WESTWARD EXPANSION RESOURCES

Today you'll do a bit of research to help you prepare for writing.

Step 1: Pick one of the following topics: The Louisiana Purchase, The Pony Express, Lewis and Clark, The Oregon Trail, The Transcontinental Railroad, Native Americans, or the Erie Canal.

Step 2: Check out some websites for that topic. As you read look for what you think are the most important or most interesting facts.

Step 3: On a piece of notebook paper, write down the 3 most interesting facts. Be sure to also write down which website you got them from.

Step 4: Bring this information to school Friday. This will help you with your flash draft.


General Websites for Westward Expansion
http://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/THE-AMERICAN-WILDERNESS-Go-West-U.S.-Westward-Expansion
http://www.history.com/
http://www.pbs.org/topics/history/
www.worldbookonline.com

Websites for Westward Expansion Subtopics:
Westward Expansion
 http://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion
 http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/
 http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/W/WE021.html
 http://www.historynet.com/westward-expansion
 http://www.teachushistory.org/Westward/forteachers.htm
 http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-westwardexpansion.html

The Louisiana Purchase
 http://www.ushistory.org/us/20c.asp
 http://www.history.com/topics/louisiana-purchase
 http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/louisiana-purchase
 http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=18
 http://geography.about.com/od/historyofgeography/a/louisianapurcha.htm

The Pony Express
 http://www.stjomo.com/see-do/experience-history/the-pony-express/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Pony-Express&gclid=CLqbkZ29vsICFUGUfgodIWoAaw
 http://ponyexpress.org/history/
 http://www.nps.gov/poex/historyculture/index.htm

Lewis and Clark
 http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/
 http://lewisclark.net/
 http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
 http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/

The Oregon Trail
 http://www.america101.us/trail/Oregontrail.html
 http://www.blm.gov/or/oregontrail/history-basics.php
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Trail
 http://www.nps.gov/oreg/index.htm
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Trail
 http://www.oregontrailcenter.org/
 http://www.oregontrailcenter.org/HistoricalTrails/TheTrekWest.htm
 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-thousand-pioneers-head-west-on-the-oregon-trail
 http://www.historynet.com/oregon-trail

The California Gold Rush
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Gold_Rush
 http://www.library.ca.gov/goldrush/
 http://www.library.ca.gov/goldrush/
 http://americanhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa090901a.htm

The Transcontinental Railroad
 http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/transcontinental-railroad
 http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/goldenspike.htm
 http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3147
 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/tcrr/
 http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/rail.html
 http://www.cprr.org/

Native Americans
 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/interview/tcrr-interview/
 http://www.historyandtheheadlines.abc-clio.com/ContentPages/ContentPage.aspx?entryId=1171626
 http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/h46-am3.htm
 http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/indianremoval/Index.html

Pioneers
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_pioneer
 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-thousand-pioneers-head-west-on-the-oregon-trail
 http://gizmodo.com/15-tools-that-helped-pioneers-survive-on-the-american-f-577187190
The Trail of Tears
 http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/trail-of-tears
 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h1567.html
http://www.cherokee.org/AboutTheNation/History/TrailofTears/ABriefHistoryoftheTrailofTears.aspx
 http://www.nps.gov/trte/index.htm

Erie Canal
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Canal
 http://www.eriecanal.org/
 http://www.eriecanal.org/general-1.html
 http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDUQtwIwAg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.history.com%2Ftopics%2Fus-states%2Fnew-york%2Fvideos%2Fbuilding-the-erie-canal&ei=u-THVPn5I9i3oQSZ3IGIDQ&usg=AFQjCNH6LR-0wsYiFONf6clUjD3QiXBBVQ
 http://www.eriecanalway.org/
 http://www.eriecanalway.org/learn_history-culture.htm
 http://geography.about.com/od/urbaneconomicgeography/a/eriecanal.htm

Primary sources
 http://www.teachushistory.org/Westward/ps-contents.htm