Teaching with Primary Sources

The Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities

Using the Library of Congress to Advantage to Study

 

The Oregon Trail

Amie Betzwiser, Lisa Blankenship, Ashley O’Connor, Gina Shawron, Carolyn Yates

 

For the Student

Sample Journals:
Travel Journal Across the Rocky Mountains
Journal through the Oregon Trail
The English Sportsman in the Western Prairies

Maps/Pictures:
Authentic Paintings
Ohio River Valley
Hunting Buffalo

Native American Information:
Native American Vocabulary
More Vocabulary
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
Indian Languages of Oregon and Washington

Digital/Video:
The Oregon Trail [Historical film]

 

Historical Background

 

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Bibliography

 

 

For the Teacher

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