Please DO NOT start here without completing the other four stations...

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1 Please DO NOT start here without completing the other four stations...

2 Exit Station: Pioneers & The Oregon Trail Once pioneers...began immigrating [on the Oregon Trail], it was almost inevitable that the Oregon Country would fall to America. Is this true? What evidence can we find that pioneers using the Oregon Trail helped America lay claim to the Oregon Country? Target: I can show how pioneers and the Oregon trail helped the United States lay claim to the Pacific Northwest (Oregon Country).

3 FYI: Vocabulary Oregon Country: a vast region of the Pacific Northwest competitively settled by Britain, Spain, Russia and the United States. Oregon Territory: A region of the Pacific Northwest officially a part of the United States through an international treaty. Territory later divided into three territories: Washington, Oregon and Idaho. These become states.

4 (option a.) Exploring the Web: The Oregon Trail Identify examples from each source that explain the different challenges faced by pioneers on the trail. Identify examples that show how pioneers explored and established homes, forts, posts or camps in the new territory. On your home computer, school ipad or Chromebook, use these links to learn about the Oregon Trail. Video: Trail of Dreams Wagons Trails to the West Article: 9 Thing You May Not Know About the Oregon Trail u-may-not-know-about-the-oregon-trail

5 (option b.) Exploring the Oregon Trail Through Cartography (map-making): Read p On your relief map, layout the Oregon Trail. Do this by labeling the major stops, landmarks and pathway. Provide a brief description for each of these landmarks and stops along the way. Complete this assignment by carefully reading The Great Plains, The Rocky Mountains, The Snake River Valley, The Blue Mountains and The Columbia River and Beyond. Use the map on p. 186 as a guide.

6 WHICH NATION IS LEFT STANDING? (teacher assigned) (read p ; 190) What claims were made on the Oregon Country? What evidence was used to justify their claims by each nation? Treaty of Ghent claims?) Adams-Onis Treaty claims?) Convention of 1818 claims?) Monroe Doctrine claims?) Treaty of Oregon 1846 claims? p.190) Spain Britain United States Russia

7 Who was Dr. John McLaughlin? (teacher assigned) Who was John McLaughlin and what were his accomplishments in helping British and ultimately American interests lay claim Oregon Country? Read p. 138, 158, 160, 171, 175, 191 to find the answers to these questions. Create a biography of John McLaughlin in the form of a Focus On. Use the information you collected. Use text and pictures to help other students understand McLaughlin and his accomplishments in helping British and Americans lay claim to the Oregon Country.

8 What Can YOU do? You ve completed the assigned tasks. Now, can you show how Pioneers and the Oregon Trail helped the United States lay claim to the Oregon Country? To demonstrate your ability to meet the target, you may-- Sit down with Mr. Southern and present your completed station assignments. Explain what you have learned from your completed assignments that shows how Pioneers and the Oregon Trail helped the United States lay claim to the Oregon Country. or Submit a written explanation attached to your completed assignments. Explain how your completed assignments are evidence of how Pioneers and the Oregon Trail helped the United States lay claim to the Oregon Country.