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A teacher’s guide on the PBS website called In Search of the Oregon Trail http://www.pbs.org/opb/oregontrail/

This site has enough info on it to create a unit study all by itself http://www.eduscapes.com/42explore/oregon.htm

The Oregon California Trails Association site dedicated to the Oregon Trail. This site also has links to trail diaries, other trails west, western history, newspaper articles, trail genealogy, etc. http://www.ukans.edu/kansas/seneca/oregon/index.html

Connecting Students site for the Oregon Trail http://www.connectingstudents.com/themes/or_trail.htm

Emigrant Narratives and Biographies for the Oregon Trail http://www.teleport.com/~eotic/biomenu.html

Oregon Trail Map Library http://www.teleport.com/~eotic/maplib.html

Website for the “End of the Oregon Trail” enterpretive center http://www.teleport.com/~eotic/index.html

Teacher’s Net resources on the Oregon Trail http://www.teachersplanet.com/subjects/oregon.shtml

Places to visit on the Oregon Trail http://www.ohwy.com/or/o/oregontr.htm

This site has multiple links for various areas/places to visit on the Oregon Trail http://hometown.aol.com/tomactor/trailsitelinks.html

Details 22 places to visit on the Oregon Trail http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Sites.html

Illustrations of the Oregon Trail by Frederick Remington, N.C. Wyeth, and Thomas Hart Benton http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/OREGON/illus.html

The World Wide School’s transcription of a book describing a man’s 1846 crossing of the Oregon Trail. http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/hst/northamerican/TheOregonTrail/toc.html

The American West: The Oregon Trail http://www.americanwest.com/trails/pages/oretrail.htm

MSN Encarta’s entry on the Oregon Trail. There are three pieces of media here to incorporate into a unit study on the Trail. http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=047B8000

This site has topographical maps on the Oregon Trail available for purchase. http://www.oregontrailgroup.com/map1.htm

Kansas on the Oregon Trail http://www.ukans.edu/kansas/seneca/oregon/kscomm.html

The Applegate trail, the southern route of the Oregon Trail http://www.webtrail.com/applegate/index.html

Fish and wildlife along the Oregon Trail http://www.orst.edu/Dept/ODFW/trail/

The Oregon Trail via Kansas http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1918ks/v1/ch9p1.html

Oregon Trail Travelers: A Reenactment Company http://www.ottravelers.com/welcome.html

Pop up books on the Oregon Trail were designed and made by students http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/Barnes/previous/ortrail/animgifs/otgifs.html

The national Oregon/California Trail site http://www.oregontrailcenter.org/

Fantasitc Facts about the Oregon Trail including the Wind Driven Wagon and the $100 drink of water http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Facts.html

From Chimney Rock to Fort Laramie http://www.thehistorynet.com/HistoricTraveler/articles/1999/0499_cover.htm

Slavery and the Oregon Territory http://www.teleport.com/~eotic/slavery.html

Discovers and Explorers of the Oregon Trail http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Discoverers.html#Pikeanchor

Independence Rock http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/old_west/16961

Transcription of the Emigrant’s Guide from 1845 http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/IGUIDE/oregon-t.htm

Historic Wagon Trails http://www.trib.com/ADS/CARTER/

Donner Online (the Donner party) http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/donner/

Oregonkids.com site on the Oregon Trial http://www.oregonkids.com/oregon_trail.htm

The National Park website for the Whitman Mission http://www.nps.gov/whmi/

Access Idaho – Just for Kids http://www.accessidaho.org/education/kids.html

Oregon Facts for School Reports http://www.econ.state.or.us/KIDRPT.HTM