Maps:
Animated map of westward expansion
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/48states.htmlExploration and Settlement 1800-1820 (775K)
Westward Expansion and Exploration 1803-1807
From American Military History, United States Army Center of Military History, 1989 (194K)Westward Expansion 1815-1845
From American Military History, United States Army Center of Military History, 1989 (258K)Exploration and Settlement 1820-1835 (890K)
Sources of the Mississippi River 1834 (414K)
From The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, Volume 4, 1834 to accompany "Narrative of an Expedition through the Upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake, the actual Source of this River; embracing an Exploratory Trip through the St. Croix and Burntwood (or Broule) Rivers; in 1832. Under the direction of Henry R. Schoolcraft. New York. 1834."Oregon Trail (199K)
"Line of Original Emigration to the Pacific Northwest Commonly Known as the Old Oregon Trail" from The Ox Team or the Old Oregon Trail 1852-1906 by Ezra Meeker. Fourth Edition 1907.Exploration and Settlement 1835-1850 (833K)
Exploration and Settlement 1850-1890 (888K)
Captain Marcy's route though Texas 1854 (612K)
From Petermann's Mittheilungen, 1895.
Images:
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Westward
Ho, 1904 http://gowest.coalliance.org/cgi-bin/imager?20101449+CHS.J1449 |
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Storming
of Independence Hill at the Battle of Monterey http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/thumbnail156.html |
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Timelines:
Click here for timeline.
Fact sheets and lesson plans:
Fact sheetmaybe an s2:
Manifest Destiny
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/us17.cfmRecommended lesson plan:
Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion
http://ohioteach.history.ohio-state.edu/Lessons/
Manifest%20Destiny%20and%20Westward%20Expansion.htm
Fact checks:
Recommended readings:
Richard White, It’s Your Misfortune and None of My Own
A comprehensive history of the American West incorporating the most recent historical scholarship.
Recommended
film{maybe an s} :
The Alamo
John Wayne plays David Crockett in this highly romanticized 1960 recreation of the battle of the Alamo
View the movie trailer (requires Windows Media Player):
http://us.imdb.com/Trailers?0053580&893&28
Learn more:
Marshall De Bruhl, “The Alamo” in Mark C. Carnes, ed., Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies
Recommended
Web site:
The West
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/index.htm
Primary source material on the American West, including many memoirs, journals, diaries, letters, and autobiographies.
This site was updated on 03-Jul-09.
