Oregon trail project

Build wagons, filter water, cook over a campfire and more in this hands-on homeschool Oregon Trail unit study for upper elementary. Full STEAM, English Language Arts (ELA), history, living books, and more! Original, hand-drawn art vocabulary cards, science and writing printables free for subscribers (and subscribing is free, too!)

For homeschoolers studying American History and, in particular, the Western Expansion, Homeschool Giveaways has a ton of fantastic Oregon Trail resources! They've rounded up free printables, unit studies, lesson plans, and online resources.

Make Oregon Trail History come alive for kids by making a salt dough map, a covered wagon craft, DIY crackers, and more in this westward expansion lesson.

Remember the days of playing the classic Oregon Trail simulation game? With advances in technology, we can take our students on a virtual field trip along the Oregon Trail that includes 360-degree imagery of geographic sites from Google Earth™, video content, informational text, and ready-to-go response questions.While the old computer game was fun, it was lacking in historical accuracy. There was no recognition of Native lands and everything was viewed through the lens of white settlers…

The Oregon Trail is depicted in full color on this cute educational map that shows bison, a wagon, mountains and more along the way from Independence, Missouri to Oregon City. Free to download and print

What I remember of the Oregon Trail is the fun little game we used to play on the computer at school. It was one of my favorite things to do if I finished my classwork early. It was always fun to see if we could actually make it through the entire trail without illness...

As part of our study on the American Westward Expansion of the 19th century, we have read several books and materials about the Oregon Trail. In order to illustrate just how huge of an undertaking it was to set out for the West on wagon trains, and to cross over the Rocky Mountains in the process, we decided to construct a Salt Dough Map of the United States, illustrating the location of the Oregon Trail and showing how it crossed over the mountains. Melissa was amazed at just how far a trip…

Cultural Embroidery Design: Covered Wagon from King Graphics - ClipArt Best - ClipArt Best

Turn your classroom into a wagon train as you travel west on the Oregon Trail. Create fun and engaging ABC books to learn how the pioneers moved west!

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