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"The Oregon Trail" - http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html This website was produced by two teachers who produced an award-winning documentary film on the Oregon Trail. This website provides a lot of fantastic teacher resources and Oregon Trail information. There are fun facts, photographs, and 360-degree tours of historic sites from along the trail. However, the real gem of this website is the archives of diaries, memoirs and period books. All of which are authentic and free.

Historic Oregon City - @http://www.historicoregoncity.org/HOC/ This website is produced by Heritage Partners in Oregon. Within the pages you can find free period maps, teacher resources and a multitude of photographs and documents. This website also provides information about individual families that made the journey across the United States along the Oregon Trail.

Measuring Worth - @http://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/ppowerus/ This website is a type of inflation calculator. In order to use it you must know the original price of a good and the year that price was valid. The calculator will then tell you how much that good would cost today, based upon the original price. This would be a great tool to help students understand the expense of traveling west in terms they can understand.

Westward Expansion - @http://www.sonofthesouth.net/texas/westward-expansion.htm This website gives an in-depth account of the events that took place during the westward expansion and highlights dates of significance.

Digital History - [] This website gives multiple resources at your finger tips to explore such as films, books, virtual museums, primary resources, and much more on various topics in history.

The United States: a territorial history - @http://www.the-map-as-history.com/maps/7-united-states-territorial-history.php This website gives an animated detail of events that took place during the westward expansion as well as other related topics (also with the use of a narrator).