Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Lewis and Clark
Take a trip with Lewis and Clark with this fascinating site. Provides several brief articles, portraits, and photos of actual historical pieces from The Library of Congress' collection.
Other
Prairie Grasslands
Describes the Prairie grasslands of the U.S and the various types of prairies.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Connections Across Water
Global exportation and importation increased when water routes opened up. This unit analyzes how this affected world trade as well as the spread of population, religion, and illness.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Louisiana and Britain
One of Jefferson's acts doubled the area of the country. At the end of the Seven Years' War, France had ceded to Spain the territory west of the Mississippi River, with the port of New Orleans near its mouth -- a port indispensable for...
Missouri State University
Delaware Town: Removal Era
Discussion of the removal of American Indians living east of the Mississippi River beginning in the late 1700s. Initially, these removals were voluntary, resulting from treaty negotiations. In 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Arguably Mark Twain's most famous novel - indeed, one of the greatest works of American literature - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn brings together two people from the lower rungs of society, an ill-educated boy escaping an abusive...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Jason: Mixing Soil and Water Let's Settle This?
Disappearing Wetlands: Investigate how particles settle by measuring the amount of light passing through the water as particles settle. Make connections to the process by which sediment settles out of the Mississippi River to form...
Other
Cabrillo College: Cahokia
A concise, bulleted description of Cahokia, the major trade and population center of the Mississippian Mound Builders on the banks of the Mississippi River.
Wonderville Media
Wonderville: The Space Needle
Seattle, Washington, is home to an iconic tower called the Space Needle. It is 605 feet tall and 138 feet wide. At the time it was built, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River. Learn about The Space Needle in this...
Pennsylvania State University
Penn State: Still More Plate Tectonics, the Great Smoky Mountains
The Great Smoky Mountain National Park of North Carolina and Tennessee includes 16 mountains over 6,000 feet (about 2,000 m) high, making this generally the highest region in North America east of the Mississippi River. Gatlinburg is a...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: A Biography of America: The u.s. Rail Network Around 1880
Annenberg Learner's series on Industrial Supremacy in America includes this map showing the major rail lines east of the Mississippi River in about 1880.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Mississippi, 1914
A map from 1914 of Mississippi showing the capital of Jackson, counties and county seats, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers. A grid reference at the bottom of the map lists counties, principal cities, and towns of Mississippi.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Mississippi, 1920
A map from 1920 of Mississippi showing the capital of Jackson, counties and county seats, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers. A grid reference in the margins of the map lists counties, principal cities, and towns of Mississippi.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Mississippi, 1891
A map from 1891 of Mississippi showing the capital of Jackson, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Mississippi, 1902
A map from 1902 of Mississippi showing the capital of Jackson, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Mississippi, 1906
A map from 1906 of Mississippi showing the capital of Jackson, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Mississippi, 1909
A map from 1909 of Mississippi showing the capital of Jackson, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Mississippi, 1919
A map from 1919 of Mississippi showing the capital of Jackson, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Mississippi, 1922
A map from 1922 of Mississippi showing the capital of Jackson, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Mississippi, 1892
A map from 1892 of Mississippi showing the capital of Jackson, counties and county seats, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Mississippi, 1920
A map from 1920 of Mississippi showing the capital of Jackson, counties and county seats, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Mississippi, 1920
A map from 1920 of Mississippi showing the capital of Jackson, counties and county seats, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Mississippi, 1920
A map from 1920 of Mississippi showing the capital of Jackson, counties and county seats, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers.
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