3.+Literature+List

//The Prairie Traveler -// a guide to the Oregon Trail

@http://www.kancoll.org/books/marcy/mapref.htm

This book is actually a digital version of one of the most popular guides to the Oregon Trail. //The Prairie Traveler// by Randolph Barnes Mercy, Captain, and U.S.A. It can be found using the link above. This guidebook would have been purchased and used by many of the settlers traveling west. The digital version is unedited and authentic. This nonfiction resource would be a great tool to use to expose students to life on the trail.

//Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell 1847// By: Kritiana Gregory

This book is part of the Dear America series produced by scholastic books. It is a historical fiction that mimics a trail diary. The reader joins the fictional character, Hattie Campbell in her journey west. Although the main characters are fictional the rest of the book provides a realistic glimpse of trail life in an entertaining format. This would be a wonderful choice for a literature circle.

//The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds: The Donner Party Expedition 1846// By: Rodman Philbrick

This book is part of the My America series produced by scholastic books. It is also a work of historical fiction. The book takes the form of a trail journal written by Douglas Allen Deeds. Douglas is a fictional character who is traveling west in the famous Donner party expedition. This book would be a great choice for a literature circle and would appeal to many boys due to the male main character.

//The Story of Sacajawea: Guide to Lewis and Clark// By: Della Rowland

This book provides information about the history of Sacajawea. This is important because her experience as a twelve year old deeply impacts her later role as an interpreter and guide to Lewis an Clark. We frequently only teach students about what Sacajawea actually does to help Lewis and Clark. We rarely teach her whole story. This book would add depth to the instruction given on Sacajawea.

//Lewis and Clark// By: G. Sullivan

This story is of the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore westward grounds and find many new discoveries and tell of it with the use of journal entries from the experiences.

//Who Was Sacagawea?// By: J. Fradin, D. Fradin and N. Harrison

This is a non-fiction story easy read with facts about Sacagawea and her journey's with Lewis and Clark. It tells of her significance along the way and why she is immortalized as a United States coin.

//Louisana Purchase// By: P. Roop, C. Roop and S. Comport

This children's story gives details of the Louisiana purchase under President Thomas Jefferson and the plans and thoughts of how the land will be split up, an which states will become "slave states," as well as other pressing matters surrounding the purchase.

//Trail of Tears// By: J. Bruchac

This is a historical fiction story of the real events that took place because of the westward expansion and the effects of it on the Native American Indians (particularly the Cherokee Indians).