Westward Bound: The Oregon Trail and Westward Expansion

Experience life during the United States' westward expansion through first-hand accounts as nations clash, land is fought over, and the future takes shape. The History Perspectives series uses primary and secondary sources, along with narrative retelling, to highlight the perspectives of three different people of a particular time and place. Readers are prompted to compare perspectives and motivations and to think critically about how we tell the stories of the past.