Oregon Trail Research Project:
- Here you will choose one of the 50 topics that you are interested in learning more about.
- Find at least two sources (Oregon Trail 101, Wikipedia, World Book Online, etc.)
- Read the encyclopedia overview to see if you are still interested in your topic. If not, then start over at #1
- Create a focus question about your topic that you wish to answer. For example if you are interested in the Gold Rush, you could ask “What were the major hardships for those who traveled to California for the Gold Rush?
- Include the sources where you found your information. Cite your sources!
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1. Apache 2. Arapaho 3. Bridget “Biddy” Mason 4. Buffalo Soldiers 5. California Gold Rush 6. Cattle drives 7. Cheyenne 8. Chief Joseph 9. Cochise 10. Colonel John Fremont 11. Conestoga wagons and prairie schooners 12. Daniel Boone 13. Davey Crockett 14. Desert Trail 15. Donation Land Act (Oregon) 16. Donner Party 17. Forts along the trails |
18. George Caleb Bingham, painter 19. Hopi 20. Indian Territory / Five Civilized Tribes 21. Indian Wars 22. Jean Baptist Pointe Du Sable 23. Jedediah Smith 24. Jim Bridger 25. Kit Carson 26. Lewis and Clark 27. Louisiana Purchase 28. Maps of trails and purchases in the West 29. Mexican War 30. Mormon Battalion 31. Mormon Trail 32. Nez Perce 33. Northwest Territory |
34. Old Spanish Trail 35. Oregon Territory Treaty with Britain, 1846 36. Oregon Trail 37. Paiute 38. Pony Express 39. Pueblo 40. Santa Fe Trail 41. Shoshone 42. Sioux 43. Sitting Bull 44. Songs of the Westward Movement 45. Tecumseh 46. Telegraph 47. Texas / Mexico / Alamo 48. Trail food 49. Transportation in the West 50. Value of the Oregon Territory |
Please Share your research projects here. Thanks, Mr. Brian