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Westward Expansion Adventure - AI Enhanced

Angela Leonard

Created on October 17, 2025

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Transcript

Westward Expansion

ADVENTURe

Click on your role choice to Get STARTed!

MISSION

BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY WEST!

Destination 04

Destination 03

Destination 02

Destination 01

BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY WEST!

Destination 04

Destination 03

Destination 02

Destination 01

BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY WEST!

Destination 04

Destination 03

Destination 02

Destination 01

BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY WEST!

Destination 04

Destination 03

Destination 02

Destination 01

Next

Next

Next

Next

Use the provided word bank to fill in the missing words in William's reflection about why people moved west! Scroll down to see the full passage.

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Use the provided word bank to fill in the missing words in Maria's reflection about why people moved west! Scroll down to see the full passage.

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Use the provided word bank to fill in the missing words in Jessie's reflection about why people moved west! Scroll down to see the full passage.

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Use the provided word bank to fill in the missing words in R. Morgan's reflection about why people moved west! Scroll down to see the full passage.

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Now, click on the image that corresponds to your character color to review the reason it was so important in Westward Expansion! By answering the question correctly, you'll receive a clue to combine with those of your travel team to move to your next task...

Created using Gemini

Now, click on the image that corresponds to your character color to review the reason it was so important in Westward Expansion! By answering the question correctly, you'll receive a clue to combine with those of your travel team to move to your next task...

Created using Gemini

Now, click on the image that corresponds to your character color to review the reason it was so important in Westward Expansion! By answering the question correctly, you'll receive a clue to combine with those of your travel team to move to your next task...

Created using Gemini

Now, click on the image that corresponds to your character color to review the reason it was so important in Westward Expansion! By answering the question correctly, you'll receive a clue to combine with those of your travel team to move to your next task...

Continue YOUR JOURNEY WEST!

Destination 04

Destination 03

Destination 02

Destination 01

Continue YOUR JOURNEY WEST!

Destination 04

Destination 03

Destination 02

Destination 01

Continue YOUR JOURNEY WEST!

Destination 04

Destination 03

Destination 02

Destination 01

Continue YOUR JOURNEY WEST!

Destination 04

Destination 03

Destination 02

Destination 01

Click on the image to review a key idea about African Americans moving west and related to William's letter!

Click on the image to review a key idea about African Americans moving west and related to Maria's diary entry!

Click on the image to review a key idea about African Americans moving west and related to Jessie's diary entry!

Click on the image to review a key idea about African Americans moving west and related to R. Morgan's journal entry!

Did you find them all?

Hover over the image to discover and review the different features of the Great Plains. Can you find five key features?

Did you find them all?

Hover over the image to discover and review the different features of the Great Plains. Can you find five key features?

Did you find them all?

Hover over the image to discover and review the different features of the Great Plains. Can you find five key features?

Did you find them all?

Hover over the image to discover and review the different features of the Great Plains. Can you find five key features?

BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY WEST!

Destination 04

Destination 03

Destination 02

Destination 01

BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY WEST!

Destination 04

Destination 03

Destination 02

Destination 01

BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY WEST!

Destination 04

Destination 03

Destination 02

Destination 01

BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY WEST!

Destination 04

Destination 03

Destination 02

Destination 01

Click on the key words in William's letter than indicate possible trouble with Native Americans in the future! (Hint: It's in the last two sentences!)

Click on the key words in Maria's diary entry than indicate possible trouble with Native Americans in the future! (Hint: It's in the last sentence!)

Click on the key words in Jessie's diary entry than indicate possible trouble with Native Americans in the future! (Hint: It's in the second sentence.)

Click on the key words in R. Morgan's diary entry than indicate possible trouble with Native Americans in the future! (Hint: It's in the last sentence!)

As predicted in your character's written account, conflicts did break out between pioneers and Native Americans in the following decades. Click on the primary source image to review a key legislation that took place to cause tension between the Native Americans and the pioneers.

Hover over the images below to discover who/what they are!

As tensions escalated, violence broke out between pioneers and Native Americans. Use the word bank below to fill in the blanks in the paragraph describing some of the key people and events during this era. Scroll down to see the full passage. You're almost to the end of the Trail!

BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY WEST!

Destination 04

Destination 03

Destination 02

Destination 01

Click on the pulsing image to answer your final set of questions and finish the Trail!

Transcontinental Railroad
Transcontinental Railroad
Transcontinental Railroad
The Homestead Act

CONGRATULATIONS!

You've finished the Oregon Trail!

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to complete activities and challenges in your journey out to the west to fulfill Manifest Destiny. To succeed, you must solve 4 interactive challenges. Each one gives you a clue. Collect all the clues to unlock your prize. Ready, set, go!
The Homestead Act
Transcontinental Railroad
Transcontinental Railroad
The Homestead Act
The Homestead Act
The Homestead Act