Folks, traveling parties
will be forming and "jumping off" from
Independence, Missouri in early February. Prepare yourselves for a
fast and furious virtual journey!!
Travel and FATES Schedule:
Week 1:
Initial preparation: organization of wagons, supplies, preliminary
decisions, identities, supplies & map & Diary #1 Oregon
Fever
Week 2:
Travel & FATES:#1 Independence to #22 Fort Laramie
**Trail Decision #1=FATE#20**
Week 3:
Travel & FATES #23A Register Cliff to #37 Steamboat Spring
**Trail Decision #2=FATE#33**
Week 4:
Travel & Final FATES #38 Fort Hall to #47 The End of the Trail
**Trail Decision #3=FATE#43**
Week 5:
Final - Willamette Valley -Wagons roundup--finish classroom projects.
Celebrate!
Weekly Trail Meetings:
Pioneers (students),
have a chance to have some laughs,
make friends of your fellow travelers, and make those critical trail
decisions, together. Come in your Sunday-go-to-meetin' clothes and
bring your best
manners, Pardners!
Date |
Topic |
Week One |
Preparation |
Week Two |
Decision
at Horse Creek Crossing |
Week Three |
Decision
- Parting of the Ways |
Week Four |
Decision
- Whitman Mission |
Week Five |
Reunion! |
Campfire Meetings:
For Scouts
(teachers) traveling together, this one's for you! Drop into the warm
and convival Campfire Meetings. Get comfortable...share your successes,
tales and questions.
Date |
Topic |
Week One |
Meet
the Scouts - Getting Ready |
Week Three |
Life
on the Trail
(Share "mid-project" experiences) |
Week Five |
Trail's End
(project debriefing) |
End of the Trail Celebration:
All
good things come to an end...and so does our journey on the Ol' Oregon
Trail, Pardners. At Trail's End, it is only right and fitting that we
set a spell, together, and reflect on our time together...our trials and
tribulations, our adventures and fun...and the shining new life ahead
of us in Oregon's green valleys!
Yeeeeeehaaaaaaaaa!
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