Western Expansion - General

• Discovery School > History of the US > Western Expansion
  http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook/atozhistory/u/576000.html#HEAD5
  

 

Western Expansion - The Oregon Trail

• The Oregon Trail
  http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html
  
  
• End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
  http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/index.html
  This exceptional web site is a treasure trove of detailed resources. Make sure that you click on the Main Library as well as Emigrant Narratives and Biographies. Every month a new "Pioneer Family of the Month" is featured with detailed biographies of the people who came west. Maps, chronologies, diaries, provision lists - incredible primary source information.
  
  
• Oregon Trail Adventure
  http://www.connectingstudents.com/ot/
  Experience this interactive adventure as you make your way across the country.
  

Resources selected by Andrea Owens. This web site is maintained by the fourth grade teachers of Germantown Academy, David Nagel, Larry Kraut, and Julia Blumenreich. Site design by David Nagel and technical assistance furnished by Carol Siwinski, Curricular Technology Specialist and Andrea Owens, Home Page Coordinator.