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Reading Group Guides: My Intonia
This site features a reading group guide for the book, "My Antonia," by Willa Cather. Students will benefit from the discussion questions listed in this resource.
Cengage Learning
An Introduction to the Life and Writings of Willa Cather
This website is an attempt to give a comprehensive introduction to Cather's (1873-1947 CE) life and work. Aside from an introduction to the body of work, it includes a short biography, an extensive bibliography, an overview of the...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Pioneer Values in Willa Cather's My Antonio
The objective of this site is to guide students through a self-directed exploration of pioneer life in reference to the book, "My Antonio." Students will have an opportunity to work on combining the study of history and literature...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Willa Cather Lesson Plans
Check out this informative resource to learn more about this famous author. This site features links to several other sites dedicated to Willa Cather's life and work.
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Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County
This site provides information on the three Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Portrait of the Art World: Georgia O'keeffe
Brief biographical sketch of Georgia O'Keeffe, with details about the inspiration she found in the American Southwest.
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Explorer: Francisco Vazquez De Coronado Issue
Review key aspects of the career of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado from this captioned exhibit of a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1940 in commemoration of the four-hundredth anniversary of his 1540 expedition through the American Southwest.
Northern Arizona University
People and Land Use on the Colorado Plateau
Description of the people that have lived in the Colorado Plateau over the past 12,000 years. It started with the Paleoindians and has included such people as the Archaic culture, Anasazi, Hopi, Zuni, Pais cultures, and Navajos among...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Zuni
This reference introduced the Zuni tribe located in New Mexico. Read about their marriage customs, family life, economy, religion and socialization.
Curated OER
Perry Castaneda Map Collection: Map of Early Indian Tribes in the Western u.s.
Map showing the Native American culture areas and the tribes within those cultures in western North America. From the Perry Castaneda collection.
Digital History
Digital History: Spanish America
Read about Spanish influence in the northern part of its empire in America. See what American cowboys borrowed from the vaqueros, and how Spanish architecture came to spread across the Southwest.
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: War in the Southwest Red River Expedition, 1864
A map showing the operations of the American Civil War in the Southwest, including the Red River Expedition in 1864.
Curated OER
Southwest books.org: Land Grants in Northern New Mexico
This site from SouthwestBooks.org provides this history of the New Mexico land grants is detailed and excellent background for the 1960s Mexican American land grant movement.
Stephen Byrne
History for Kids: Pueblo Tribe
History for Kids gives an overview of the history of the Pueblo tribe which lived for thousands of years in the Southwest region of the U.S.
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Pre Contact Culture Areas (Map)
This excellent map shows where different tribes were before first contact, links to related information.
Curated OER
History Matters: "All Over the Land Nothing Else Was Spoken Of"
History Matters provides this fascinating account from Spanish conqquistador, Cabeza de Vaca, about his encounters with the varous Native Americans in the Southwest who came to him for medical attention.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Nm: Chaco Culture Natl Historical Park
Densest and most exceptional concentration of pueblos in the American Southwest.
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Navajo Leaders: Manuelito (1818 1893), Navajo Chief
Written by a former United States Marine who was part of the Navajo Code Talkers this is an impressive outline of the life of Manuelito.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Walapai
Learn about the tribe of people who lived in Arizona known as the Walapai. Investigate their way of life and much more.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Western Apache
Learn about the lives of the Western Apache on this webpage. Explore their family structure, religion, way of life, and much more.
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University of New Mexico: Joy Harjo
Read a quick description of Harjo's work from the University of New Mexico and about other writers who have influenced her. Includes a quote from Harjo, a small photo, & an audio clip of the author!
Oakland Museum of California
Gold Rush: California on the Eve Californios
This resource presents information about the Spanish influence in California before the Gold Rush.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Sonoran Desert
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an introduction/review of the climate, the plant life and the animals of the Sonoran Desert. Students will use Activotes, the eraser tool and the pen tool to answer questions about how...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The United Colonies, 1776
A map of the United Colonies at the beginning of the American Revolution (1776) showing colonial land claims to the Mississippi River, including the territories organized after the war. The map shows the Northwest Territory (organized in...
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