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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

Some of these lessons require a account sign-up, that is free

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