He quickly accepted.ĭillenberger and Heinemann spent the next two weeks putting together the original version of Oregon Trail with their friend. Upon seeing their friend stooped over theīig sheet of paper, surrounded by a pile of notes, they suggested he collaborate with them to turn his boardgame idea into a computer program. Prior to the completion of this prototype, his two roommates, Paul Dillenberger and Bill Heinemann, returned home. On a stack of cards he wrote some examples of difficulties that the early settlers had faced: snakebites, dysentery and broken wagon wheels. Using a map of the United States Frontier, he sat in his apartment putting together the first few pieces. This style of teaching would inspire his next project, a boardgame about the Oregon Trail. Teaching in multiple schools around Minneapolis, Don Rawitsch was no stranger to finding new ways of engaging his students, having gone so far as to even dress up as historical figures to take lessons.Īs he says, “ very much encouraged students who were planning on following a teaching career to think a lot about different ways of educating students and using creativity in creating curriculum materials.” Little did they know it would become one of most popular educational titles ever made, prompting countless parodies, live reenactments and even a touring musical.
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In 1971 three student teachers at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota set about creating a game that could be used in the classroom to teach children about the Oregon Trail.
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