We are working on gaining background knowledge about life on the Oregon Trail and Westward Expansion in general. We have a lot of new learning that we have gained through video, books and now Webpath Express searching.
Please share some interesting new learning with us! Bring on the fascinating facts!
Children were very busy on the trail! I was surprised to learn that they collected buffalo chips to burn! The entire journey took from four to six months. That is about half a year! I could go on and on, but I don't want to take your new learning from you!
ReplyDeleteThe trail was very rough. They had to face many obstacles like whether, mountains, Native Americans and a lot of other things. Some day were happy some days were sad. Independence Missouri was the main starting point. Most people started their trip there. They would make a circle of wagons for the night for protection. Before they left they would have to sell their house, give up some of their favorite things, buy supplies, and buy a wagon for 85 dollars. The boys and the girls had some different chores on the trail and some the same. Some people would bring a guard dod for extra safety. Usually oxen or horses pull the wagon. It must have been REALLY hard on the animals. Im looking forward to finding more background knowledge!!
ReplyDeleteI am learning about the Oregon Trail and I am going to tell you some facts that I've learned. Most families left behind their grandmothers and grandfathers. They stuck things that they might need for the trail in their wagons. They had to pass Independence Rock by July 4th. Some people went to California and some people went to Kansas. Other people went other places but, most people went to Oregon City. People used Chimney Rock for target practices. The top of Chimney Rock has been shot down. People signed their names on Independence Rock and they signed messages to other people. Women made cloth with their names on it for the people that left. They passed into Fort Larmie to get their wagons fixed and trade horses. People left some of their belongings so they can pass across rivers. There were a lot of stops made during the trip. If they found the landmarks. it meant that they were on track.
ReplyDeleteI have learned that most people have to lighten their load so the animals would not drop dead. The only people that would ride in the wagon where sick, young, sometimes elderly people and pregnet wemon. Sometimes when they are picking crops they can pick posines food and feed it to other people on axadent that will most likely make them die or sleep for days while very sick. Allmost evrey inch in the wagon is filled up with stuff. It may take days to cross one single river. At night they form a circle with wagons and in the morning the wagon that was first would go to the back the next day.
ReplyDeleteI learned that if you were not at Independence Rock by July 4th, you were behind. If your family brought to much stuff, your family might need to leave things behind when you crossed rivers. Sometimes some of the ladies would get together and make an Autograph quilt. An Autograph quilt is a people sew their names on so they can remember they by on their trip. When crossing rivers they had to be careful because if mules get water in their ears they could drown. They circled the wagons because it was more protected. The children had to pick up buffalo chips to start fires at night. The trip took 4/6 months. Most families at their dinner in front of their wagon.
ReplyDeleteAnd thats a rap
47 out of the first 72 people died on the journey. Some of the people survived by eating other died people. Sad and gross.
ReplyDeleteThis is what I leaned:
ReplyDelete1. They usually left at independence Missouri.
2. The wagon cost about 85$.
3. Usually oxen pulled the wagon.
4. Circled the wagons at night for protection
5. Land Marks: Chimney Rock, Independence Rock
I learned that.....
ReplyDelete1. If you don't make it to Independence Rock by July 4th you are late.
2. The children collected buffalo chips to burn! Gross!
3. Oxen pulled the wagon.
4. Some had guard dogs.
5. They circled teir wagons at night.
6. they started at Independence Missouri.
7. the trip took 4 to 6 months.
8. lots of people died.
9. most went to Oregon city but some went other places.
10. Lots had to lighten their load so their animals didn't die.
I love the pioneer unit already. I learned that
ReplyDelete1. Pioneers collected buffalo chips to burn ( as Ms. P said)
2. When the wagons stop for night they circle there wagons
3. It took 4-6 months to get to Oregon
4. Most pioneers started from Independence, Missouri
5. Lots of people brought journals on the trail
I can't wait to learn more!
Oregon Trail Facts:
ReplyDeleteUS covered everything until the Rocky Mountains.
1840s to the 1860s.
They formed a wagon trail after they went down the trail.
