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

This is part of the site The Oregon Trail and helps to answer questions about Native Americans along the trail. Talks about native Americans along the Oregon trail.

http://www.teleport.com/~samc/ortrail/index.html

Another great site full of information, activities and great photos.

http://www.neupc.org/wagons.html

Shows great photos of the wagons that were used.

http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/Greenway/leahy/ot/index.htm

This is a classroom site called “ On the Oregon Trail”. There is a good map and a art work of students. A word search and several other student activities are available.

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

 This is a four star site. In contains all about the trail, historical sites, facts about the trail, and trail archives. In addition it includes a teachers guide to the site. This site will help you to find many answers you may be looking for.

http://www.kamalii.k12.hi.us/Oregon_Trail_-__Wagons_Wes.html

This is a great site to show you all about trail wagons. What people backed, how they were made and lots of other information!

http://images.kclibrary.org/sid/bin/show_gif.plx?image=AAC6762%2Esid&client=trails

A map showing the route of the Oregon Trail including the topography of the states along the way. You can click onto the part of the map you want to view close up and it will zoom into the picture. This site is limited to viewing the trail and what it may have felt like to be there. This also contains a map of the Pony Express Trail.

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http://www.wvi.com/users/TIC/tic.htm

This site includes actual journals written by Pioneers along the Oregon Trail. It is a fun site full of activities and information. 

http://www.americanwest.com/

This site is loaded with maps and information about the western frontier.

http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6400/

This is another 4 star site for kids. It has won several awards, is easy to use and answers many many question. One of the questions it answers is, what were some on the dangers on the trail. Another good source for kids and teachers.

Presents clear descriptions of an obstacle in their journal. This would include:

where the pioneer was likely to confront this problem 

and solutions that the pioneers would have found. 

This would include details and facts.

Presents good descriptions of an obstacle but is missing some of the important pieces of the problem.  The student included a solution to the problem but it was not completely thought out as it lacked details and facts.

Students was not able to demonstrate knowledge of the obstacles along the trail AND a solution.  Student completed one of the two components.

Student is able to use correct dates, and facts about the Oregon Trail.

Student uses dates and facts but not all of them are correct. 

Students uses dates and facts but has many mistakes.

Students was was not able to use dates or facts.

Students includes the following in the journal writing:

personal observations from the eyes of a pioneer

develops the characters in their journal and shows character growth

develops relationships between characters in their journals

Student includes some of the following:

personal observations from the eyes of a pioneer

develops the characters in their journal and shows character growth

develops relationships between characters in their journals

Student was able to show one of the following:

personal observations from the eyes of a pioneer

develops the characters in their journal and shows character growth

develops relationships between characters in their journals

Student did not demonstrate this.

Students have almost no errors in grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Students have several errors on paper.

Students has many errors on paper.

Student did not demonstrate this.

Excellent descriptions of geographical formations and topography of each state along the Oregon Trail are included in the diary. 

Several descriptions of  many of the states geographical formation and descriptions of topography but not all were included in the diary.

Student included one or two of the states geographical formations in their diary.

Student was not able demonstrate an understanding of the states.