Oregon Trail Trip
Overview
This lesson will be used as a follow up to the Oregon Trail lesson completed previously. In this activity, students will make their journal entries come alive as they animate their travels on the Oregon Trail using a map animating website called “Animaps.”
Objective
Students will apply their knowledge about the Westward Movement to convert their writing into a visual representation of their travels.
Lesson Description
In last week’s Oregon Trail lesson, students created journal entries describing their travels across the Oregon Trail in a wagon train. Using their journal entries from that assignment they will create a trip that outlines their travels during those three days.
Activity #1 Steps
Tutorial
Links and Resources
Animaps
This lesson will be used as a follow up to the Oregon Trail lesson completed previously. In this activity, students will make their journal entries come alive as they animate their travels on the Oregon Trail using a map animating website called “Animaps.”
Objective
Students will apply their knowledge about the Westward Movement to convert their writing into a visual representation of their travels.
Lesson Description
In last week’s Oregon Trail lesson, students created journal entries describing their travels across the Oregon Trail in a wagon train. Using their journal entries from that assignment they will create a trip that outlines their travels during those three days.
Activity #1 Steps
Tutorial
- Go to Animaps and under the section titled, “How Does it Work?” click “Basics Tutorial”
- Watch the tutorial. Click “OK” when done
- Click the “Get Started” button
- In the upper right hand corner, click “Register”
- Use your school Gmail address and choose a password
- Record your password on your username tracking spreadsheet
- Refer to your notes from the “Oregon Trail” lesson for this part of the activity. Navigate to your starting point on the map. Use the record features to record a visual representation on the map of your travels during those three fictional days on the Oregon Trail. Include details such as where you stopped, how long you stayed, and landmarks encountered.
- Use the “quick image” feature in Animaps to insert images of landmarks and have them appear at specified times. You can enter a url or upload a photo from your PC.
- Use “Advanced Mode” to determine where your image will appear on the map.
- Use the “text” feature to add details of important events or locations as you pass them on the map
- Once your trip is complete, use the “link” “embed” feature to share this map with Miss Leavitt.
Links and Resources
Animaps