WESTWARD EXPANSION RESOURCES

Websites and videos for research

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General Westward Expansion

VIDEOS

https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/westwardexpansion/

http://www.history.com/topics/oregon-trail/videos

https://wheat.cleburne.k12.tx.us/apps/video/watch.jsp?v=72100

WEBSITES

http://www.historynet.com/westward-expansion

Lewis and Clark Expedition, Sacagawea, Louisiana Purchase

VIDEOS

https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistoricalfigures/lewisandclark/

https://ny.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/pbs-world-explorers-lewis-and-clark/pbs-world-explorers-lewis-and-clark/

http://www.biography.com/video/sacagawea-guide-friend-2080082636

http://www.history.com/topics/lewis-and-clark/videos/lewis-clark-expedition

http://www.history.com/topics/louisiana-purchase/videos/louisiana-purchase-doubles-u-s

http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/sacagawea/videos/american-buffalo?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

WEBSITES

https://kids.kiddle.co/Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition

http://www.lewis-clark.org/

http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/index.html

http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/sacagawea

http://montanakids.com/history_and_prehistory/lewis_and_clark/sacagawea.htm

https://www.pebblego.com/modules/3/categories/3117/articles/3122

The Oregon Trail and Pioneer Life

VIDEOS

http://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/videos/the-donner-party?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

WEBSITES

https://kids.kiddle.co/Oregon_Trail

http://www.american-historama.org/1841-1850-westward-expansion/oregon-trail.htm

http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/oregon_trail.php

http://oregontrailkids.blogspot.com/2012/01/facts.html

http://www.american-historama.org/1841-1850-westward-expansion/oregon-trail.htm

http://www.oregontrailcenter.org/HistoricalTrails/TheWagon.htm

http://www.oregonpioneers.com/wagon.htm

http://oregontrailkids.blogspot.com/2012/01/facts.html

The Donner Party

Click here to read the article: Blazing a Trail: The Oregon Trail Click here to hear the article read aloud.

Pony Express

VIDEOS

http://www.teachertube.com/video/pony-express-228891

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB7VF-U_T38

http://time.com/3821522/google-doodle-pony-express/

GAMES

https://postalmuseum.si.edu/mmw/game/game.html

https://www.google.com/doodles/155th-anniversary-of-the-pony-express

WEBSITES

http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/pony_express.php

http://www.historynet.com/pony-express

http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/pony_express.php

https://www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar439280/pony%20express

The Gold Rush

VIDEOS

http://www.history.com/topics/oregon-trail/videos/gold-rush

https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/goldrush/

WEBSITES

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/californiagoldrush.htm

http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/california_gold_rush.php. Click here to hear the audio file.

https://www.americanhistoryforkids.com/the-gold-rush/

https://kids.kiddle.co/California_Gold_Rush

The Trail of Tears

VIDEOS

Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.mp4

https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistoricalfigures/andrewjackson/

https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/trailoftears/

http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/trail-of-tears

WEBSITES

https://kids.kiddle.co/Trail_of_Tears

http://www.cherokee.org/About-The-Nation/History/Trail-of-Tears/A-Brief-History-of-the-Trail-of-Tears

http://www.ducksters.com/history/native_americans/trail_of_tears.php

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h1567.html

The Transcontinental Railroad

VIDEOS

https://ny.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/akh10.socst.ush.now.trchinese/transcontinental-railroad-recruits-chinese-laborers/#.WPe9cxLytxg

http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/transcontinental-railroad/videos

https://www.brainpop.com/technology/transportation/railroadhistory/

WEBSITES

https://kids.kiddle.co/Transcontinental_Railroad

http://railroad.lindahall.org/essays/brief-history.html

http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/transcontinental-railroad

http://www.american-historama.org/1866-1881-reconstruction-era/transcontinental-railroad.htm

Native Americans

VIDEOS

https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/americanindians/

http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/wounded-knee/videos

http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/battle-of-the-little-bighorn/videos

https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/woundedkneemassacre/

http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/sacagawea/videos/american-buffalo?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

WEBSITES

Sitting Bull

Wounded Knee Massacre

http://www.native-languages.org/kids.htm

http://wiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/Indian_Removal_Act

http://www.ducksters.com/history/native_americans.php

https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/sitting-bull

Native American Boarding Schools

https://kids.kiddle.co/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States

THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR

VIDEOS

https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/texasrevolution/

https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/mexicanamericanwar/

WEBSITE ARTICLES

https://kids.kiddle.co/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War

https://kids.kiddle.co/The_Alamo

https://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/mexican-american_war.php

https://socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/mexicanamericanwar1.htm

https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Mexican-American-War/275815

Women's Suffrage in the American West

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/news/woman-suffrage/

http://www.thewildwest.org/cowboys/wildwestlegendarywomen/208-womensuffrage

INTERACTIVE MAPS

http://dsl.richmond.edu/historicalatlas/61/f/