Research Resources
Below are a variety of options of informational resources you can use for your research.
Don't forget to keep track of your sources in Noodle Tools
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Books in the Library
There a many, many books on the research table for you to use.
Databases
Excellent, reliable, factual resources that Fairfield Public Schools pays for. No EVALUATION needed.
Password for GALE: research
Britannica should work from school. From home: ludlowems/bulldogs
Easy to cite! Just copy their citation.
What is a Database?
How to use a GALE Database
General Websites
The sites listed are reliable websites.
Other online sources you find on Google must be EVALUATED for Accuracy, Author, Bias, and Currency
You must add the website information into Noodle Tools
Curated Websites
NATIVE AMERICANS
General Background Information
Westward Expansion and Indian Culture (from Encyclopedia.com)
Who Owns the Land?: A Native American Perspective (from North Carolina History Online)
Legislation regarding Native Americans
Andrew Jackson: the Worst President the Cherokee Ever Met (from All Things Cherokee)
Indian Treaties and the Removal Act of 1830 (from Office of the Historian)
Indian Removal Act (from History.net) - features multiple articles!
A short history of the U.S. government’s relationship with Native Americans (from Newsela)
Indian Removal
American Expansion Turns to Official Indian Removal (from the National Park Service website)
Manifest Destiny and Indian Removal (from the Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Native American Resistance and Notable Conflicts
American Indian Resistance to White Expansion (from Encyclopedia.com)
What Caused the Great Sioux Uprising of 1862 (from Warfare History Network)
Trail of Tears
EXPLORATION
Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny
Mountain Men, Explorers, and Guides (Fur Trade)
The Lewis and Clark Expedition
Medicine on the Lewis and Clark Expedition (from the National Park Service)
Medicine on the Trail (from the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation)
Explorer and Native American Interactions
ACQUISITION OF TERRITORY
About the Louisiana Purchase
The Annexation of Texas
The Mexican Cession
HEADING WEST
Seeking Gold
8 Things You May Not Know About the California Gold Rush (from History.com)
The California Gold Rush (from A North Carolina History Online Resource)
Mining, Trading, and Working in the Old West
Immigration During and After the California Gold Rush of 1849
Life on the Frontier
Frontier Life: "Without Peas and Things Put Into It" (from PBS) - multiple pages
What Kids Did on the Western Frontier (from the Christian Science Monitor)
Women and the Myth of the American West (from Time Magazine)
Homestead Act
The Oregon Trail
The Donner Party
Video
Also Available through Classlink.
Great Resource for background information on Westward Expansion, Gold Rush, Fur Trading, Presidents, Native Americans, and some specific people.
Look for the Citations tab. Copy/paste the Citation. (MLA)
Simpler Resources
A Database. Reliable. Easy to Cite. Just copy their Citation.
A Website. You need to Cite this. Add the website to your Noodle Tools Project