Here we go, Historians!  By now, you should have:

1. 1.Been assigned to a team of 4 students.  This makes up your Wagon Train.  You and your Wagon Train will be expected to create a final art piece for your evaluation.  More to come on that later.
   

2. 2.Created a Pioneer Journal in which to record the information you discover during this WebQuest.  Remember, information can be recorded in whatever way helps you to complete your “best thinking.”  This can be lists, diary entries, concept maps, or drawings.  This may also be written in whatever language you are most comfortable writing in, as long as you are able to eventually communicate your ideas to your group in English.
   

3. 3.Been assigned a the role of a specific Black Pioneer to study.  Once you've been assigned a role, it is time to start your WebQuest!
   

WebQuest ready?  Here is the jumping off point!

1. 1.Please take a look at the links listed under General Information. This section will provide you with general background details on Black Pioneers.  Read as much as you think you need to have a good understanding of Black Pioneers and Homesteaders.
   

2. 2.Take a look at the links specific to your Black Pioneer.  Remember to be taking as many notes in your Pioneer Journal as you think you will need to later answer those essential questions!
   

After completing your WebQuest and filling your Pioneer Journal, it is time to move onto the portion of your journey where you will get to communicate what you have learned! Go ahead and go there now.

General Information that every Pioneer must know:

   

A Look at the American Old West:

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/african/west/west.htm#look

The Lure of the Old West:

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/african/west/west.htm#lure

All Black Towns in the Old West:

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/african/west/west.htm#towns

Cool primary source poster:

http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Schomburg/text/migration9.html

Google video on Black Pioneers:

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=black+pioneers&emb=0&aq=f#

Informative site on Western Migration:

http://www.inmotionaame.org/migrations/topic.cfm?migration=6&topic=3&tab=image

http://www.inmotionaame.org/migrations/topic.cfm?migration=6&topic=5&tab=image

http://www.inmotionaame.org/gallery/?migration=6&topic=99&type=image

African-Americans in Salem:

http://www.salemhistory.net/people/african_americans.htm

James Beckwourth:

African Americans in the Old West:

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/african/west/west.htm#beckwourth

Wilkipedia Article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Beckwourth

Whole website devoted to James Beckwourth:

http://www.beckwourth.org/

Clara Brown:

Wilkipedia Article on Clara Brown:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Brown

Women’s Hall of Fame:

http://www.cogreatwomen.org/brown-clara.htm

PDF article on Clara Brown:

www.coloradohistory.org/kids/brown.pdf

General Clara Brown information:

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/african/west/west.htm#brown

George Washington Bush: 

Please read the George Washington Bush section:

http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/blakbios.html#GeorgeBush

Series of Links on George Washington and the Bush family.  Please read them all!:

http://www.ci.tumwater.wa.us/research%20bushTOC.htm

Louis A. Southworth:

Scroll down to the section called “Oregon’s Black Pioneers.”

http://users.wi.net/~maracon/lesson5.html

Quick bio on Southworth:

http://www.aaregistry.com/detail.php?id=1532

Long but interesting details on Southworth and Black settlers in Oregon:

www.family-passages.com/Publications/SouthworthLewis.pdf