A’s Story of The Oregon Trail – Part 3

Will Lilly Mae make it to The West? Let’s hope so…
Yesterday we arrived at Dalles…
We are about to cross the Columbia River to Oregon City. I feel scared. I don’t want to drown!
We met an old man in Dalles who told us that the river is very dangerous.
We are crossing the river now. The water [...]

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M’s Story of The Oregon Trail – Part 3

We have been learning about the many challenges faced by the pionneers on the Oregon Trail back in the 19th Century. In Part 3 of “M”’s story, Bill has reached Dalles…
Yesterday we arrived at Dalles.
Today we have to climb over the amazing Barlow Toll Road. The Barlow Toll Road is a very steep road but [...]

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M’s Story of The Oregon Trail – Part 2

“M” catches up with Bill on The Oregon Trail…
We have been travelling for six weeks. It was so boring! Ma said that it would be an adventure – what a load of rubbish!
YES!! We are at Fort Laramie! There are loads of soldiers on horses. Me, Ma and Pa are in a trading post [...]

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A’s Story of The Oregon Trail – Part 2

“A” catches up with Lilly Mae on the Oregon Trail…
We are at Split Rock. We have been travelling for six weeks now. I wish that I could go home – I feel sick and I miss my friends.
Today I was playing on the rocks with an Indian girl. I won’t tell Ma because she might [...]

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A Short History of The Oregon Trail

“M” and “A” have been working on their note taking skills. We began by visiting a number of websites on the history of The Oregon Trail, checking our information against three different sources before making notes. Today we directed our attention towards composing a section of text from the notes that we had. This led [...]

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Painting Monet’s Garden

On a recent visit to Monet’s garden at Giverney, we were inspired to take lots of photographs. Back home, we projected one of our photographs onto our Promethean interactive whiteboard and did some sketches. Being able to see the photograph on the whiteboard enabled us to really focus on the range of greens that we [...]

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A’s Story of the Oregon Trail – Part 1

“M” and “A” have been thinking about what it might have been like to have set out on the Oregon Trail. Over the next few days they will be taking their characters along the trail, sharing their experiences and their emotions as they go…
Here is Part 1 of “A”’s account…
The Oregon Trail
My name is Lilly [...]

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M’s Story of the Oregon Trail Part 1

On a recent trip to the States we were lucky enough to be able to make several stops along the Oregon Trail. We soon learned that the simple brown “Historic Marker” signs by the side of the road led to fascinating sites of historical interest. Those places that we visited captured our imagination and inspired [...]

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