Calendar of Events

Folks, traveling parties will be forming and "jumping off" from Independence, Missouri in late January. Prepare yourselves for a fast and furious virtual journey!!

Travel and FATES Schedule:

Week 1: January 23 - January 25, 2008
Initial preparation: organization of wagons, supplies, preliminary
decisions, identities, supplies & map & Diary #1 Oregon Fever

Week 2: February 4 - February 8, 2008
Travel & FATES:#1 Independence to #22 Fort Laramie
**Trail Decision #1=FATE#20**

Week 3: February 11 - February 15, 2008
Travel & FATES #23A Register Cliff to #37 Steamboat Spring
**Trail Decision #2=FATE#33**

Week 4: February 5- February 9, 2008
Travel & Final FATES #38 Fort Hall to #47 The End of the Trail
**Trail Decision #3=FATE#43**

Week 5: February 18- February 22, 2008
Final - Willamette Valley -Wagons roundup--finish classroom projects.
Celebrate!

Weekly Trail Meetings:

Pioneers (students), our fast paced, 30 minute Trail Meetings are a chance to have some laughs, make friends of your fellow travelers, and make those critical trail decisions, together. Come in your Sunday-go-to-meetin' clothes and bring your best manners, Pardners!

Date	Time (select one)	Topic
Friday, January 25th	11:30 A.M. ET (10:30 CT, 9:30 MT, 8:30 PT) or 2:00 P.M. ET [1 CT, 12 MT, 11 PT]	Meet the Wagontrain
Friday, February 1st	11:30 A.M. ET (10:30 CT, 9:30 MT, 8:30 PT) or 2:00 P.M. ET [1 CT, 12 MT, 11 PT]	Decision at Horse Creek Crossing
Friday, February 8th	11:30 A.M. ET (10:30 CT, 9:30 MT, 8:30 PT) or 2:00 P.M. ET [1 CT, 12 MT, 11 PT]	Decision - Parting of the Ways
Friday, February 15th	11:30 A.M. ET (10:30 CT, 9:30 MT, 8:30 PT) or 2:00 P.M. ET [1 CT, 12 MT, 11 PT]	Decision - Whitman Mission
Friday, February 22nd	11:30 A.M. ET (10:30 CT, 9:30 MT, 8:30 PT) or 2:00 P.M. ET [1 CT, 12 MT, 11 PT]	Reunion!

Campfire Meetings:

Scouts (teachers), this one's for you! Drop into the warm and convival Campfire Meetings. Get comfortable...share your successes, tales and questions. We provide the meetin' place... you bring the marshmallows!

Date	Time	Topic
Thursday, 1/24	9:00 P.M. ET [8 CT, 7 MT, 6 PT]	Meet the Scouts - Getting Ready (questions and answers about the project)
Thursday, 1/31	9:00 P.M. ET [8 CT, 7 MT, 6 PT]	Life on the Trail (Share "mid-project" experiences)
Thursday, 2/21	9:00 P.M. ET [8 CT, 7 MT, 6 PT]	Trail's End (project debriefing)

Student Trail Meetings and Teacher Campfire Meetings are held via Chatzy. Instructions for finding and using this site will be shared via the Teacher's Listserv. Watch your e-mailbox!

End of the Trail Celebration:

All good things come to an end...and so does our journey on the Ol' Oregon Trail, Pardners. At Trail's End, it is only right and fitting that we set a spell, together, and reflect on our time together...our trials and tribulations, our adventures and fun...and the shining new life ahead of us in Oregon's green valleys! Yeeeeeehaaaaaaaaa!


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Last Updated: 01/19/08