Wagons West! Traveling the Oregon Trail

Welcome: Wagons West! Traveling the Oregon Trail
Description: As people who have traveled the Oregon Trail and reached the Pacific coast, you have been hired by the United States government to design publicity in the form of a travel brochure, travel poster, radio jingle, or a television commercial that will encourage others to travel the Oregon Trail and help the U.S. fulfill its Manifest Destiny.
Grade Level: 6-8
Curriculum: Social Studies
Keywords: Manifest Destiny, Oregon Trail, pioneers, westward expansion
Author(s): Leaslie Deville