Overview:

As we play the “Wagons West!” game in class, you will be creating a rough draft map of the journey your wagon group took. The map will be filled in daily as we study different areas along the Oregon Trail or trail to Sacramento. Students will learn about the struggles Americans faced as they traveled west in the 1800s. The final map will be completed at home using your rough draft as a guide.

Requirements:

  1. Students will be required to update their rough draft map throughout the class study.
  1. By the due date, students will turn ina hand drawn or traced map showing the route your wagon took to Oregon or California. Use COLOR and 3 events that occurred to your wagon on the trail. The events should be written where it took place on the map.
  1. You need to include one sentence that describes the geography of the location.
  1. Included on the map will be 3 two sentence “mementos” of things that happened to you and your “wagon family” along the way. (You will get this information from your fate cards, so make sure you’re keeping a log of what happens to you!) Consider using vernacular from that people going west would use in the 1800s.

Definition of memento: n. pl. me·men·tos or me·men·toes.

A reminder of the past; a keepsake

  1. Include your wagon family name on the map
  1. Possible creative details: Extra Drawings on the map (animals, other landmarks, etc), flowers dried on the map, extra historical facts about the mid-1800s.

Reminders:

  • Your Pioneer map must be hand-drawn. YOU WILL BE PROVIDED WITH AN OUTLINE MAP.
  • Be Creative and use your imagination when creating your map!
  • You will need to include factual information from class notes at your stops/ fate cards
  • You will lose points if you do not include “mementos” from the fate cards.
  • Make your map look old and worn. Remember it is from the 1800s!
  • Include at least three events that happened along the way.

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Grade Sheet: Pioneer MAP Requirements

OVERALL APPEARANCE / ____ Looks like a real hand-drawn map
____ Old Appearance
____ Wagon Family name is included on map
____ Overall Creativity
____ Your name and period are written on the back of the map
____ Map includes color
____ Overall Creativity / _____ / 5
Landmarks included
Each should include two sentence description of the area and why it is important / ____ Independence Missouri (*starting point)
____ Chimney Rock
____ Two forts labeled on map
____Each location includes a factual sentence regarding the geography or difficulty this area presented to the traveler. / _____ / 5
Mountains and Rivers Each should include two sentence description of the area and why it is important / ____ Rocky Mountains
____ Sierra Nevadas (if traveling to California)
____ Rivers
____Each location includes a factual sentence regarding the geography or difficulty this area presented to the traveler. / _____ / 5
“Mementos”
Items you may have picked up to remember your Events (fate cards) / ____ Memento #1
____ Memento #2
____ Memento #3
____ Creativity and Detail / _____ / 5
Events that happened along the way(FATE CARDS) / ____ Event #1-2 sentences (labeled on the map)
____ Event #2 -2 sentences (labeled on the map)
____ Event #3 -2 sentences (labeled on the map) / _____ / 5