1.This is the main site for our Oregon Trail Project. There are links to
project resources, as well as a project outline.
http://www.cyberbee.com/wwho/index.html
2. What do you know about the lives of pioneer children? Test your
knowledge with the wonderful PBS provided site.
http://pbskids.org/stantonanthony/frontier_girl.html
3. Trail Ledger. Created by "Rodeo Rick" (Richard Rasmussen ) a long
time trail blazer. Also visit his Oregon Trail web site for more wonderful
information, pictures, and ideas.
http://www.beacon-christian.org/OregonTrailSupplyLedger.xls
4. Rodeo Rick's Oregon Trail Page. If you need just about any Oregon
Trail information, resources, or illustrations just vist this wonderful site
developed by Richard Rasmussen.
http://www.beacon-christian.org/rodeorich.htm
5.Historic Sites along the Oregon Trail. "Clickable" interactive map.
http://www.isu.edu/%7Etrinmich/Sites.html
6.ShooFly Shae's Oregon Trail Site.
Lots of Links to Oregon Trail Information from the Greenwood School.
This is a good place to find information on just about everything needed
for the Oregon Trail Project.
http://courses.missouristate.edu/ckj271f/oregontrail.htm
7.What should we take on the trail? Pepperment, vinegar, corn meal and
more. What supplies will you need for the trail. Provision information.
http://www.sd129.org/goodwin/plan-3.htm#Food
8. Pioneers ThinkQuest. Information about the pioneers of the west.
Who were they? How did they travel? Live? Work? What happened to
them once they reached their destination?
http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/default.htm
9.Virtual Field Trip of the Oregon Trail
http://www.field-guides.com/ss/otrail/index.htm
10.Doctors, Remedies, and Cure on the Oregon Trail.
http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/med1.html
11.Great Information can be found in the Westward Expansion section
of this page. Great for putting together your diary entries and answering
Travel questions.
http://teachers.emints.org/mathysl/missouri.html#Westward%20Expansion
12.Covered Wagon Model building have you stuck in the mud? Hop on
over to this very informative site. Model directions provided.
http://www.nps.gov/whmi/educate/ortrtg/12or4.htm
13. Covered Wagon Models building still not going well? Yet another
example is available on this page, with pattern and directions.
http://www.nps.gov/whmi/educate/ortrtg/12or5.htm
14.Home on The Trail- Learn about prairie schooners.
http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/wagons.html
15. Learn more about plants and animals found along the Oregon Trail.
Once you 'click' on the link below, scroll down the page until you see the
section labeled p.27, plants and animals. There are 3 additional links.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/profbooks/technology/netexplorations/pioneers.htm
16. Among the first pioneers to enter the west were missionaries
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman. This web site provided by the Whitman
Mission National Park provides recipes and additional links to Oregon
Trail sites.
http://www.nps.gov/whmi/newsite/whitmans.htm
Old Faithful web cam
http://www.nps.gov/yell/oldfaithfulcam.htm
Hot Springs and Geysers
http://www.gigagraphica.com/geyser/grand/grand.html
St. Louis Gateway Arch- Interesting Quiz about the monument to westward
expansion. St. Louis is The Gateway to the West
http://www.gatewayarch.com/Arch/info/arch.fun.quiz.aspx
Chimney Rock, Nebraska- How long will it last? Is the famous monument
eroding away?
http://www.nebraskahistory.org/sites/rock/willitlast.htm
Fort Laramie- Take a virtual tour of this important trading and resting point
along the trail.
http://www.nps.gov/archive/fola/tour.htm