End of Oregon Trail
End of Oregon Trail
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End of the Oregon Trail
Why are those three covered wagons surrounded by a fence? They are being used as a canopy for the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, a museum devoted to the history of the Oregon Trail.
I. Vocabulary words from this article:
- trail
- covered
- wagon
- canopy
- surround
- belongings
- alongside
- dusty
- hardship
- shelter
II. Pre-Reading Questions
What do you know about the Oregon trail?
How did pioneers first travel from the U.S. east coast to the west?
III. Reading Time
End of the Oregon Trail from America’s Library (www.americaslibrary.gov)
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