1.Who were the pioneers and where did they go?
http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/who.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/where.htm
2. Why did pioneers choose to go west?
http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/greenway/leahy/ot/guidebook.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/why.htm
http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/greenway/leahy/ot/guidebook/reasons.htm
3. Why was Missouri called the “jumping off place?” What are some places in Missouri
that pioneers gathered to go west and why?
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Jumpingoff.html
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Stlouis.html
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/independence.html
http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/greenway/leahy/ot/ind_mo.htm
3. What were the two types of wagons pioneers used?
http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/wagons.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/travel.htm
4. What type of animal did they choose to pull the wagon and why?
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Power.html
4. What was a wagon train and who was Jim Bridger?
http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/travel.htm#What%20was%20a%20Wagon%20Train
5. What were kinds of supplies did the pioneers take?
http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/supplies.htm
http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/barlowrd.htm#provisions
Make a list of the items the pioneers took, then group them according to the types of items they are. (example: tools, food, medicine, etc.)
6. What trails did they use?
http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/trails.htm
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html
http://www.stjohnks.net/santafetrail/
http://www.americanwest.com/trails/pages/oretrail.htm
7.
On the trail:
A. What did they do each day on the trail?
http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/lives.htm
B.
How
far did they travel each day?http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/lives.htm
C.
What
chores did the children do? http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/lives.htm
D.
What
did they cook? http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/cooking.htm
E.
How
did they build a fire? http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/fire.htm
F.
How
did they cross the rivers? http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/Crossing%20the%20Rivers.htm
G. What happened if they got sick?
http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/first-aid.htm
H. What were some dangers on the trail? http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/Dangers%20on%20the%20Trail.htm
8. What did they do after they reached their
destination?
http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/new%20home.htm
9.
Interesting Tid-Bits
http://www.nps.gov/whmi/educate/ortrtg/ortrtg4.htm
http://www.oregonpioneers.com/ortrail.htm