Oregon Trail Scavenger Hunt

Name _________________________

Oregon Trail Scavenger Hunt

http://www.teleport.com/~ludwig/ThinkQuest/Oregon_Trail/1trtr.html graphic site

Welcome to the Oregon Trail. You are a pioneer. Your task today is to find information that can be used to help other pioneers travel the trail safely. Below you will find Internet sites that will be used to answer questions many pioneers have asked in the past.

http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Jumpingoff.html

1. Click on the site above. In the space below write a list of the food supplies that you will need to
buy before you begin your trip on the trail.

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http://www.teleport.com/~sflora/indian3.htm

2. Use the above site to answer the following questions. Click on Native Americans. Describe what the
ones who lived inland ate.
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http://www.teleport.com/~sflora/indian5.htm

Click on the site above to discover what the inland Indians wore for clothing and describe it in your
own words below.

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http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Sites.html

3. The site above has many sites that you will see along the trail. Click on at least 3 sites. Describe
what you see in your own words.

Site Name ____________________________

Description of site:

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Site Name ____________________________

Description of site:

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Site Name ____________________________

Description of site:

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Site Name ____________________________

Description of site:

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http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Facts.html

4. Choose three or four topics under the Table of Contents and write about the information you find in
each site. One of the stranger ones is called Weird Wagons. You might want to try that one.