Some went looking for adventure while others went looking for fortune.
Farmers started moving west for cheap, fertile land.
Stories were told of open land and Native Americans.
Along with farmers, there were doctors, blacksmiths, tailors, store keepers, prospectors, criminals and ministers.
Crossed over 2,000 miles of uncharted land.
It was the first wagon load to span the continent.
People also broke off to different trails that went to Utah and California.
From the 1840s to 1850s, one half million immigrants set off for a 5-6 month journey.
Wagons are 4 feet wide, 2 feet deep, and 10 to 11 feel long.
The cost for a good wagon is 85 dollars.
The wagon needs to be very sturdy to hold all of the family possessions.
Oxen are the best animal to pull a wagon, but some use mules or horses to pull their wagons.
What is in the wagon is very important, there are guide books for what you should bring.
Very few cooking utensils should be brought along.
Children are expected to act like adults and stay by there parents side so they don't wander off and get lost.
They traveled at 2 mph.
Native Americans have called the land home for thousands of years.
That's all I have for today, SEE YOU NEXT TIME @MS.PAPADAKES'HIDEAWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't have any new facts, but I will soon. I used the facts from the Oregon trail video. I'm so sorry!
ReplyDeleteI learned that they didn't go alone. They went with family members sometimes and sometimes with a doctor. They would also need to bring a cow, chickens, a horse and oxen. They wouldn't sit in the wagon because there was a lot of stuff in there, like food and water. You can't sit in the wagon unless you are pregnant, you are a baby, a toddler, or an elderly.
ReplyDeleteA good wagon cost about 45 dollars. At night when the Pioneers get ready for bed they circle up the wagons so they feel more safe. When you leave Independence Missouri you had to find your group and they didn't chose just anybody they chose people how could help them along the way. Kids where thought how to listen for snakes and other predators. Most people just walk beside the wagon.
ReplyDeleteI learned that buffalo chips is buffalo poo. The boys helped the men guard. They took turns.
ReplyDeleteThe pioneers ate bacon a lot. They walked instead of riding in the wagon.
They dreamed that there would be cheep land and rich soil. They made a lot of quilts.
The trail was 2,000 miles a long way.
I learned that
ReplyDelete1. at night they made a circle out of wagons
2. and that teenager boys guarded the wagons
3. they sang and danced and played inside their circle of wagons
4. they went in groups
5. they have many kids in their families
6. old,pregnet,toddlers ride in wagons
7. they walked
8. if animals get water in their ear they freak out
9. they take apart their wagon if they are crossing a river
10. they brought all different kinds of animal for all different reasons
11. they had to give up many personal stuff and it was very hard
They never rode in the wagon unless they were pregnant, an elder or you couldn't walk. the Oregon trail was aproxamently 2,000 miles long.when you had diseses such as clhorea or bloody flux.
ReplyDeleteI learned that the pioneers tried to find away to not cross over Snake River because so many people die when they cross Snake River. There was a story about a baby that stood up while crossing Snake River and toppled over and fell under the rear wheel and was instantly killed.
ReplyDeleteThey had to deal with rain, snow, sleet and mountains
They made butter by putting milk in a jar and putting it in the wagon because the wagon is so shaky.
They only brought a few animals with them the brought one or two cows and two or three oxen.
They had to sell there house, animals and a lot of special things to buy a good wagon
They had to say goodbye they had to get quilts and blankets
They were ready for anything like, dangerous animals, rivers and Native Americans
Facts about the Oregon Trail.
ReplyDeleteThe Oregon Trail had lots of land marks like chimney rock,fort kerney,fort leramey,indepedece town,fort hall soda spings,and lots of others on the trail they made lots of stuff like quilts.
The Oregon Trail had births and deaths.
ReplyDeleteIt also had many landmarks such as South Pass, Chimney Rock, Independence Rock and many others. The Oregon Trail was about 2,000 miles long. Pioneers had to say good byes to many loved ones. Some Pioneers died on there journey to a better life.
The Pioneers sometimes made quilts for many reasons. They had to sell their house before they left.