Think about it…
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Think about it…Read the poem about a traveler on the Oregon Trail. After you finish reading and reflecting on
the poem, answer the questions below.
Oregon Trail
In our wagoncutting through the trail
not much food to be bragginnor water in our pail
Nothing but trees in our viewone lame horse
and another that lost a shoelight fading to darkness
We see stonesof others that fellnot here to roamdoing our best
going to sit up homein the west
--Earnest Clary
Oregon Trail
Where do you think this pioneer is traveling to? What problems might he encounter? Why would pioneers make the journey
westward?
Today’s Question:
Would you take the dangerous journey into the western United States?
Why or why not?
Activities:
1. Notes/class discussion: why did people move west?
2. 5 minute break
3. Diary of a Pioneer Girl
4. Dangers on the trail
5. What would you bring in your covered wagon?
Why did people move west?
Manifest Destiny: The idea that _________ was good and right for the country
Why did people move west?Economic factors that influenced migration
In the mid-1800s, the population in the eastern states was _________ quickly.
There was plenty of cheap, fertile ________ available out west.
The west had more natural resources: _________ for logging and fertile _________for farming
Why did people move west?Economic factors that influenced migration
In 1848, _________ was discovered in California. People from the eastern United States, Mexico, China, and South America came pouring in for the California gold rush.
Why did people move west?Economic factors that influenced migration
__________ __________traveled west in search of freedom.
How did they get there? Geographic factors that influenced westward migration
Transportation was becoming ______ and _______--steamboats--canals (Eerie Canal)
Knowledge of overland trails increased:--_______ Trail--_______Trail --_______ Trail--_______ Trail
Cheaper, faster transportation made going west easier
Pioneers used overland trails:Oregon, Santa Fe, Mormon and California
5 minute break!
What problems did pioneers have during their journey’s west?
Catherine Sager: the Diary of a pioneer girl
In April 1844 Catherine and her family took part in the great westward migration and started
their journey along the Oregon Trail.
Listen closely to each diary entry.After we read each section, answer the questions
in the boxes.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePL2bZCzjFQ 16:10
Sager Family
What happened?
During the journey, Catherine’s mother and father both lost their lives and left their seven children orphaned. Later adopted by Marcus
and Narcissa Whitman, missionaries in what is now Washington, the children were orphaned a second time, when both their new parents were
killed during the Whitman massacre in November 1847.
Other deadly problems on the trail21:24
What would you bring in your covered wagon?
Draw a picture of a covered wagon and the things you would put in it.
• Think about the reasons people moved west and the dangers they faced on the journey.
• What would you bring in your covered wagon to help you on the journey?
• Be historically accurate! What would people during that time have had available?