Role 2: A Pioneer

It's 1840 and you need a new start.  With the country's expansion West, 
you hear of riches and opportunity beyond anything you have 
experienced back here in the East.  You decide to pack up the whole 
family and head West.  You are a pioneer, willing to work the land and 
start a new life.

Use the resources below to research your journey.  Things you might 
want to consider in your research are:

1. What were your reasons for heading West?
2. What items and supplies did you take with you?
3. What mode of transportation did you use?
4. What route did you follow and why?
5. What obstacles and hardships did you face along the way?
6. How did you deal with the Native people?
7. What did you find when you got there?

Internet Links to Web Sites on pioneers

Internet Links to Web Sites on pioneers
http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/mambo/

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210182/

http://www.oregontrailcenter.org/

http://www.historyglobe.com/ot/otmap1.htm

http://www.americanwest.com/

http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/histhome.html

http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html

http://www.geocities.com/cbmshistory/Oregontrail/OregonTrailProject.html

http://www.over-land.com/trwest.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/

http://www.americanwest.com/trails/pages/oretrail.htm

http://www.rootsweb.com/~orbenton/COONDIAR.htm

http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Jumpingoff.html

Wagons
http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/wagons.html

Other Resources

Just because this is a Web Quest doesn't mean that you are limited to 
using the web for resources.  Here are some books and other research 
materials you will find in the school library:

305.2 FRE 
Children of the Wild West. Freedman, Russell.

391 KAL 
19th century clothing. Kalman, Bobbie

641.50973 ERD 
Food and recipes of the westward expansion : Erdosh, George,

REFERENCE
917.8 SNY 
In the footsteps of Lewis and Clark, Snyder, Gerald S.

973.8 BRO 
The struggle to grow : Brown, Gene.

REFERENCE
978 DAV 
The American frontier : Davis, William C.,

978 ERI 
Daily life in a covered wagon / Erickson, Paul,

978 JAF 
The Oregon Trail : Jaffe, Elizabeth D.

978 LEV 
If you traveled west in a covered wagon / Levine, Ellen.

978 PEN 
Westward ho! : Penner, Lucille Recht.

978 PIR 
The wild, wild west / Pirotta, Saviour.

978 SAN 
Oregon Trail / Santrey, Laurence.

978 SAN 
Pioneers : Sandler, Martin W.

978 SCH 
Black frontiers : Schlissel, Lillian.

978 SHA 
Boomtowns / Shapley, Robert W.,

978 SMI 
Exploring the frontier : Smith, C. Carter, ed.

978 SMI 
The riches of the West : Smith, C. Carter, ed.

978 STE 
Children of the westward trail / Stefoff, Rebecca,

978 STE 
Frontiersmen / Stewart, Gail,

978 STE 
Scouts / Stewart, Gail,

978 STE 
First frontier / Stefoff, Rebecca,

978 WAR 
Pioneer girl : Warren, Andrea.

978 WIL 
The American West / Williams, Lucy.

978 WRO 
Kids in pioneer times / Wroble, Lisa A.