Task There are many books written about western expansion and the Oregon Trail. Select one of these titles to read. Bound for Oregon A Pioneer Sampler If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon Westward ho with Ollie Ox How Would You Survive in the American West Rachel's Journal: The Story of a Pioneer Girl Addie's Long Summer Trouble for Lucy Balazing a Wagon Trail to Oregon A Day with the Cow Column The Oregon Trail Children of the Wild West Along the Sante Fe Trail Process: Before selecting a book to read, make a KWL chart. Step 1 One column of the KWL chart presents "K". What do you already know about the Oregon Trail? Write all you know underneath the "K" column. Step 2 The next column is "W". Write everything you want to learn and everything you expect to learn about the trail. Step 3 The last column is "L". After reading the book, write everything you learned. Evaluation: Students should have written the answers to the following questions in the KWL chart. *Why did emigrants travel on the Oregon / California or Sante Fe Trails? *What did the emigrants expect to happen when they reached their final destination? *Compare and contrast what the emigrants expected and what actually happened. *What did they have to do to prepare for the journey? *What happened to Native Americans before, during, and / or after migration? *What was the impact of the Native American way of life as a result of westward expansion?