complete oregon trail text set

I decided to go ahead and post the whole text set. I hope that other people could use this as well for any Oregon Trail units they may teach or pass it on to others that do. I am already taking notes from all the sets that others have posted. Thanks for all of the great sharing!

The Oregon Trail Text Set: By: Marci Kempf

Novels:
Ë Kudlinski, Kathleen. (1996). Facing West: A story of the Oregon Trail.
Ë Fishel, Anna. (2008). Kate Winfield on the Oregon Trail.
Ë Olsen, Tod. (2009). How to get Rich on the Oregon Trail.
Ë Anthony, Ellen. (2002). Jacob’s Oregon Trail Adventures.
Ë Mullin, Penn. (1999). Off to Oregon (Trailblazers Series)
Ë Spooner, Michael. (2001) Daniel’s Walk
Ë Rounds, Glen. (1994). The Prairie Schooners.
Ë Hermes, Patricia. (2000). Westward Home Joshua’s Diary: The Oregon Trail, 1848.
Ë Ransom, Candice. (1984) Amanda (Sunfire #1)
Ë Frazier, Neta. (1994) Stout-Hearted Steven.
Ë Wall, Cynthia. (1998). A Spark to the Past.
Ë Lawton, Wendy. (2003). Ransom’s Mark: A story based on the life of the Pioneer Olive Oatman.
Ë Fleischmann, Paul. (2010) The Borning Room
Ë Miller, Scott E. (2006) Prairie Whispers.
Ë Miller, Scott E. (2008) Prairie Sunsets: Sequal to Prairie Whispers.
Ë Leevwen, Jean Van. (2008) Cabin on Trouble Creek.
Ë Arrington, Frances. (2005) Prairie Whispers.
Ë Makernan, Victoria. (2009) The Devils Paintbox.
Ë Furbee, Mary Rodd. (2002) Outrageous Women of the American Frontier.
Ë Caswell, Maryanne. (2001) Pioneer Girl.
Ë Field, Rachel. (2008) Calico Rush.
Ë Larson, Kirby. (2007) Hattie Big Sky.
Ë Speare, Elizabeth George. (1983) Sign of the Beaver.
Ë Leland, Dorothy Kupcha. (1995). Sallie Fox: The Story of a Pioneer Girl.
Ë Apps, Jerold W. (2003) The Travels of Increase Joseph: A Historical Novel about a Pioneer Preacher.
Ë Frantz, Laura. (2009) Frontiersman’s Daughter.
Ë Hermes, Patricia. (2002) A Perfect Place: Joshua’s Oregon Trail Diary Part Two.
Ë Bailey, Kay. (2007) Crossing Nebraska.
Ë Hermes, Patricia. (2003) The Wild Year: Joshua’s Oregon Trail Diary.
Ë Crouch, Adele Marie. (2010) Catherine’s Travel Book.
Ë Fitzgerald, John D. (2009) Brave Buffalo Fighter (Waditaka Tatank Kisisohitika)
Ë Gregory, Kristina. (2005) Across the Wide Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell.
Ë Wilsen, Laura. (1999) How I Survived the Oregon Trail.
Ë Plowhead, Ruth Gipson. (1997) Lecretia Ann on the Oregon Trail.
Ë Levine, Ellen. (2002) The Journal of Jedediah Barstow: An Emigrant on the Oregon Trail.
Ë Friedman, Mel. (2004) The Bounty Hunter (An Oregon Trail Adventure)
Ë Hunt, Bonnie Jo. (2002) A Difficult Passage (A Forgotten Tail of the Oregon Trail)
Ë Arias, Alberto Rios. (2009) A Death for Beauty.
Ë Owens, L.L. (2001) Tucker’s Gold.
Ë White, Stewart Edward. (2009) A Blazed Trail.
Ë Schute, Elaine L. (2001) Daniel Colton Under Fire (Coulton Cousins Adventure, BK2)
Ë Leeuwen, Jean Van. (1994) Bound for Oregon.
Ë Rivers, Francine. (2002) The Scarlett Thread.
Ë Hough, Emerson. (1950) The Covered Wagon (Appleton Modern Literature Series)
Ë Harris, Christine, (1980) The Trouble with Princesses.
Ë Harvey, Brett. (1988) Cassie’s Journey: Going West in the 1860’s.
Ë Maclachlan, Patricia. (1985) Sarah, Plain and Tall.
Ë Hayes, Wilma Pitchford. (1972) For Ma and Pa: On the Oregon Trail.
Ë Stein, Conrad. (1984) The Story of the Oregon Trail.
Ë Stevens, Carla. (1979) Trouble for Lucy.







