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A Quest for New Land: The Oregon Trail
1999
Follow along the Oregon Trail with the Hankin's family. Experience the life of a pioneer family with the trials and tribulations attributed to the Oregon Trail. Objectives: Students will learn the location and how the trail looked by navigating the virtual reality worlds. - By reading the journals, the students will be able to interact with the Hankin's family and the emotions they experienced. - By completing the quiz, the students will be able to test their knowledge of the readings. - Students will be able to do further research by clicking on the web pages. - Students will be able to understand what pioneer life was like by observing the pictures.