Brain Pop Videos (Log In AuroraHarmon / Greenmen2020 ) Westward Expansion, Industrial Revolution, Texas Revolution, Mexican American War, Gold Rush
Smithsonian History Explorer Interactives
The Market Revolution 1820-1850
THE BEST RESOURCE FOR COMPLETING YOUR TERRITORIAL GROWTH MAP IS THIS ANIMATED ATLAS. YOU CAN PAUSE AT ANY TIME TO FREEZE THE MAP...THEN CONTINUE
Animated Atlas- The Animated Territorial Growth map shown in class.
Animated Atlas Video... for when the above site is down. Click on the Watch on Youtube link that comes up and you'll get there.
America the Story of U.S. - Westward (Full Video)
MORE MAP RESOURCES ARE LINKED BELOW.
49 Maps that Explain the United States
U.S. Population Center 1790-2010
When did States Join the Union? (A Color Coded, Scroll Over Map)
The History of the United States of America: Every Year
Jackson Presidency-
The Hermitage- Home, Family, and Presidency
Nullification Crisis
Indian Removal
Indian Removal Act and Trail of Tears-(Teaching with Historic Places National Parks Lesson)
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.)
Growth of American Settlement at the Expense of Native American Lands (similar to above link, but showing boundaries that match our territorial growth maps)
PBS History in a Nutshell- The Trail of Tears
Manfest Destiny Concept
Historian's Perspective (Teaching History)
John O'Sullivan Primary Source Article (1845) Which coined the term "Manifest Destiny"
Territorial Growth
Expansion of the United States Map 1763 - Present
New Perspectives on the West- PBS Companion Site: Great Overall Resource
Expansion of the United States Map 1763 - Present
Texas
The Alamo.org- Official Site of the Historical Society
The Alamo The Alamo - Deconstructed
Lone Star Junction- Great Collection of Primary Source Documents
Texas Independence Timeline (interactive)
Gilder Lehrman Alamo Simulation (Lesson Plan)
Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail- PBS Companion Site
Oregon Trail Game -This is the classic 1990 video game that you can play within a window on the site. Challenging!
History.com- 9 Things You May Not Know about the Oregon Trail
Mormon Migration to Utah
The Mormons- History- PBS American Experience Companion Site
Map of Mormon Migration from NY to OH to MO to IL to UT (PBS)
Mexican War
PBS History in a Nutshell: The Mexican War (13 min video)
History in a Nutshell Quiz (7 Questions)
Mexican American War (History.com Article with hyperlinks and videos)
California Gold Rush and State Hood
Strike it Rich- Interactive Simulation (PBS)
California Gold Rush- PBS American Experience Features
Gold Fever Video- How the Gold Rush Began
PBS History in a Nutshell- The California Gold Rush (14 min)
California as I Saw It- First Person Narratives of California's Early Years (Library of Congress)
Coming After the Civil War...
Frontier Photographs from the 1880-90's Dakota Territory (From the closing of the frontier. Amazing pictures of natives, the U.S. army, mining, cowboys, frontier towns...)