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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia Britannica provides a brief overview of the results of the treaty that ended the Mexican War.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: Chinese Immigrants and Mexican Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the conflict with Mexican American and Chinese groups as white settlers pushed westward in the nineteenth century. Explains what brought so many Chinese immigrants to America and the roadblocks and discrimination that they had...
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Website
Oklahoma State University

Chronicles of Oklahoma: A Brief History of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive description of the tribe which came from Warm Spring Apache Tribe, the Chiricahua Apache Tribe, and the Nednai Apache Tribe. The article provides details on these three tribes.
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Primary
Museum of the City of San Francisco

The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco: The Mexican American War

For Students 9th - 10th
The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco displays the history of the Mexican-American War, including an explanation of border changes in the California and Mexico areas. It also discusses the idea of Manifest Destiny.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Richard Caton Woodville, War News From Mexico

For Students 9th - 10th
Richard Caton Woodville's "War News From Mexico" is an example of an American genre painting. It depicts a group of people reacting to news about the Mexican-American War. View pictures of this painting and read the backstory in this essay.
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Lesson Plan
iCivics

I Civics: Mexican Cession (1848)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the causes and effects of the Mexican-American war. They will learn about the land was obtained as a result, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the Gadsen Purchase of 1853, and the new international borders.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn interesting facts about the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the American Mexican War (1846-1848).
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Graphic
Curated OER

President James L. Polk

For Students 9th - 10th
The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco displays the history of the Mexican-American War, including an explanation of border changes in the California and Mexico areas. It also discusses the idea of Manifest Destiny.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Lithograph of General Santa Anna

For Students 9th - 10th
Image of General Santa Anna