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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Letters and Journals of Narcissa Whitman, 1836-1847
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: United States History, Electives, English-Language Arts, Geography and 2 additional..These letters and journals are written by Narcissa Whitman, a woman migrating from Pennsylvania to Oregon in the 19th century. T...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Great Plains: A Harsh Welcome to Settlers
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, Geography, 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 / HyperLinkPBS Lewis and Clark: Journal Entries
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, GeographyThis Lewis and Clark Web site, from PBS, features journal entries from the expedition. The journal excerpts are from the separat...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLewis and Clark as Naturalists
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Early ExplorersLewis 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 / HyperLinkResources for Teaching American History: Westward Expansion
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: No subjects selected.The multimedia site includes teacher-selected primary sources, Advanced Placement DBQs, a video on the painting Westward the Cou...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLewis and Clark: Mapping the West
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Geography, Early ExplorersLewis 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 Lewis and Clark Journey of Discovery
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Early ExplorersThe 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 / HyperLinkOn This Day with Lewis and Clark
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Geography, History-Social ScienceThis 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 / 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 / HyperLinkTribal Truths: Exploring the American-Indian Perspectives Toward the Bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Geography and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students research and analyze the interactions of American Indian trib...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSmithsonian in Your Classroom: Lewis and Clark and the Language of Discovery
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.Lesson plans focus on Lewis and Clark as keepers of journals.Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Trail of Tears: The Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Nation
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Immigration and Migration, Native PeoplesThe 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: DocumentLife in a Sod House: Darkroom Detectives
Grades: TK/K to 4Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, Geography, History-Social Science, LiteratureWhat 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 / HyperLinkExplore the West with the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, Geography, History-Social Science, Early Explorers, United StatesExplore 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 / HyperLinkRivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Early ExplorersRivers, 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 / HyperLinkNorthern Great Plains, 1880-1920
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, Geography, History-Social Science, United StatesNorthern 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 / HyperLinkFill up the Canvas
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, Geography, History-Social Science, Early Explorers, United StatesFill 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 / HyperLinkLife on the Great Plains
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, Geography, Writing StrategiesIn 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 / HyperLinkTrails to Utah and the Pacific: Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, Geography, History-Social Science, Immigration and Migration, United StatesTrails 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 / HyperLinkDonner Party
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, Geography, History-Social Science, California, United StatesDonner 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