Trail Board Game
Oregon Trail board game in which players draw cards naming landmarks and events along the trail, move forward or stay put as each card directs, and race to reach Oregon first.
- Grades
- Grades 2–5, Elementary
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Social Studies, History, History: USA
- Topic
- board game, social studies
- Resource types
- Activities, Games
- Preparation
- Print ready
About this resource
What's inside this resource
This resource is an Oregon Trail Board Game.
Students will love this simple game as they study the Oregon Trail.
They will take turns drawing cards and following the instructions. The student who reaches the finish line first wins.
Directions are included.
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In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Recognize major landmarks along the Oregon Trail
- Describe events pioneers faced while traveling west
Teaching tips
- Card fronts and backs print on separate sheets and are glued together, so cardstock holds up best; playing pieces are not included.
Skills covered
- Trail geography — reading landmark cards and tracking progress toward Oregon on the board
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Core concepts
Core concepts
- Oregon Trail
- Westward expansion
- Pioneers
- Landmarks
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