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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Great Plains: A Harsh Welcome to Settlers
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, GeographyIn 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: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Writing Strategies, Geography, Reading ComprehensionIn 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: History-Social Science, United States History, GeographyIn 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: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, United States History, Geography, Reading ComprehensionThis 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: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, United States History, World History, Reading ComprehensionIn 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: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Literature, United States History, GeographyWhat 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: History-Social Science, United States, United States History, GeographyNorthern 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: History-Social Science, Early Explorers, United States HistoryThe 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: History-Social Science, United States, Early Explorers, United States History, GeographyThe 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: History-Social Science, Early Explorers, United States, United States History, GeographyExplore 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: History-Social Science, Early Explorers, United States, United States History, GeographyFill 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: History-Social Science, Early Explorers, United States HistoryRivers, 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: History-Social Science, Early Explorers, United States HistoryLewis 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: History-Social Science, Early Explorers, United States History, GeographyLewis 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: History-Social Science, United States History, Native Peoples, Immigration and MigrationThe 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: History-Social Science, California, United States, United States History, GeographyDonner 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: History-Social Science, United States, United States History, GeographyLouisiana: 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: History-Social Science, United States, United States History, Geography, Immigration and MigrationTrails 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: History-Social Science, United States History, Geography, American DemocracyThis 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