Links

On this page, you can find links to learn more about the topic of each unit in Journey to America Today.

At the bottom of the page, there are links to other useful pages to learn more about American history, online museums, and online social studies resources.

Useful Links for Each Unit

Unit 1

Cahokia Mounds Museum of the Mississippian culture https://cahokiamounds.org/

National Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian),Washington DC https://americanindian.si.edu/

Unit 2

L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Parks Canada

https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/nl/meadows

Foods of the Columbian Exchange: Digital Collections for the Classroom,

https://dcc.newberry.org/?p=14426

Unit 3

Teachers’ resources for the PBS series Africans in America: the Middle Passage

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p277.html

New Amsterdam History Center:

https://newamsterdamhistorycenter.org

Unit 4

Teachers’ resources for the PBS series Liberty! The American Revolution

https://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/teachers.html

Resources for Students and Educators at the Museum of the American Revolution

https://www.amrevmuseum.org/learn-and-explore/for-students-and-educators

Unit 5

WNET (PBS Affiliate) Slavery and the Making of America, Teachers’ Resources:

https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/slavery/teachers/index.html

The Abolition Seminar:

https://www.abolitionseminar.org/

Unit 6

PBS’ Teaching the Civil War:

https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/civil-war/classroom/teaching-civil-war/

American Battlefields Trust: Lesson plans for teaching the Civil War

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/educators/civil-war-curriculum

Unit 7

PBS Learning Media: Reconstruction

https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/subjects/social-studies/us-history/civil-war-and-reconstruction-1850-1877/reconstruction/

National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum: Teacher’s Resources

https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/school-childrens-resources/

Unit 8

PBS Learning Media: The Gilded Age

https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/dpla-tg-075/teaching-guide-exploring-the-politics-of-the-gilded-age/

Library of Congress: The Spanish-Americann War: The United States Becomes a World Power

https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/spanish-american-war-the-united-states-becomes-a-world-power/

Unit 9

National World War I Museum, Education Resources

https://www.theworldwar.org/learn/educators-students

Library of Congress: The Great Gatsby: Primary Sources from the Roaring Twenties

https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/great-gatsby-primary-sources-from-the-roaring-twenties/

The Living New Deal: Resources

https://livingnewdeal.org/resources/

Unit 10

PBS Learning Media: The Cold War

https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/subjects/social-studies/world-history/the-world-since-1945/the-cold-war/

NASA STEM Engagement: Race to Space

https://www.nasa.gov/stem-ed-resources/race-to-space.html

Unit 11

Civil Rights Teaching: Lessons & Resource

https://www.civilrightsteaching.org/resources

PBS Learning Media: Teaching the Vietnam War

https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/teaching-the-vietnam-war/

Unit 12

PBS Newshour, News for Students and Teacher Resources: Teaching Watergate

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/lessons-plans/watergate-lesson-plan-the-limits-of-presidential-power/

Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies: Resources for American History

https://ncmideast.org/resources-for-american-history/

Unit 13

PBS Learning Media: Fall of the Berlin Wall

https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/97508b2d-9478-4924-898f-5dfedb8148a0/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/

PBS Learning Media: Activism to Fight AIDS

https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/bdd815bd-496c-46c3-8e77-454d1104412b/activism-to-fight-aids/