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Annotated by:
Beth Ormsby
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Lewis and Clark - "Into the Unknown"
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/index.html
Click on "The Archive" to search journal entries by date. Click on "Into the Unknown" to take part in an interactive tour of the route taken by the Corps of Discovery. |
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Outline Maps
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/historical.html
Check out the maps entitled "Lewis and Clark" and "Trails West." |
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Lewis and Clark
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/journey_intro.html
A great resource on the famous expedition. |
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The Gold Rush
http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/
Learn the untold stories of the Gold Rush. |
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The Oregon Trail
http://www.isu.edu/%7Etrinmich/Oregontrail.html
All about the Oregon Trail, including sites along the trail and fantastic facts about the trail. |
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The Industrial Revolution
http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/Industrial.html
Weblinks to great resources about the Industrial Revolution. |
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The Mormons
http://www.pbs.org/mormons/
Information about the Mormon migration from the 2007 PBS series. |
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The Battle of the Alamo
http://www.thealamo.org/
A wonderful resource from the fort in San Antonio. |
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The Mexican War
http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/index_flash.html
Information about the conflict from the PBS series. |
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The War of 1812 and The Star Spangled Banner
http://www.history.com/starspangled_archive/home.html
Information from the History Channel series, "Save Our History." |
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The Trail of Tears
http://www.nps.gov/trte/index.htm
Information from the Trail of Tears National Park. Check out the "History and Culture" link to the left. |
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Information about the Presidents
http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/academic/americanpresident
Everything you could wish to know about every president, from the members of their cabinet to key events during their presidency. |
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Historical Timeline of the American Political Parties
http://www.edgate.com/elections/inactive/the_parties/
A helpful tool for studying American political history. |
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Thomas Jefferson
http://www.pbs.org/jefferson/
Information on our 3rd president, based on the Ken Burns documentary. |
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19th Century America
http://www.teacheroz.com/19thcent.htm
Weblinks on every possible subject in 19th century American history. |
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