Oregon Trail Webquest

Oregon Trail Lesson Plan
Week 12
Third Grade Reading
Mrs.Dean


Background: Students have participated in a book study over the book Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattiesburg Campbell. We studied point of view, character traits and sequence of events.

Standards: RI 3.1 RI 3.4 RI 3.5 SL 3.3 W 3.3

I Can Statements:
RI 3.1 I can find answers to a question in the text.
R I 3.4 I can use context clues to understand the meaning of new words.
RI 3.5 I can use text features to understand information in a text.
SL3.3 I can ask and answer questions about information from a speaker.
W 3.3 I can write a real or imagined narrative.

Essential Question: What is the point of view of a pioneer child on the Oregon Trail?

Lesson Plan: Students will go to my teacher website to access the web quest.
http://www.adair.k12.ky.us/olc/page.aspx?id=29366&s=1439 They will use the links on the Web quest to complete the assignment. Students will complete the assignment on their own paper and turn it in. I will monitor as students complete it.