Non-Fiction:
Ë Uschan, Michael V. (2004) The Oregon Trail (Landmark Events in American History.
Ë McNeese, Tim. (2009) The Oregon Trail: Pathway to the West.
Ë Olson, Steven P. (2003) The Oregon Trail: A primary source History of the Route to the American West.
Ë Stefoff, Rebecca. (1997) The Oregon Trail in American History.
Ë Hill, William E. (1999) Oregon Trail, Yesterday and Today.
Ë Parkman, Frances (1999) The Oregon Trail (Penguin American Library)
Ë Werner, Emmy E. (1996) Pioneer Children on the Journey West.
Ë O’Brian, Mary Barmeyer (1999). Toward the Setting Sun: Pioneer Girls.
Ë Luchetti, Cathy. (2001) Children of the West: Family Life on the Frontier.
Ë Kamma, Anne. (2003) If you were a Pioneer on the Prairie.
Ë Hansen, T.J. (2006) Oregon Country: The Story of the 1843 Oregon Trail Migration.


Biographies:
Ë Mercati, Cynthia. (1999) Wagons Ho: A Diary of the Oregon Trail.
Ë Moss, Marisssa. (1988) Rachel’s Journal: A Story of a Pioneer Girl.
Ë Katz, William Loren. (1999) Black Pioneers: An Untold Story.
Ë Kimball, Violet T. (2000) Stories of Young Pioneers: In Their Words.
Ë Stefoff, Rebecca. (1995) Women Pioneers (American Profiles)
Ë Anderson, William. (2000) Pioneer Girl: The story of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Ë Warren, Andrea. (2009) Pioneer Girl: A True Story of Growing up on the Prairie.
Ë Peavy, Linda. (2002) Frontier Children.
Ë Wadsworth, Ginnger (2003). Words West: Voices of Young Pioneers.
Ë McKillop, Carlene. (2003) The Diary of Gabriella Conrow A Historiacal Narrative of the Oregon Trail, Circa 1850-1855
Ë Blood, Marge. (1985). A Song Heard in a Strange Land: Narcissa, Her Story.



Poetry/ Theater:
Ë Tompkins, James M. (1998) Spirits of the Oregon Trail: A Play in Two Acts.


Magazine Articles:
Ë Reader’s Digest. (1988) The Pioneers: Novels of the American Frontier.
Ë Time-Life Books. (1974) The Pioneers. The Old West Stories.



Newspaper Articles/ Videos:
Ë Gone West. (52 min.) Ambrose Video Publishing, New York, NY 10016
Ë Landmarks of the Old Oregon Country. (8 videos, 15 min. each) Oregon Historical Society, education Department, 1230 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97205
Ë Oregon Trail. (31 min.) Encyclopedia Britanica Educational Corporation, Chicago Il. 60611






Picture Books:
Ë Nolan, Cecile Alyce. (1993) Journey West on the Oregon Trail: A Children’s Adventure.
Ë Parkman, Frances. (1980) The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life.
Ë Stanley, Diane. (2000) Roughing it on the Oregon Trail (Time Traveling Twins).
Ë Greenwood, Barbara (1998) A Pioneer Sampler. The Daily Life of a Pioneer Family in 1840.
Ë Whitman, Sylvia. (1998) Children of the Frontier (Picture the American Past)


Website Links:
Ë Oregon Trail. Apple MEC 101AP; IBM Mac01PC Educational Software Center, P.O. Box 31849 Seattle, WA 98103


Visual and Graphic Literacy:
Ë Morley, Jacqueline (2002).You wouldn’t want to be an American Pioneer! A Wilderness you’d rather not tame.
Ë Dunn, Joeming (2008) The Oregon Trail.


Music:
Ë Oregon, My Oregon
Words By: J.A. Buchanan
Music By: Henry B. Murtagh










Reference Page:
Morrison, Dorothy Nafus, & Kimmel, Eric A. (1991) Oregon- The World Around Us. Macmillan/McGraw. New York.

Coon, Dona (ED.) (2007) Oregon History. Oregon Department Of Agriculture. Oregon.

Cole, Pam B. (2009) Young Adult Literature in the 21st Century. McGraw Hill.

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