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Wgbh/pbs: Westward Expansion 1860 1890
Many changes across the country during the westward expansion were features that could be captured on a map. Review this map and select characteristics to be illustrated. Characteristics such as population, major cities, railroads, and...
InterKnowledge Corp.
Geographia World: History of Belgium
Explore the history of Belgium through a timeline, starting with the Celts and ending with information on the "New Kingdom," the 1800s to the end of the 20th century.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: The Importance of Manila Bay
Read this account of the strategic importance of Manila to the U.S. in the late 1800s. The U.S. and the Philippines eventually went to war.
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh: Charles Perrault's Mother Goose Tales
Charles Perrault gave these tales "literary legitimacy" when he wrote them down and published them. Read about Perrault and read his stories that swept across England in the 1800s.
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comission
Explore Pa History: Conestoga Wagon
A good description of the history of the Conestoga wagon and its use on Pennsylvania roads and the trans-Allegheny area in the late 1700s and ealry 1800s.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Romanticism
Studies of the 1800's in Europe include the movement of romanticism. This slideshow will help understand what romanticism is all about.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Revolutions of 1848
While most of Europe was experiencing revolutions within the nations, two escaped the turmoil. Find out which two and understand the state of the continent during the latter half of the 1800's.
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Pioneers and the Frontier
Learning module with a variety of video and other resources on the expansion westward as pioneers settled new frontier in the 1800s.
Discovering Lewis & Clark
Discovering Lewis & Clark: The Mouth of the Yellowstone River
Learn about the Corps of Discovery's march to the Yellowstone river in the early 1800s.
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: School Yard Memories
Trace the history of Stevenston School from its pre-history construction in the late 1800s through its many upgrades until 1948 with the opening of Lord Byng School #3.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Old Shepherd and Other Stories for the Young by Bertall
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Old Shepherd and Other Stories for the Young by Bertall [1870], a collection of children's stories. There are ads from the 1800's in the back of the book.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Lischen and the Fairy: Christmas in Germany by Scannell
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Lischen and the Fairy: Christmas in Germany by Florence & Edith Scannell(1892), a novel about Christmas in Germany in the late 1800s.
PBS
The West: William Bent (1809 1869)
From PBS New Perspectives on the West comes this biography on William Bent that discusses his life as a trader at Bent's Fort in Colorado in the early 1800s.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Infectious Disease
Investigate the spread of infectious diseases from whites to Native Americans during the westward expansion of the 1800s, and compare cholera to Ebola and other infectious diseases.
PBS
Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Samuel Slater
One-page profile of influential innovator, Samuel Slater, whose ideas made him the "father of the American factory system" in the early 1800s.
Other
Bc Heritage Websites Prog: A Visit to a B. C. General Store: Product Packaging
Learn about the history of product packaging which began in the sixteenth century. Test you knowledge on product packaging and reuse in the 1800s.
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Old Time Jazz Online
Choose and listen to jazz music from the 1800s to today. Listen to artists such as Buck Johnson, Kid Ory, Woody Herman, Ella Fitzgerald, and many more.
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Amon Carter Museum: Landmarks Over Time
Students will compare bird's-eye views of Texas cities in the 1800's to those in the 2000's by identifying landmarks and summarize how the cities have changed over time.
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Manitoba Historical Society: Ross House Museum
Ross House in Winnipeg has the distinction of being the first post office in Western Canada. Learn about early postal services as well as the history of this mid-1800's building.
Other
History of International Migration
Migration from country to city forms a part of this, a detailed outline describing key points of international migration during the 1800s including the causes of, the reaction, and consequences.
Other
The Seneca Indians
Tells the history of the Seneca Indians in the town of Canadice, New York, and draws upon writings from back in the late 1800's. Lots on their way of life and customs. This text is Chapter 1 from The History of Canadice by Beverly Deats....
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History Magazine: The National Road
This site gives a brief description of the development of the National Road but more interestedly contains an interview with some men in the late 1800's who talked about what life was like while on the Road.
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King's College: The European Witch Hunts
Brief summary of the European Witch Hunts that took place from the 1400s through to the 1800s. This summary also looks at the impact this had on women's history.
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Seymour Chamber of Commerce: The Great Western Cattle Trail
Learn about the Great Western Cattle Trail, that was used in the 1800s, and stretched from Bandera, Texas to Dodge City Kansas.
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