Curated OER
Heading West
Students study the concept of the westward expansion. In this exploration of the western U.S. instructional activity, students participate in different activities that explain economic hardships, jobs, and land opportunities. Students...
Library of Congress
Loc: American Memory: The Kiowa Collection
Collection contains images and transcripts of the papers of Hugh Lenox Scott, a soldier in Kiowa territory in 1892. He tells of the Kiowa nation, their history, culture and clashes with whites like Kit Carson.
PBS
Pbs: New Perspectives on the West
This in-depth resource presents a history of the American West from pre-Columbian times until World War I with profiles, documents, and images. It encourages visitors to link these into patterns of historical meaning for themselves....
Other
New Mexico Office of State Historian: 1864 Navajo Long Walk to Bosque Redondo
Explains the military's attempts to stop Navajo raids and the eventual evacuation of the Navajo to Bosque Redondo, the Navajo Long Walk. Hyperlinks for additional information.
Library of Congress
Loc: Immigration: Destroying the Native American Cultures
Detailed and extensive account of the plight of Native Americans during the westward growth of America. Includes maps, audio recordings, authentic letters, speeches,a great timeline, and much more.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Themepark: Liberty: Mexican American War
Find a large collection of internet resources organized around the Mexican American War. Links to places to go, people to see, things to do, teacher resources, and bibliographies.
Other
Canyon De Chelly: The Long Walk
An interesting compilation of information about the Navajo Long Walk as told to the author by his Navajo grandparents. Good insight into Navajo culture.
Yale University
Avalon Project: Treaty With the Cheyenne and Arapaho; October 14, 1865
Actual text of the treaty, which removes members of the Cheyenne and Arapaho nations to a reservation, gives additional land grants in reparation for the Sand Creek Massacre, and promises annual payments to tribal members.
Legends of America
Legends of America: Navajo Long Walk to the Bosque Redondo
This essay is about the Najavo Long Walk.
Other
Colorado Historical Society: Kit Carson: A Hero in Fact and Fiction [Pdf]
A short biography of the legend of the West, Kit Carson. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
Other
New Mexico History Museum: The Long Walk of the Navajo and Mescalaro Indians
An account of the long walk of the Navajo to Bosque Redondo and Kit Carson's involvement in the relocation.
Curated OER
Photograph of Kit Carson
This site contains information about how people from New York and London viewed the California gold rush. From winter, 1849 issue of "The Pacific Spectator."
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Kit Carson
Christopher Houston Carson was a famous American frontiersman and was known as "Rope Thrower."
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Kit Carson
(1809-1868) Frontiersmen who fought for the Union in the Civil War.