Westward Expansion Quick Activities and Games Fantastic Facts about the Oregon Trail http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Facts.html  Students read the 10 short stories of fantastic facts and write the main idea or summarize each one. Lewis and Clark Game:  http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/into/index.html  Play a game of expedition with Lewis and Clark Interactive Lewis and Clark http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/  Students join an interactive journey with Lewis and Clark in making decisions through the western frontier.  The choice is theirs to make as they create their adventure and keep notes in an online journal. Join a Cattle Drive  Learn what life was like on a cattle drive Lessons- Internet Lewis and Clark Webquest Captain Lewis and Clark are still looking for a few good volunteers to go along on their adventure into the wilderness. Will you be brave enough to join them?  By making a game/map of your adventure, you will be revealing the secrets of the unknown world to the rest of America! Wagon's West... An Oregon Trail Webquest   Your task is to pretend that you are a member of a group of pioneers selected by the government to complete the Oregon Trail. On your journey you must gather information about different aspects of the trail. The information gathered will be compiled into a report which will be sent back East so that the U.S. government and others can learn more about The Oregon Trail.  Lessons- Technology Web Pages- Landmarks on the Oregon Trail Students research various landmarks found along the Oregon Trail and create web pages complete with additional reference links and pictures. Click here to see an example of one class project. Click here for research links For a web page template:  Have the students open Netscape Communicator.  Then click this link and choose FILE, EDIT PAGE Click here for help using Netscape Communicator Westward Expansion Informational Book   Students use Amazing Writing Machine to create an informational book on Westward Expansion Internet Resources- Teacher Enchanted Learning- Louis and Clark:   Students will read the printable article in order to complete the cloze activity. Internet Resources- Student History of the Oregon Trail: http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/faq.html  Choose the different links to learn about the history of the Oregon Trail, prairie schooners, and the cost of items the pioneers had to take with them, plus lots more. Researching People on the Oregon Trail Oregon Trail Guidebook: Learn all about the Oregon Trail