Lesson Plan

The Oregon Trail Lesson Plan: Littles Edition

Pack the wagon, churn trail butter, and walk west one landmark at a time.

This is the Littles Edition of The Oregon Trail: one ready-to-teach week written just for grades K-3. Every day follows the same rhythm: Reading on Monday, Writing and Words on Tuesday, Science and Math on Wednesday, a Hands-on Project on Thursday, and Show and Tell on Friday.

The big question: What would you need to bring on a long, long walk west?

The Week

• Mon: Meet the Covered Wagon (Reading) • Tue: My Trail Diary (Writing & Words) • Wed: Wagon Bump Butter (Science & Math) • Thu: Pack the Wagon (Hands-on Project) • Fri: A Day on the Trail (Show & Tell)

Teaching more than one level? The all-levels edition of The Oregon Trail has Littles (K-3), Middles (4-6) and Bigs (7-8) in one file, so siblings or a mixed classroom can study the same topic together.

Perfect for homeschool families, grade K-3 classrooms, co-ops and substitute plans.

What's inside

• 5 ready-to-teach days for Littles (grades K-3), about 30 to 45 minutes a day
• Lab sheet: Wagon Bump Butter
• Sequence cards (A Day on the Trail) and a cut-and-sort page (Need It or Leave It?)
• Writing page: My Trail Diary
• Hands-on project: Shoebox Covered Wagon
• Word search, maze, scramble and secret code puzzles
• 8 fact cards, 9 vocabulary cards and a book list of 5 titles
• A certificate and an answer key for the grown-up

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