Beyond the Oregon Trail
Facilitator Guide
Website evaluation: January, 2010
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www.beyondtheoregontrail.com
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Site not updated. For up-to-date information on Beyond the
Oregon Trail Curriculum contact us through our UUR email:
understandracism@qwestoffice.net.
http://www.tolerance.org/teach/index.jsp
Just go to www.tolerance.org
A wealth of resources for teachers at all levels in many subjects
http://www.rethinkingschools.org
Great resources. Subscription required for full access.
Magazine also available.
http://www.tolerance.org/teens/dialogue.jsp
“Mix It Up” day plus many lesson plans and activities
http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/Freepubs/pdfs/ui335.pdf
7 activities for teaching about diversity
http://diversity.cce.cornell.edu/toolbox/youth.htm
Youth-related activities with 4-H
http://www.legislature.state.al (etc)
“manifest destiny” reference materials (not lesson plans or
activities)
Google “Oregon Trail”
Provides access to many sites
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/lesson_plans
10 lessons for middle and high school based on PBS
documentary The West. Includes lessons on Nez Perce and the
Dawes Act plus African Americans in the American West.
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/natamhc.html#legis
Provides laws and treaties as resources
http://www.hallman.org/indian/.www.html
History of NW coasts: map plus one page of links to primary
sources
http://www.csusm.edu/nadp/index.html
Excellent reference documents for late 19th century Native
American history, including Rogue River War and Siletz
Reservation documents
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/natamhc.html#nwtribes Many links to information on Native American tribes, including
Northwest
http://www.usgennet.org/alhnorus/ahorclak/indians.html
First People of Clackamas County plus links
http://www.lanecc.edu/library/don/siuslaw.htm
Article with references on Native Americans of Siuslaw and
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http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/marr.html
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http://www.chemawa.bia.edu/
Tribal websites all work.
http://lcweb2loc.gov/ammem/aap/aaphome.html
http://bluebook.state.or.us/cultural/history/history19.htm
http://www.salemhistory.org/ethnic/ec01.htm
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Lower Umpqua Valleys, Central Oregon coast
Article on mission and boarding schools with discussion
questions
website for the Chemawa Indian School in Salem
Pamphlets, 1818-1907, regarding African American history
Article on Chinese Americans in Oregon
DOESN’T WORK. There is an article on Chinese in Oregon
at http://www.salemhistory.net/people/chinese_americans.htm
http://gesswhoto.com/chineseindex.html
Index to early Chinese culture in Oregon
http://www.lib.washington.edu/exhibits/harmony/default.htm Japanese American Exhibit and Access Project
http://www.ccrh.org/comm/slough/japanese.htm
CHANGE htm to php to find Survival on the Slough
http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/blackbios.html
Link to black pioneers no longer works, but you can search
the website to find it.
http://gesswhoto.com/paradise-index.html
A history of blacks in Oregon, 1788-1940
http://www.usegennet.org/alhnorus/ahorclak/moregen.html
Ethnic links in Oregon history: many links provided
http://www.infography.com/content/971278350786.html
Print references regarding African American history in the NW
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/african/oregon/
DOESN’T WORK. Go to www.accessgenealogy.com and
search within the site.
http://www.lasculturas.com/lib/libOregon.php
Resources about Hispanic life and culture in Oregon
http://www.hispnews.com/
CHANGED TO http://www.elhispanicnews.com/
www.csusm.edu/csbs/www.book_eng.book_home?lang=SP DOESN’T WORK. Couldn’t find the article.
www.lanic.utexas.edu/
Latin American Network Information Center
http://www.embracingcultures.com/
Maybe this website has changed? Relevance not clear.
www.pij-ppj.org
Institute for Peace and Justice: has broad mission related to
(primarily Christian) nonviolence and social justice.
http://www.racematters.org/oneamericadialogueguide.htm
The 1998 White House initiative promoting racial dialogue
www.adl.org
Anti-Defamation League fighting anti-Semitism and all forms
of bias-motivated hatred
http://www.nccj.org/
Website expired December 2009
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www.teachingforchange.org
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www.sacredlands.org
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www.opb.org/lmd/infamy
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www.movingimages.com
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www.gsn.org
www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory
www.westernstatescenter.org
See especially Publications section: Anti-Bias Education for
Young Children and Ourselves, Beyond Heroes and Holidays,
and Putting the Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching
The website exists, but I couldn’t find any reference to the
video cited in the BTOT guide (“In Light of Reverence”)
However, the film and lesson plans are available at
http://www.pbs.org/pov/inthelightofreverence/lesson_plan.php
CHANGE to
http://www.opb.org/education/infamy/about.html
CHANGE to http://moving-image.com/ to purchase “Justice on
the Table: Farmworkers ($25, 2003)
Global School Network Foundation
Oregon Historical Society website
Social justice education and training. Films for rent.