My wood tripod over the campfire. To get ready to serve my students a traditional wagon train meal of beans, corn bread and coffee, I set out to figure out how to make a tripod like the pioneers might have had. A little research and a long stick found in the nearby woods and...
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The pioneers needed to provide for 6 months of food on the trail and, since there were no Walmart’s to go to if they ran out of supplies, enough to live on until they could grow their own. Tools were simple. So we had our students get to experience having to grind their...
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The covered wagons are parked and ready for their supplies. Preparing for our travel on the Oregon Trail has been fun. The students have all been grouped into “families” with new names and occupations. They have been very excited by their names and “How do you speak Swedish?”. On this day the families are...
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Our famous people from the 1800′s including Davy Crockett and Ann Sullivan. I have a multi-age classroom and my older students read about people that influenced events during the 1800′s. The assignment was to read the brief summary and write out an outline of the important events. Then come up with 3 questions to...
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This is the display we set up to help our scholars plan for their trip on the Oregon Trail. A very creative volunteer made our “hide” supply list. She even wrote some of the letters backwards to give it an old time feel! Very funny T.J.! Our scholars were grouped into families. They...
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