2024 Early Republic Presidents Museum Projects
C-SPAN- American Presidents Bell Ringers (Short 5-6 min videos on each president)
POTUS- Presidents of the United States- Bios on all of America's Presidents including the first 7.
White House.gov- Presidential Biographies presented by the official White House site.
University of Virginia Miller Center Guide to U.S Presidents
Smithsonian Museum of American History Exhibit "A Glorious Burden": The American Presidency (Exhibit being revised- currently offline 2024)
Brain Pop Videos (Log In AuroraHarmon / Greenmen2020 ) George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson
+ Alexander Hamilton, Political Party Origins, Political Parties, French Revolution, Pirates, Napoleon Bonaparte, American Indians, Lewis and Clark, Tecumseh, Seminole Wars, Simon Bolivar, Trail of Tears
Smithsonian History Explorer-
PBS Presidents- Great little, funny, informative 60 second spots on each of the Early Republic Presidents.
George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson.
George Washington
Mount Vernon- Washington First President Washington as First President Quiz
History Channel: George Washington - Interactive Timeline
Document- Washington Proclamation on the Whiskey Rebellion
Musical Hamilton
French Revolution
John Adams
Miller Center Biography- John Adams
HBO Mini Series- John Adams Companion Site
Sedition Act- PDF Profiles of those Arrested under the Act
Election of 1800 Interactive Online Exhibit (Monticello)
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson Timeline (Miller Center)
Jefferson and Slavery (Monticello)
Jefferson and Slavery at Monticello FAQ's
Marbury vs. Madison Comic
Oyez Marbury v. Madison Case Study
Interactive Virtual Tour of Monticello
Burr-Hamilton Duel- July 11th, 1804
Haitian Today rooted in Haitian Revolution Video
Louis and Clark Expedition- PBS Interactive Timeline PBS Google Earth Exploration of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
PBS History in a Nutshell Video: The Lewis and Clark Expedition
National Geographic- Lewis and Clark: Great Journey West (42min Video) School Tube Video Link- 42 Minutes
Interactive Map (Gilder Lehrman)
Interactive Map (PBS)
Jefferson and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Monticello Online Exhibit)
Jefferson's Instructions to Meriwether Lewis (Monticello)
Lewis and Clark Trail Foundation- Extensive Library of Features
Into the Unknown - PBS Interactive Lewis and Clark game. Requires Flash
Interactive Map (Missouri Historical Society- Requires Flash)
Online Exhibit -"From Nation to Nation" , Examining Lewis and Clark's Native American Collection: Harvard Peabody Museum
4 Foods that Jefferson Helped Popularize in America
Madison
Madison History Channel Video
Montpelier- Madison's Plantation Home
War of 1812
History Channel - First Invasion: The War of 1812
PBS- The War of 1812 Companion Site. Check Out Essays, Historic Sites, Timeline
PBS- The War of 1812- Film and Bonus Features (Video Clips on Military Realities, The Canadian Perspective, Blacks in the War, The British Blockade, Military Medicine, The Treaty of Ghent, and Legacies of the War on Native Americans)
PBS- The War of 1812 Full Video
Trailer-
Battlefields.Org War of 1812 Home Page- See Overview, FAQ's and Timeline
American Battlefield Trust- War of 1812 in 4 Minutes, War of 1812 Timeline, 10 Facts about the War of 1812
War of 1812 in the Cheseapeake Interactive Battle Field Maps (Washington, Baltimore)
Video- Burning of Washington in 4 Minutes
Video- USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) in 4 Minutes
War of 1812 Classroom Interactives (map, images, decision making games)
National Park Sites to Visit for the War of 1812 Exploration
National Park Service- War of 1812
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memoriall (Battle of Lake Erie)
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine (Battle of Baltimore / Star Spangled Banner)
Chalmette Battlefield and Jean LaFitte National Historical Park and Preserve (Battle of New Orleans)
Johnny Horton Ballad- The Battle of New Orleans Song
Also for the Exploration- PBS: The War of 1812 (Extensive resources: Essays, Historic Sites, Timelines, Video Clips and Full 2 Hour Documentary)
Other War of 1812 Sites
Fort Meigs and the War of 1812
Smithsonian Institution Star Spangled Banner Exhibition (Interactive)
1812- The Canadian Commemorative Site (Best Resource)
Monroe
Era of Good Feelings
Smithsonian Magazine Article (great read...sorry about the ads)
1819 Adams- Onis Treaty and Purchase of Florida
Acquisition of Florida- Department of State
1820 Missouri Compromise (see more in Territorial Growth / Causes of Civil War)
Missouri Compromise Committee Report- National Archives
1823 Monroe Doctrine (Foreign Policy)
Monroe Doctrine(Document- Avalon Project)
Monroe Doctrine (National Archives) + notes about its application over time.
Monroe Doctrine Background- Department of State
John Quincy Adams
60 Second Summary- video
Henry Clay's American System
Henry Clay Timeline and Biography (Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate)
Clay and the American System (US Senate)
The National Road (Ohio History Central)
The Ohio and Erie Canal- Ohio History Central
Cuyahoga Valley National Park Brochure
Protective Tariff - Charles River Museum
Industrial Revolution
Life in the North
Industrial Revolution- History of Massachusetts
Lowell Mill Girls Game- Great Interactive Feature with Primary Sources
Life in the South
The Making of African American Identity- National Humanities Center
How the Cotton Gin Changed America
Andrew Jackson
Ted Ed- History vs. Andrew Jackson opposing viewpoints animated video
Khan Academy- Age of Jackson
The Hermitage- Home, Family, and Presidency
Bank War
Jackson v. Bank of America- video
Nullification Crisis
Indian Removal Act and Trail of Tears
Indian Removal Act and Trail of Tears-(Teaching with Historic Places National Parks Lesson)
Andrew Jackson and the Indian Removal Act- 3 min video / dramatization.
How the Trail of Tears Got its Name (3 min Smithsonian Video)
Full Text of the Cherokee Appeal
The Invasion of America (Animated, Hyperlinked Map and Video of all the Land Cessions and Treaties that resulted in Native American tribes being forced out of their homelands onto reservation lands established by the U.S. Government.) Youtube Video Only Presentation
Growth of American Settlement at the Expense of Native American Lands (similar to above link, but showing boundaries that match our territorial growth maps)
America 1830's DeTocqueville...
DeTocqueville's Democracy in America- Hypertext Primary Source describes America in 1831
Teaching DeTocqueville- Edsitement