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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Great Plains: A Harsh Welcome to Settlers
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Geography, United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this Xpeditions lesson, students consider the experiences of settlers on the American Great Plains in the late 1800s. They ex...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLife on the Great Plains
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, Geography, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsIn this four-part EDSITEment lesson, students examine the concept of geographic region by exploring the history of the Great Pla...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOn the Oregon Trail
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geography, United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from EDSITEment, students work with primary documents and latter-day photographs to recapture the experience of ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOn This Day with Lewis and Clark
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Geography, United States History, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsThis five-lesson unit, from EDSITEment, is designed to help students appreciate the immensity and mystery of the mission Lewis a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFighting Injustice by Studying Lessons of the Past
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, United States History, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, World HistoryIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students study the experience of European Jews during the Holocaust, and then compare their exper...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentLife in a Sod House: Darkroom Detectives
Grades: TK/K to 4Subjects: United States History, Geography, History-Social Science, Literature, English-Language ArtsWhat can we learn about life in a sod house by looking at photographs? In this activity, from the OurStory series produced by t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe U.S. - Mexican War on PBS
Grades: 8Subjects: The Civil War & Reconstruction, Immigration and MigrationThe U.S. Mexican War (1846-1848) is a PBS Documentary that recounts "the dramatic story of a war in which Mexico lost almost hal...Contributor: Molly LargeViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNorthern Great Plains, 1880-1920
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States, Geography, United States History, History-Social ScienceNorthern Great Plains, 1880-1920 shows 900 photographs from the Fred Hultstrand and F.A. Pazandak Photograph Collections of rura...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Lewis and Clark Journey of Discovery
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Early Explorers, United States History, History-Social ScienceThe Lewis and Clark Journey of Discovery provides games, quizzes, profiles of members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and les...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Lewis and Clark Expedition: Documenting the Uncharted Northwest
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States, Early Explorers, Geography, United States History, History-Social ScienceThe Lewis and Clark Expedition: Documenting the Uncharted Northwest recounts the expedition's crossing of the Lemhi Pass and Lol...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExplore the West with the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States, Early Explorers, United States History, Geography, History-Social ScienceExplore the West with the Lewis and Clark Expedition is a travel itinerary of 41 forts, Indian villages, mounds, mountain passes...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFill up the Canvas
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States, Early Explorers, United States History, Geography, History-Social ScienceFill up the Canvas features journal entries from 20 points in the journey of Lewis and Clark: mission preparations, winter in S...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Early Explorers, United States History, History-Social ScienceRivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America looks at historical maps, relations with Indians, and expedit...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLewis and Clark as Naturalists
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Early Explorers, United States History, History-Social ScienceLewis and Clark as Naturalists presents flora and fauna as they described it on their 3,700-mile journey launched in St. Louis i...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLewis and Clark: Mapping the West
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Early Explorers, United States History, Geography, History-Social ScienceLewis and Clark: Mapping the West features maps of the famous expedition. The Corps of Discovery collected 30 maps from Indians...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Trail of Tears: The Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Nation
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Immigration and Migration, Native Peoples, United States History, History-Social ScienceThe Trail of Tears: The Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Nation tells about the removal of the Cherokee Nation from their ances...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDonner Party
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States, California, United States History, Geography, History-Social ScienceDonner Party provides a transcript, map, and essays for a TV program that tells the harrowing tale of what tragically became one...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLouisiana: European Explorations and the Louisiana Purchase
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States, United States History, Geography, History-Social ScienceLouisiana: European Explorations and the Louisiana Purchase features an essay accompanied by 119 documents and maps that tell th...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTrails to Utah and the Pacific: Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States, Immigration and Migration, Geography, United States History, History-Social ScienceTrails to Utah and the Pacific: Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869 features 49 diaries of pioneers who traveled westward across Amer...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Lewis and Clark Expedition
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Geography, United States History, History-Social ScienceThis lesson relates to the power granted to the president and the Senate in Article II, Section 2, Clause 2, of the U.S. Constit...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0