TLC Oregon Trail History Learning System Win/Mac

by Encore

Product Features

• Immerse themselves in the history and geography of the Westward Movement
• Students build real-life decision-making, problem-solving, and writing skills
• Montgomery family tales compliment the simulation; students both explore the trail first-hand and through the Montgomery experiences
• Historical challenges include random events, health complications, and supply and trail route choices
• Develops decision-making, team-building and problem solving skills

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000AAYB00
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,323 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Are you ready to walk in the footsteps of those courageous pioneers? Catch a glimpse of a sunset over Chimney rock? Explore Fort Laramie and ford the Platte River? With The Oregon Trail History Learning System, you can almost smell the dust from the wagon train! Kids will build real-life decision-making and problem-solving skills as they choose their wagon party and supplies, read maps, plan their route, and guide their team through the wilderness. Develop solutions to help your friends and family survive the dangers of the long journey, including raging rivers, buffalo stampedes, sickness, and starvation. Discover a learning adventure that's greater than fiction - about real people with real dreams, facing and overcoming real challenges. Next you can experience the American Revolution and the birth of our nation firsthand as a journalist as you interact with more than 30 famous heroes like Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and Paul Revere. Your child will learn: American history, U.S. Geography, Social Studies Map Reading, Managing a Budget, Problem Solving, and Critical Thinking.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cannot run on Windows XP, August 24, 2006

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Jennifer Hutton - See all my reviews
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This review is from: TLC Oregon Trail History Learning System Win/Mac (CD-ROM)

Our family has always enjoyed the Oregon Trail games. We bought versions 1 and 2 and have had a wonderful time with them.

My son paid for version 5 with his allowance hoping to find the same quality. To our dismay, it would not run with our XP software even though the box states it is compatible. We thought maybe it was a problem with the cd itself.

I purchased another trio pack of software which included another cd of Oregon Trail 5. We had hoped it would run, but found that the same error message would appear as before. We too, tried to recieve software support for this, but found we were out of luck like the reviewer before me had stated. The company also will not give a refund for the game since it was not directly purchased from them but rather through a third party.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Out of Date Software Titles, August 10, 2006

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D. Shawver "gwrace" (Beautiful South Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: TLC Oregon Trail History Learning System Win/Mac (CD-ROM)

Buyer beware. These titles are out of date and no longer supported by Broderbund. The Oregon Trail would not even run on Windows XP as advertised without fault errors even after trying to run it in compatibility mode as suggested by the support site. What a waste of money.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Fun Educational Game, November 10, 2006

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D. N. (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: TLC Oregon Trail History Learning System Win/Mac (CD-ROM)

My husband and I actually bought this game for ourselves. I must admit we are a young couple and played this in elementary. Its way better now! We love playing it. It's a lot of fum. We HAVE Windows XP on our computer and it works great, no problems at all. Don't know why it doesn't work on the others computers. Hours of fun entertainment! Kid friendly, non-violent (well you do get to go hunting, its a lot of fun;) Highly reccommended.