Themes: 

1. Preparing for the Trail
2. A Day in the Life on the Oregon Trail
3. Challenges of the Trail
4. Describe the Trail 

Preparing for the Trail

• Slide Show: http://www.slideshare.net/cphippen2/the-oregon-trail
• eHow Facts for Kids: http://www.ehow.com/info_7944936_oregon-trail-kids.html
• Britannica Online
• username: 0027admd
• password: haea11
• Why oxen? Oxen on the Trail
• ThinkQuest - The Oregon Trail show

A Day in the Life

• Kids on the Trail - what was life like for kids?
• PBS - The Whitmans
• ThinkQuest - The Oregon Trail show
• ThinkQuest #2 - The Oregon Trail
• PBS - Frontier Life in Wagon Trains
• ThinkQuest #3 - What Was Life Like
• on The Trail?
• Challenges: no bathing, walking barefoot, and more
• Camping on the Trail

Challenges of the Trail 

Describe the route of the Trail

• eHow - Oregon Trail Facts for Kids
  
• ThinkQuest - The Oregon Trail show
  
• PBS - go to page 2 - Frontier Life in Wagon Trains
  
• Challenges: no bathing, walking barefoot, and more
  
• Native Americans on the Trail
  
• Frontier Trails - The Oregon Trail
  

• eHow - Oregon Trail Facts for Kids
• ThinkQuest - The Oregon Trail show
• History Globe - click "Trail Tour" button - The Oregon Trail
• ThinkQuest #2 - The Oregon Trail
• About the route - The Trail
• Historic Sites Along The Oregon Trail