Classroom Resources
Curricula
The Willamette Heritage Center has developed a series of curricula for teachers that can be implemented in the classroom. Check out the links lesson plans and more in the links below.
Traveling Trunk Program
Bring the museum experience to your school or home!
Adventures on the Oregon Trail
The Willamette Heritage Center’s Adventures on the Oregon Trail traveling trunk brings an important period in America’s history to life for students in a unique way. Students work in teams in a choose your own adventure format, solving problems, creating strategies, and engaging in the risks, drama and excitement of the trail experience. Hands-on activities, artifacts, games, photographs, prints, books, and primary source documents are included as well as a four-part activity plan.
Learn more about the trunk here.
To request the Adventures on the Oregon Trail Traveling Trunk, click the link below.
The Traveling Trunk will be available again February 2025
Cost: $25 per week (two week rental maximum)
Trunk Pick Up and Return: The trunk can be picked up at the Willamette Heritage Center front desk on the scheduled pick up day during normal business hours. The trunk can be dropped off at the Willamette Heritage Center any time during your reservation period.
Kids in the Archives
History is so rarely told from the perspective of young people, but we know that the events written about in the history books affected them, too. This online curriculum introduces several kids from the Mid-Willamette Valley. Learn about what their experiences were like growing up here at various points during our history. Explore actual documents from the Willamette Heritage Center’s archives and start a conversation!