Children of the Wagon Train

Series: Children of American history Children of pioneer times series

Duration: 18 0:19:42

Genre: Educational

Creator: centron/McGraw-Hill

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Describes the route of the Oregon Trail and explains some of the motivation behind the westward movement. Re-creates life with a wagon train., Portrays and traces a portion of the 2,000 mile trip by wagon train from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon as experienced by 14-year-old Jim Daniels. Jim and the other children are seen performing their daily chores, gathering wood and dried buffalo chips for the fires, fetching water, and attending an improvised school at the end of each day. Pictures the children's excitement over their first encounter with Indians and Jim's acquiring of an Indian pony. Cites the difficulties met enroute, which include rain, cold, heat, dust, sickness, and death. During the journey Jim's younger sister Susan dies.

Complete Record: Traces a portion of the 2,000-mile trip by wagon train from Independence, Missouri to Oregon in 1849 as experienced by 14-year-old Jim Daniels. Jim and the other pioneer children are shown doing their chores which include gathering wood and dried buffalo chips for the fire, fetching water and attending an improvised school. Cites the difficulties encountered on the Oregon Trail such as rain, cold, heat, dust, disease and death. , Life in a wagon train on the Oregon Trail in 1849. Shows some of the motivating forces behind the westward movement., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.