Group Questions for the Oregon Trail:
1.) How long was the trip? - 2,170 miles
2.) How many months did it take to get to Oregon? - 4-5 Months
3.) How many miles could you go on a normal day? - 10-15 miles. If rainy/muddy days, possibly only a mile. It took 7-10 days to travel what a car travels in an hour.
4.) How many days did it take to cross a river? - Usually it took about 22 Days to cross a river on the Oregon Trail
5.) How did people get buried alive? - People were in a hurry. They had to make the burials shorter, and they were in such a hurry that some people had to watch their graves be dug by a watcher who watches them until they are dead. Then, some people got buried alive.
6.) What did children do for fun along the trail? - Kids would toss around dry buffalo dung called Buffalo Chips. Some kids sang songs, sewed, played games, or read Bible verses in their spare time.
7.) what is a Jumping Off Spot? - A Jumping Off Spot means "The Starting Point"
8.) Why did they choose oxen to pull the wagons? - They chose Oxen because they could eat poor grass, and were not nearly as violent as mules or horses.
9.) Why were buffalo so important to the pioneers? - Buffalo was so important to the pioneers because they used their hide for money or warmth an their meat for money or for food to feed their families.
1.) How long was the trip? - 2,170 miles
2.) How many months did it take to get to Oregon? - 4-5 Months
3.) How many miles could you go on a normal day? - 10-15 miles. If rainy/muddy days, possibly only a mile. It took 7-10 days to travel what a car travels in an hour.
4.) How many days did it take to cross a river? - Usually it took about 22 Days to cross a river on the Oregon Trail
5.) How did people get buried alive? - People were in a hurry. They had to make the burials shorter, and they were in such a hurry that some people had to watch their graves be dug by a watcher who watches them until they are dead. Then, some people got buried alive.
6.) What did children do for fun along the trail? - Kids would toss around dry buffalo dung called Buffalo Chips. Some kids sang songs, sewed, played games, or read Bible verses in their spare time.
7.) what is a Jumping Off Spot? - A Jumping Off Spot means "The Starting Point"
8.) Why did they choose oxen to pull the wagons? - They chose Oxen because they could eat poor grass, and were not nearly as violent as mules or horses.
9.) Why were buffalo so important to the pioneers? - Buffalo was so important to the pioneers because they used their hide for money or warmth an their meat for money or for food to feed their families.