Through class reading and research on the Internet, students will develop an understanding of the daily life and hardships experienced by the pioneers as they moved West. Students will be able to locate the path that the trail followed and identify the variety of terrain encountered along the trail. Students will understand the impact that the Oregon Trail had on U.S. History. Students will practice reading, writing, and technology skills. Students will understand the chronological order of historical events and recognize the complexity of historical cause and effect, including the interaction of forces from different spheres of human activity, the importance of ideas, and of individual choices, actions, and character.
Students understand cause and effect, the relations between events.
Students understand multiple causes, how forces from different spheres of life can cause or shape an event. Students understand the power of ideas behind important events. Students recognize the importance of individual choices, action, and character. Students map the historical migrations of the American people. Identify basic facts and ideas in what they have read, heard, or viewed, drawing on such strategies as recalling genre characteristics, setting a purpose, generating essential questions, and clarifying ideas by rereading and discussing.