{"id":233172,"date":"2010-01-26T09:46:22","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T14:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2251"},"modified":"2010-01-26T09:46:22","modified_gmt":"2010-01-26T14:46:22","slug":"teaching-geography-with-children%e2%80%99s-literature-roughing-it-on-the-oregon-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/233172","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Geography with Children\u2019s Literature: Roughing It on the Oregon Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2010\/01\/roughing-it-on-the-orgeon-trail.jpg\" title=\"roughing-it-on-the-orgeon-trail.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2010\/01\/roughing-it-on-the-orgeon-trail.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"roughing-it-on-the-orgeon-trail.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Set in 1843,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Roughing-Oregon-Trail-Time-Traveling-Twins\/dp\/0064490068\" title=\"Roughing It on the Oregon Trail\">Roughing It on the Oregon Trail<\/a>, written by Diane Stanley and illustrated by Holly Berry, is based on the 5 month\u00a02,000 mile journey on the Oregon Trail.\u00a0 The story starts off with twins, Lenny &amp; Elizabeth going\u00a0back through time with their grandmother,\u00a0and her\u00a0magic hat that takes them back to 1843.\u00a0 Once Lenny, Elizabeth &amp; their grandmother arrive in the Louisiana Territory, they head off looking to meet the twins\u00a0great-great-great-great grandmother,\u00a0Elizabeth.\u00a0 The children learn what it was like traveling along the Oregon Trail.\u00a0 Descriptions are\u00a0given about traveling in the covered wagons, the hot and dusty atmosphere, the food that was cooked, the oxen\u00a0&amp; the Indians they would meet along the journey.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Curriculum Connections:<\/p>\n<p>This is a wonderful book with detailed\u00a0descriptions on every page.\u00a0\u00a0I would recommend reading this book to students in a Virginia 3rd grade classroom when teaching about the Oregon Trail and the westward expansion.\u00a0 Reasons for the westward expansion\u00a0are explained along with\u00a0the hopes and adventures of moving out west (SOL USI.8).\u00a0 Stops made along the\u00a0journey\u00a0include: Scott&#8217;s Bluff, Chimney Rock, Independence Rock, The Great Plains, Snake River, Columbia River and many more.\u00a0 The early encounters with the Native Americans\u00a0are also\u00a0explained\u00a0 (SOL USI.2 &amp; USI.3).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Additional Resources:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.historyglobe.com\/ot\/otmap1.htm\" title=\"Map of the Oregon trail\">Oregon Trail map of 1843<\/a>has landmarks that can be selected for any additional readings and photos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachervision.fen.com\/us-history\/lesson-plan\/2929.html\" title=\"Oregon Trail Lesson Plan\">Oregon Trail Lesson Plan<\/a>, will help students become familiar with the geography of the land along the Oregon trail by using teamwork and cooperation.\u00a0 This\u00a0will also\u00a0introduce students\u00a0to basic navigation.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtualapple.org\/oregontraildisk.html\" title=\"Oregon Trail Game\">The Oregon Trail <\/a>game will go along great with the book and lesson plan. This game will take you back to when you were in elementary school, playing one of the memorable games.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Book: Roughing It on the Oregon Trail<br \/>\nAuthor: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dianestanley.com\/\" title=\"Diane Stanley\">Diane Stanley<\/a><br \/>\nIllustrator:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollyberrydesign.com\/about\/about.htm\" title=\"Holly Berry Web-site\">Holly Berry<\/a><br \/>\nPublisher: HarperCollins Publisher<br \/>\nPublication Date: 2000<br \/>\nPages: 40<br \/>\nGrade Range: 2-5<br \/>\nISBN: 0060270659<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Set in 1843,\u00a0Roughing It on the Oregon Trail, written by Diane Stanley and illustrated by Holly Berry, is based on the 5 month\u00a02,000 mile journey on the Oregon Trail.\u00a0 The story starts off with twins, Lenny &amp; Elizabeth going\u00a0back through time with their grandmother,\u00a0and her\u00a0magic hat that takes them back to 1843.\u00a0 Once Lenny, Elizabeth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}