Thursday, February 22, 2018 | By Jamie Massey | 194 views
It's rough out there on the trail....
Today's third grade exploratory period offered a game of troubles and trials. As a collaboration of reading the historical fiction novel, "Dear Levi" by Elvira Woodruff, and social studies, students played "The Oregon Trail" card game which simulates a trip over the Oregon Trail in 1847.
The students were part of a wagon train attempting to make the treacherous 2,040 mile journey from Independence, Missouri to Willamette Valley, Oregon. The goal was to have at least one member of each wagon party survive the rigors of the journey and reach Oregon alive. The game was navigated by means of trail cards, calamity cards (representing the hazards of the trail), and supply cards (used to remedy specific calamities experienced).
