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What was life like on the Oregon trail?

• Produce a guide booklet for people thinking about going on the Great Migration.

• Include information about:• The sort of people that might be suitable for this journey – why might

people go on the Great Migration?• Hazards they will face• How to deal with these hazards – design of carts, how to travel,

provisions • Which routes to follow to where – (you could draw a map)• Which guides to take (people or routes)• Where to stop en route • What they will find when they get to their destination

• Use Heinemann pages 30-32 & Holmes Mc. pages 38-39 & 41

Websites for Homework

• www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html

• www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Trail

• www.library.thinkquest.org/CR0210182/

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