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WEEK 3
Migration
Smithsonian Display - www.sites.si.edu
- JourneyStoriesPosters - The Smithsonian Poster collection for students! A more general history of movement and migration in the United States. These posters are appealing and are accompanied with a set of discussion questions found here.
Trails through Buffalo County
- Primary Source Analysis: John Randall Journey. A traveler along overland trails through Nebraska, Randall described Fort Kearny, the Platte River, and the surrounding Prairie in his diary. See the first ever Buffalo Tale, The Oregon Trail: The Randall Journal, by Alice Shaneyfelt Howell.
See the Primary Source Analysis discussion questions and map activity here!
14 Lessons on the Oregon Trail
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