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Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: Journeys West

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A series of lessons utilizing primary texts, including narratives, photographs, and maps, through which young scholars explore the following question: "What motivated thousands of people to journey west during the 1800s?"
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Primary
Museum of the City of San Francisco

Virtual Museum of San Francisco: William T. Sherman and Early California History

For Students 9th - 10th
From the memoirs of William Tecumseh Sherman you can read about his arrival in California during the Mexican War, his dealings with John Fremont, and the Bear Flag Revolt.
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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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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected (12) reading passages (grades 6-11) to pair with "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe. In this classic novel, Okonkwo, a wealthy and respected member of the Umuofia clan, resists the forces of change brought to Africa by...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: Native American History

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of 27 Grade-Leveled texts (4-12) on the topic Native American History. Before European settlers came to North America, millions of native people lived in many unique societies. Explore the history of Native Americans...
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Handout
CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: Westward Expansion

For Students 9th - 10th
Throughout the 1800s, Americans pushed ever westward in the search of prosperity and the American dream. It was a time of growth and adventure for settlers, and loss for most American Indians. This collection includes 7 Grade-Leveled...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad

For Students 9th - 10th
In the novel "Heart of Darkness," Marlow travels up the Congo River on behalf of a Belgian trading company. Once he is far upriver he encounters the mysterious Kurtz, a man who has set himself up as a god amongst the natives. Selected...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: 54 40 or Fight

For Students 5th - 8th
See how James Polk's plan to claim the Oregon Territory, which had been shared with Great Britain since 1818, led him to victory with the slogan, Fifty-four forty or fight. Read about the settlers who traveled the Oregon Trail and why...
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Primary
Museum of the City of San Francisco

Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco: The Diary of Johann August Sutter

For Students 9th - 10th
In an book by Douglas S. Watson published in 1932, you can read the introduction which tells about the life of Johann August Sutter, who emigrated to California, built a mill where gold was found, and suffered for that discovery....
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Primary
Museum of the City of San Francisco

Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco: California Before Gold Discovery

For Students 9th - 10th
From the "Century" magazine, an article from 1890 by James Bidwell who came to California in 1841.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Spice Up the Nineteenth Century!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will make interactive outlines using the Internet of the reform movements, literature, trails, religion or technology of the early nineteenth century.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Settling the West: Westward Expansion

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
During this lesson, students will have the opportunity to experience the westward expansion through literature and the Internet. By creating a brochure and a slideshow presentation, students will become aware of the difficulties people...
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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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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: Quiz 1

For Students 9th - 10th
A quick five question quiz over US history in the mid 1800s.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: Annexing Texas

For Students 9th - 10th
Quickly following Texan independence, the United States admitted Texas into the republic as a slave state.
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Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Cherokee Removal and the Trail of Tears

For Students 9th - 10th
The sources in this primary set uses documents, images, and music to reveal the story of Cherokee removal, which is part of a larger story known as the Trail of Tears. Includes teaching guide.
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Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Commodore Perry's Expedition to Japan

For Students 9th - 10th
The sources in this primary set document Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan. Includes teaching guide.
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Lesson Plan
iCivics

I Civics: Annexation of Texas (1845)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore how the state of Texas was established. They will learn how Texas fought for independence from Mexico, the role of slavery in delaying Texas' admission, and how it was eventually incorporated into the Union.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Cole, the Oxbow

For Students 9th - 10th
Thomas Cole was best known for his landscape paintings which embodied the beauty and grandeur of the American wilderness during the first half of the nineteenth century. When viewed through the lens of nineteenth-century political...
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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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Curated OER

Photograph of Zachary Taylor

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

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1840

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of North America in 1840 at the time when the concept of "Manifest Destiny" was being applied to annex the Oregon Territory, Texas, and much of northern Mexico into the United States. The map is color-coded to show the extent of...
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Fort Mitchell Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Fort Mitchell represents three periods of interaction with Native Americans. The first period is the martial aspect of Manifest Destiny, when the Creek Indian Nation was defeated and forced to concede land.; the second represents the...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Thomas Benton

For Students 9th - 10th
Thomas Hart Benton (3/14/1784 - 4/10/1858) was a U.S. Senator from Missouri and a staunch advocate of westward expansion of the United States. He served in the Senate from 1821 to 1851, becoming the first member of that body to serve...

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