Slide1 : Map Activity/ Supply and Demand Opportunity Cost Teacher Page WESTWARD
EXPANSION The following activities were created by Dawn Wise/Barrington
Slide2 : * The learner will predict and list supplies
necessary to make a trip from Kansas to Oregon
on the Oregon Trail.
* The learner will calculate the opportunity cost
involved in making this trip.
* The learner will analyze a map of the trail along with
three possible routes. Students will then choose which
route they think is best and provide a written response
justifying their choice.
* The learner will explain the dynamics of
supply and demand. Created by Dawn Wise/Barrington
Slide3 : Instruct the students to use their journals
to predict and list supplies needed. Remind students that opportunity cost is simply the total dollar amount that an opportunity, project,or in this case, a trip ,will cost.
Slide4 : You and your family are
traveling west from Nebraska
to Fort Bridger and then on
to Oregon. Make a list of
supplies you will need for
the trip.
Slide5 : Here are some examples of supplies you may
have listed along with their imaginary prices. ITEMS $ ITEMS $ 3 pots and 3 pans 5 blankets
4 hunting rifles
4 lanterns
1 ax
clothing $15.00
$15.00
$20.00
$ 8.00
$ 3.00
$25.00 2 lbs. flour
2 lbs. cornmeal
bullets
3 wagon wheels
20 jugs of water
lamp oil $ 3.00
$ 3.00
$20.00
$21.00
$ 4.00
$ 3.00 Figure out
the opportunity
cost for your
trip to Oregon. Total Total (Click to hide)
Slide6 : Here are some examples of supplies you may
have listed along with their imaginary prices. ITEMS $ ITEMS $ 3 pots and 3 pans 5 blankets
4 hunting rifles
4 lanterns
1 ax
clothing $15.00
$15.00
$20.00
$ 8.00
$ 3.00
$25.00 2 lbs. flour
2 lbs. cornmeal
bullets
3 wagon wheels
20 jugs of water
lamp oil $ 3.00
$ 3.00
$20.00
$21.00
$ 4.00
$ 3.00 Total Total
Slide7 : ITEMS $ ITEMS $ 3 pots and 3 pans 5 blankets
4 hunting rifles
4 lanterns
1 ax
clothing $15.00
$15.00
$20.00
$ 8.00
$ 3.00
$25.00 2 lbs. flour
2 lbs. cornmeal
bullets
3 wagon wheels
20 jugs of water
lamp oil $ 3.00
$ 3.00
$20.00
$21.00
$ 4.00
$ 3.00 Total Total
Slide8 : The following map shows
three possible trails you
could take to reach Fort
Bridger.
Choose the trail you think is
the best. Give reasons why
you chose that trail over the
other two options.
Slide9 : Idaho Utah Colorado Green
River Snake River WYOMING Laramie Mts. Rocky
Mts. Bighorn Mts. KEY = Mountains = Fort Bridger Trail A Trail B Trail C Shoshone Village Platte
River You are
here
Slide10 : Sample
Response I chose Trail C
because it had fewer
obstacles. Trail A has
too many mountains to
cross, and there are Indians
that may or may not be
friendly. On trails A & B
you have to cross the
Platte River twice.That
might be hard for the
horses and wagons.
That’s why I chose
Trail C .
Slide11 : Idaho Utah Colorado Green
River Snake River WYOMING Laramie Mts. Rocky
Mts. Bighorn Mts. Platte
River Why might water be more expensive at Fort Bridger
than it was back in Nebraska? (Click for answer) Did you guess that water would be in shorter supply
at Fort Bridger? When a product is desired by
many and is also in short supply, the price will be higher.
Slide12 :