed the plains with her husband. It provides access to and finding information about some 2,500 primary accounts of crossing the. In a diary format, this novel chronicles the hardships that pioneers endured during a trip west on the oregon trail. Oregon trail education resources guide bureau of land. Bibliography oregon trail history resources, including videos.
Because the over 2,000 mile long trail covers parts of seven states, this map measures approximately 50 x 10. This homework is designed to give students the opportunity to create either a guidebook or diary for the oregon trail. This is a wonderful keepsake from the oregon trail. Write on the corner of the white board the main points that the students know about the oregon trail, and keep it there so students can see how much they have learned in the next week. If done at the interpretive center, the full scale packable wagon can be used with large foam blocks labeled for each of the items on the packing list. One of the johnsons, the boy, died early this week from cholera, which has worried us even more then before. State library of oregon providing leadership and resources to continue growing vibrant library services for oregonians. Dear diary, tuesday, may 11th, 1845 today we set out for oregon, everyone is eager and happy today.
July 14, 1842, somewhere on the trail near a river, which was later called crooked creek. The oregon trail, life on the wagon trains for kids and teachers by 1843, when the first large wagon train was organized, a route existed across the continent from independence, missouri to the pacific ocean. Students will learn to keep their own diaries to record their own make believe oregon trail experiences. Juvenile fiction, fiction, frontier and pioneer life, diaries, overland journeys to the pacific. This makes it much easier to put the diaries together at the end of the unit. July, 2001 spotlight of the month the trails project.
Any study of the pioneer life must include a study of the oregon trail. This education resource guide is for use by educators teaching oregon trail. Paper trail is the website database created by the oregon california trails association octa from thousands of trail related documents of the 19th. A color, topographical map of the entire oregon nht is available as a pdf file 2. Read around twenty pages in the book westward to home. In her diary, thirteenyearold hattie chronicles her familys arduous 1847 journey from missouri to oregon on the oregon trail.
By far the majority of early travelers on the trail were headed to the willamette valley, where they would ultimately settle in oregon city and other surrounding areas, building up. I would recommend this book for grades fourth through sixth. The oregon trail diary of willa porter is a collection of diary entries from willa porters journey west with her family, into territory which gets stranger and stranger. At the publishers request, this title is being sold without digital rights management software drm applied. Students will be able to write notes, plans, or thoughts in a simple journal. The original game was designed to teach school children about the realities of 19th century pioneer life on the oregon trail. I have often driven past riches road, unaware of the likely connection. This bibliography of the oregoncalifornia trail was compiled for the.
In this oregon trail lesson plan, students write about their decisions to move, crossing rivers, buying supplies, and more. It describes how settlers made their way here to the sublimity. Oregon trail between 1840 and 1860, the oregon trail was the main route for settlers who wanted to travel across the great plains of the united states and the continental divide to the willamette valley of oregon or the gold fields in california. Diaries, journals, memoirs and letters provides an alphabetical list of known manuscripts and their location. The book is written in the form of a thirteenyearold girls diary. He came to oregon by the oregon trail and settled about 1847 in the waldo hills area just north of sublimity. This novel study will help your students learn the important vocabulary and events. From 1841 1849 thousands of pioneers traveled west on the oregon trail.
It is accompanied by three copies of transcripts created around 1950, and three letters concerning its publication. The oregon trail diary of willa porter by andy marino. Travelers were inspired by dreams of gold and rich farmlands, but they were also motivated by difficult economic times in the east and the diseases like yellow fever and malaria that were decimating the midwest. She writes of leaving friends and relatives in a missouri town in 1847 and traveling 2,000 miles on the oregon trail with her parents and two younger brothers. The lessons in this unit are directly tied to the fourth grade state standards. In popular culture, the oregon trail is perhaps the most iconic subject in the larger history of oregon. But then there are the stories of culture clash, environmental change, systematic displacement and violence. Cant be found, the owner stayed behind to look for them. Oregon trail glossary list of oregon trail related words. His wife, 18351904, is of course the author of this oregon trail diary. The oregon trail is a historic eastwest, largewheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the united states that connected the missouri river to valleys in oregon.
Included in the zip file are pdf and editable ppt version of. Delila, then twentytwo years old, recorded the memorable events of each day of her three months on the oregon trail. Oregon trail resources list of state and federal agencies and organizations that distribute literature on the oregon trail in their areas. Joshuas oregon trail diary interactive notebooks procedures. The player assumes the role of a wagon leader guiding his party of settlers from independence. Lancaster countys favorite local supermarket oregon dairy. Have a class discussion on what the students know about the oregon trail. The national park service geographic resources program hosts an interactive trails map. Pioneer diaries and emigrant biographies from the end of the oregon trail intrepretive center. Nov 07, 2017 the lasting impact of the oregon trail may be too large to pin down precisely. Lonesome prairie oregon trail diary of hattie campbell kristiana gregorytape is afterward nice of better solution bearing in mind you have no satisfactory grant or mature to get your own adventure. The oregon trail ended at many places in the pacific northwest in both oregon and washington, which were all oregon territory at the time of the pioneer migration. The oregon trail is a computer game originally developed by don rawitsch, bill heinemann, and paul dillenberger in 1971 and produced by mecc in 1974. It was one of the two main emigrant routes to the american west in the 19th century, the other being the southerly santa fe trail.
Patricia hermes novel westward to home joshuas oregon trail diary, is a short novel that makes the hardships of the oregon trail come alive. Nov 06, 20 the oregon trail diary of willa porter is a collection of diary entries from willa porters journey west with her family, into territory which gets stranger and stranger. Just choose the oregon national historic trail logo from. Mar 24, 2009 oregon trail diary appropriate for grades 511. The print shop order on pages 4 6 is for the worksheets needed to teach this unit as written. With a renewal of public interest in the oregon trail, diaries are being published in books such as platte river narratives and dr.
The oregon trail diary of hattie campbell is a story of courage, tragedy, kindness, and forgiveness. Oregon trail interpretive center, or it can be done in the classroom using only the. Across the plains, mountains and deserts trail diary bibliography is a listing of all known diaries and reminiscences and their depositories compiled by will bagley in cooperation with the national park service. Joshuas oregon trail diary whiteboard marker map of the oregon trail with landmarks poster board access to computer lab procedures. Today we had our first death, that of a small child from whooping cough. The oregon trail diary of hattie campbell dear america by kristiana gregory. Publications of historical societies are also excellent sources of diary material.
Oregon trail interpretive center, or it can be done in the classroom using only the attached materials. It adorns a recent oregon highway license plate, is an obligatory reference in the resettlement of oregon, and has long attracted study, commemoration, and celebration as a foundational event in the states past. Oregon trail page 2 these lesson plans were written as a guideline to teach the oregon trail. It took the family and the wagon train that they were part of about 8 months to make the journey. The oregon trail diary of hattie campbell is a really good historical book. The markets are crowded with people bustling and hurrying to get supplies for the oregon trail. Bibliography of childrens books age appropriate books for elementary children. Across the wide and lonesome prairie oregon trail diary of. Pack your wagon lesson plan bureau of land management. Students pretend they are on the oregon trail and keep a diary of their adventures. One of its many features is a full listing of original diaries and journals that can be read online, printed or downloaded.
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