If You Traveled West In A Covered Wagon

Chapters

• 1 Introduction
• 2 What was the Oregon Territory?
• 3 Why did some people want to travel all the way to Oregon?
• 4 What was a covered wagon?
• 5 What was a wagon train?
• 6 Did anybody lead the wagon train?
• 7 What was the "trail guide"?
• 8 What kind of people traveled West?
• 9 What would your family bring in their covered wagon?
• 10 What was the best time of year to start the trip?
• 11 How would you cross bridges when there were no bridges?
• 12 How far would you travel in a day?
• 13 Would you ride in the wagon for the whole trip?
• 14 What were the dangers and difficulties of the trip?
• 15 Where would you sleep?
• 16 What kind of clothes did people wear?
• 17 What would you eat?
• 18 How did you make the buffalo meat last a long time?
• 19 How would you build a fire if you didn't have any wood?
• 20 What happened if you met Indians on the trail?
• 21 Would you go to school during the trip?
• 22 What chores would you have to do?
• 23 Could you have fun on the trip?
• 24 Would you see any wild animals?
• 25 Could you send a letter or receive one?
• 26 If you ran out of supplies, could you get more?
• 27 Was it hard driving the wagons over mountains?
• 28 Without road signs, how would you know where you were?
• 29 What is the Continental Divide?
• 30 What special tricks of the trail did the pioneers learn?
• 31 How do we know what it was like to travel West in a covered wagon?
• 32 Is there anything left of the old Oregon Trail?