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1.3.3.2 American History - Westward Expansion

Last page update: 10/02/02

American West - Expansion (VALUABLE, EXTENSIVE RERFERENCE MATERIAL [A-] )

(http://www.americanwest.com/pages/awexpans.htm)

Buffalo Soldiers on the Western Frontier (INTERESTING; GOOD EXTENSION [A-[ )

(http://www.imh.org/imh/buf/buf4.html)

California Trail - virtual tour - extension (VERY GOOD [A] )

(http://www.calcite.rocky.edu/octa/trailmap.htm)

Crossroads (K-16 AMERICAN HISTORY [B] )

(http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/index.html)

Donner Online - webquest, with answers presented in multimedia format (VERY GOOD [A-] )

(http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/donner/)

Donner Party - "Patty Reed's Doll"- Novel Guide (GREAT [A] )

(http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/patty/pattytg.html)

Eyewitness - History through the eyes of those who lived it - The Old West (VALUABLE EXTENSION [A] )

(http://www.ibiscom.com/owfrm.htm)

In Search of the Oregon Trail - Gr 4-12 video-based thematic unit (TREMENDOUS [A+] )

(http://www.pbs.org/opb/oregontrail/)

Lewis and Clark - PBS Online (RICH & VALUABLE RESOURCE [A+] )

(http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/)

Lewis and Clark @ nationalgeographic.com - online feature (FANTASTIC [A+] )

(http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/)

Lewis and Clark - Thematic Unit (GOOD [B] )`

(http://hometown.aol.com/MomCaroe/LandC.html)

Links to the Oregon Trail - research info (GREAT [A] ) 

(http://www.over-land.com/trore.html)

Old West - reference source (VERY INTERESTING [B+] )

(http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/oldwest/oldwest.htm)

Old West History - Odin's Castle (EXTENSIVE LINKS TO OLD WEST [A-] )

(http://www.odinscastle.org/odin15.html)

Oregon Trail (MARVELOUS, RICH ONLINE BACKGROUND INFORMATION [A+] ) 

(http://trackstar.hprtec.org/main/track_frames.php3?track_id=471&nocache=1738181601)

Oregon Trail - LPs, Thematic Units, resources links (VALUABLE [A] ) 

(http://www.connectingstudents.com/themes/or_trail.htm)

Oregon Trail Overland Journey WebQuest - online thematic unit (GREAT [A] ) 

(http://www.web-and-flow.com/members/sberger/pioneer/webquest.htm)

Oregon Trail - A Journey on the Oregon Trail - WebQuest (GREAT [A] ) 

(http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq58/page1.htm)

Oregon Trail - online references (VERY GOOD [B+] )

(http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html)

Oregon Trail - printable map (VERY USEFUL [A] ) 

(http://www.pbs.org/opb/oregontrail/teacher/trailmap.html)

Oregon Trail - LPs, resources, handouts, etc. (VALUABLE [A-] )

(http://www.connectingstudents.com/themes/or_trail.htm)

Oregon Trail Interactive Adventure (USEFUL - WORTH A LOOK [B] )

(http://www.connectingstudents.com/ot/)

Oregon Trail Web Inquiry - online investigation unit (VERY GOOD [A-] ) 

(http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/Greenway/web_activities/oregontrail1.htm)

Oregon Trail - Wagons West WebQuest (VERY GOOD [A-] ) 

(http://www.richmond.edu/~ed344/webquests/oregon/)

Passages - History of Exploration of North America (FANTASTIC REFERENCE/EXTENSION [A+] )

(http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/dl/1999/passages/index-e.htm)

Pioneers - "Grandma Essie's Covered Wagon" - novel studies (RICH & VALUABLE EXTENSION [A] ) (http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/grade5/Grandma_Essie.html)

Pioneers - ThinkQuestJr. (WONDERFUL [A+] )

(http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6400/)

Pioneer Life Web Center - rich online extension (MOTIVATING AND INTERESTING [B+] )

(http://www.oocities.org/EnchantedForest/Mountain/9112/Piolife.html)

The Overland Trail - Millinnium Site - various Westward Expansion trails (RICH, VALUABLE BACKGROUND [A] ) 

(http://www.over-land.com/)

Westward Bound - online unit - similar to WebQuest (FASCINATING EXTENSION [A+] )

(http://www.west-aurora.k12.il.us/waschools/goodwin/default.htm)

Westward Expansion - About.com - valuable (VERY GOOD BACKGROUND INFO [A-] )

(http://americanhistory.about.com/homework/americanhistory/library/weekly/blotwst.htm)

Westward Movement - Booklist for unit studies (GREAT EXTENSION POSSIBILITIES [A] )

(http://members.aol.com/MGoudie/WestwardMovementBooklist.html)

Westward Movement - Unit Goals and Lesson Plans (MARVELOUS [A] )

(http://hale.pepperdine.edu/~ahdugre/unit_plan.htm)

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