App Tutorial
App Name: The Oregon Trail: American Settler
Price: Free with the option to spend money to acquire virtual currency
Rating: 3.3 out of 5 stars
Age: 12+
Developer: Gameloft
Link: itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-oregon-trail-american-settler/id460062770?mt=8
Price: Free with the option to spend money to acquire virtual currency
Rating: 3.3 out of 5 stars
Age: 12+
Developer: Gameloft
Link: itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-oregon-trail-american-settler/id460062770?mt=8
About the app:
The oregon trail is a game that lets you create and manage your own frontier town. You can create a family and customize them with different outfits. You can gather resources by hunting and fishing and you can place buildings livestock and crops. The object of the game is to create a family and settle down and build a home, but there are illnesses, lack of money, and other obstacles that can cause you to fail.
Classroom use:
* in social studies when talking about the Wild West to give the students an idea of what it was like to live back in those days
* as an educational brain break
* an option for the students to do when they have finished their work early
* a fun game to play if there is indoor recess or free time/ down time
The oregon trail is a game that lets you create and manage your own frontier town. You can create a family and customize them with different outfits. You can gather resources by hunting and fishing and you can place buildings livestock and crops. The object of the game is to create a family and settle down and build a home, but there are illnesses, lack of money, and other obstacles that can cause you to fail.
Classroom use:
* in social studies when talking about the Wild West to give the students an idea of what it was like to live back in those days
* as an educational brain break
* an option for the students to do when they have finished their work early
* a fun game to play if there is indoor recess or free time/ down time