3rd Grade Resource Page
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Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark - the Expedition - this is a great site!!!
Lewis and Clark - Join the Lewis and Clark expedition!
Lewis and Clark Expedition - a good overview
Lewis and Clark Quiz - how much do you know about the expedition?
Oregon Trail:
Teacher Link: Oregon Trail Curriculum Ideas Link
Student Links:
Landmarks of the Oregon Trail (new Oct. 2009) - Click on a location on the map to see a photo and information. Then use the arrows on the top right to see other places along the trail. Good site!
On the Oregon Trail (new Oct. 2009) - excellent site using student information!
Oregon Trail (new Oct. 2009) - good site of facts about hardships on the Oregon Trail!
Oregon Trail Map - the map is wide - scroll if you can't see it all.
A Place Called Oregon - this is a terrific site with lots of old photos, postcards, 1850 census, governors, sheriffs, ministers, counties, and much more!
Go West - Imagining the Oregon Trail
Trails to Utah and the Pacific
Early Oregon Pioneers – a listing of early pioneer names with where they came from and where they settled.
The Applegate Trail - the southern route into Oregon as a contrast to the trail most spoken of.
The Oregon Trail - a primer of the trail, historical sites, and more.
Three Island Crossing, Glenns Ferry, Idaho. Every year on the 2nd weekend in August local residents reenact the crossing by the people of the Oregon Trai. Includes quotations of people on the trail, and excellent color photos of crossing the river.
Historical Gazette: Emigrant Wagons Roll Westward - first hand account of traveling the trail in 1843.
End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
Links to the Oregon Trail – many links!
The Oregon Trail – the story of the Oregon Trail, Interesting information; fairly high level reading.
Portland:
Official City of Portland site
Portland general information site
