Web Hunts -The Oregon Trail

Explore the history of the great Westward Migration while answering questions based on a web site devoted to the Oregon Trail from its beginning to its end. Each web hunt is in the form of a self correcting multiple choice test with a reading source link for each question. The questions are shuffled each time the test is loaded to keep it interesting. You will be scored as you go.

After you finish some of the web quests, go over to Activities and try the Jigsaw Puzzle based on the 1869 painting by Albert Bierstadt called "The Oregon Trail", or a photo puzzle of a real emigrant wagon from the Library of Congress, or try the Crossword Puzzle. There is a writing activity called "One Photograph - Many Words".

The web site

1. Oregon Trail - Quest One
2. Oregon Trail - Quest Two
3. Oregon Trail - Quest Three - Fantastic Facts about the Trail.

(activities and webquests on Oregon Trail created by B.Reid)

Web Hunts -The Plymouth Colony
Grades 4 & 5

The Pilgrims came to America in the fall of 1620, setting sail from England on September 6, 1620. After a 66 day voyage on a small and storm tossed Mayflower, they made landfall off the coast of Cape Cod. Below are some web hunts based on original writings and research into the lives of these early settlers.

Web Site One
Web Site Two

1. The Mayflower Pilgrims - Quest One

Captain John Smith (from the Jamestown Colony)

Pocahontas (from the Jamestown Colony)

The Signing of the Mayflower Compact

The Plymouth Landing

The Pilgrims Give Thanks