Resource Websites for the Western Region
The Erie Canal
1. National Geographic – Creating Canals (video):
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/national-geographic-channel/shows/the-link/ngc-creating-canals/
The Homestead Act
1. PBS.org – Frontier House video clips:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/frontierhouse/
Lewis and Clark
Discovering Lewis and Clark: http://www.lewis-clark.org/ National Geographic: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/ The Louisiana Purchase
Discovering Lewis and Clark: http://www.lewis-clark.org/
National Geographic: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/ The Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase Timeline, 1802–07 (from Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial): http://www.louisianapurchase2003.com/history/timeline/index.htm Library of Congress – Primary documents: http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Louisiana.html Avalon Project at Yale Law Library – Primary documents: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/fr1803m.asp WatchKnowLearn.org: Louisiana Purchase in a Nutshell (1:11): http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=25166&CategoryID=5420
Louisiana Purchase Timeline, 1802–07 (from Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial):
http://www.louisianapurchase2003.com/history/timeline/index.htm
Library of Congress – Primary documents:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Louisiana.html
Avalon Project at Yale Law Library – Primary documents:
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/fr1803m.asp
WatchKnowLearn.org: Louisiana Purchase in a Nutshell (1:11):
http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=25166&CategoryID=5420
The Pony Express
1. National Geographic – map and photographs:
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/news/pony-power/kd/?ar_a=3&ar_r=3
The Transcontinental Railroad
1. History.com – videos: The Transcontinental Railroad (3:27): http://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/videos#transcontinental-railroad
The US–Mexican War PBS.org:
Interactivetimeline: http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/timeline_flash.html 24 short video clips: http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/resources/video_library.html America’s Story – Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/reform/jb_reform_guadalup_1.html Library of Congress – Photographs from the conflict with Mexico: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/picamer/paMexican.html
Interactivetimeline:
http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/timeline_flash.html
24 short video clips:
http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/resources/video_library.html
America’s Story – Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo:
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/reform/jb_reform_guadalup_1.html
Library of Congress – Photographs from the conflict with Mexico:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/picamer/paMexican.html
History.com – videos:
America: The Story of Us: The Alamo (2:37): http://www.history.com/shows/america-the-story-of-us/videos/the-alamo#the-alamo The Gold Rush:
America: The Story of Us: The Alamo (2:37):
http://www.history.com/shows/america-the-story-of-us/videos/the-alamo#the-alamo
http://www.history.com/topics/gold-rush-of-1849
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/goldrush.html
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/californiagoldrush.htm
Transcontinental Railroad:
http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/transcontinental-railroad
http://railroad.lindahall.org/essays/brief-history.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/tcrr-race/
Logging/Timber Industry:
http://www.loggers.com/timber_facts.htm
http://www.idahoforests.org/factfram.htm
http://montanakids.com/agriculture_and_business/timber/timber.htm
http://www.ofic.com/facts.php
Alaska:
http://alaska.gov/kids/learn/region.htm
http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/alaska/videos/history-exxon-valdez-oil-spill?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false
1906 San Francisco Earthquake:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/18april/index.php
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-great-san-francisco-earthquake
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/sfeq.htm
Yellowstone National Park:
https://www.nps.gov/yell/index.htm
http://www.yellowstonenationalpark.com
http://www.yellowstonepark.com
Yosemite National Park:
https://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/national-parks/yosemite-national-park/#/bridal-veil-falls-sunrise-yosmite_92681_600x450.jpg
http://www.nationalparks.org/explore-parks/yosemite-national-park
Golden Gate Bridge:
http://goldengatebridge.org/research/facts.php
https://www.nps.gov/prsf/planyourvisit/golden-gate-bridge.htm
http://www.history.com/topics/golden-gate-bridge
Glacier National Park:
https://www.nps.gov/glac/index.htm
Spanish Missions:
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/travelspanishmissions/spanish-missions-in-the-united-states-cultural-and-historical-significance.htm Westward link: http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/