Oregon Trail Simulation (Print and Digital)

This Oregon Trail activity simulates the obstacles faced by pioneers traveling westward. This student favorite is also a great cross-curricular activity as students have to buy supplies and manage their budget. And, it fits great into any westward expansion lesson.

It includes:

-47 slide Oregon Trail simulation game (PowerPoint, and Google Slide versions are included)

-Oregon Trail supply price list (2 pages, also includes fillable PDF and Google Drive versions so students can type on the documents while on a computer)

-Oregon Trail simulation choice chart (2 pages, also includes fillable PDF and Google Drive versions so students can type on the documents while on a computer)

-Oregon Trail simulation teacher directions (5 pages, plus additional directions for Google Drive and OneDrive)

-Budget Cards (4 pages, print out a set for students to draw from or use the digital cards made in Google Slides and PowerPoint), digital cards added April 2020

-Family profile cards (4 pages, print out 1 set for your students to draw from or use the digital cards made in Google Slides and PowerPoint), digital cards added April 2020

-About My Family (1 page, students use their imaginations to create names and ages for their family, explain why they want to leave their home, etc.)

-Oregon Trail extension activity

Zip file contains: PDF files, fillable PDFs, PowerPoint files, links to Google Slides documents

This download contains files that may be printed and copied or used digitally. Use whichever version fit best with your class. The other version remain yours in case you ever need to use them (in case your school makes the jump to 1:1 classes sometime in the future or if you have a student whose IEP requires a hard copy of assignments instead of digital ones).

You may put the materials in this file on a site for STUDENT USE that RESTRICTS access like Google Drive, Google Classroom, OneDrive, Edmodo, Blackboard, etc. where students are either invited via an email address or log in with a user name and password. IT MAY NOT BE UPLOADED TO A CLASS WEBSITE UNLESS THE SITE IS RESTRICTED TO STUDENTS WITH A LOGIN AND PASSWORD.

Questions? Email me at andrea@musingsofahistorygal.com.

***This resource is included in the following larger bundles:***

* Manifest Destiny and Expansion of United States Bundle

* U.S. History to 1877 Bundle

* U.S. History Mega Bundle: Exploration to Present

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You may also like:

Manifest Destiny & the Expansion of the United States PowerPoint & Guided Notes

Oregon Trail Doodle Notes

Western Expansion & Manifest Destiny Unit Test Prep & Review Game for PowerPoint

Events Leading to the Civil War Bundle

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