Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Extra, Extra!! Mary Rowlandson's Captivity Newscast
This lesson will be an interdisciplinary lesson that involves both English Language Arts and Social Studies (History). The lesson will be primarily technology-based and also project-based that will have the students performing historical...
PBS
Pbs: Lewis and Clark: Hidatsa Indians
A look at the Hidatsa Indians at the time of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Find out about their villages, trade, warfare, and interaction with the Corps of Discovery. From PBS.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Chief Kicking Bird
This in-depth biography discusses the life of Kiowa peace chief Chief Kicking Bird of Oklahoma. Learn about his work to prevent acts of war and create a peaceful relationship between Native Americans and white settlers.
Ohio History Central
Ohio History Central: Land Ordinance of 1785
Read how the Confederate Congress dealt with issues about claims of land by states, Native Americans, and squatters west of the Appalachian Mountains. See how the Land Ordinance of 1785 divided up the land, supported public education,...
Other
Miwok Yokut Raids Into Mexican California, 1830 1840
A history of the Yokut Indians and Wars that followed with changes in Hispanic California.
Digital History
Digital History: The Ku Klux Klan
A look at the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan after World War I in response to the agricultural depression and the migration of African Americans into northern cities. Read about its swift growth, and equally swift loss of members by the...
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Tom Richey
Tom richey.net: The Crisis of the Union (1850 1860) [Ppt]
Presents key ideas for examining the events and issues that led to the American Civil War.
University of Virginia
Virginia Center for Digital History: United States Expansion, 1800 1860
An essay that looks at issues affecting Americans leading up to the Civil War. These included economic changes that led to new ideological, social, cultural, and political issues that further divided the nation along moral and regional...
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Chronology of the Dakota Conflict (Sioux Uprising) Trial
Contains a chart of the chronology of the Dakota Conflict trials from 1851 to 1890.
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: Osceola, Chief of the Seminoles
This ebook version of Edward Sylvester Ellis's "Osceola, Chief Of The Seminoles" has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
Other
Powerful People: Geronimo, Chiricahua Apache
Many beautiful quotes from Geronimo, as well as a short biography.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
Provides information on the significance of the Sand Creek Massacre as well as historical information about the massacre. Clicking on "People" on the left margin will give you information about individuals associated with the Sand Creek...
Archaeological Institute of America
Archaeology: Sand Creek Massacre
Contains information about pinpointing the exact site of the Sand Creek Massacre.
Other
Navajo Hopi Land Dispute
This essay is an extensive looks at the dispute between the Hopi and Navajo Nations over land in Arizona.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Progress, the Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870 1912
Eighteen primary sources-historical documents, literary texts, and visual images-that explore the industrial, racial, and technological progress of the late-nineteenth century.
Aaron Shepherd
Aaron's Storybook: Folktales
Many folktale resources are offered here. Texts of stories, "extras" including music and audio files, posters and background information can be found for some stories.
Legends of America
Legends of America: Navajo Long Walk to the Bosque Redondo
This essay is about the Najavo Long Walk.
Other
Study Notes: The New England Colonies
An outline of the important information to study on the establishment of the New England Colonies by the Puritans, first in the Massachusetts Bay area, and their evolution and expansion beyond that.
PBS
Pbs the West: The Pursuit and Capture of Chief Joseph
Provides detailed information on the Nez Perce campaign and the capture of Chief Joseph in an eyewitness account by Charles Erskine Scott Wood, aide to General Howard.
State of Florida
Florida Historical Resources: Florida History: Territorial Period
This resource provides information about the territorial period in Florida history.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Big Hole National Battlefield:
A description of the Battle of Big Hole in which the Nez Perce and whites alike suffered many casualties. From the National Park Service.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Sarah Winnemucca
Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Sarah Winnemucca, a Paiute Indian leader who protested the conditions found on Indian reservations in 1880.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Texas State History for Kids
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the state of Texas including early explorers, Native Americans, Mexican-American War, Republic of Texas, and the Civil War.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Illinois State History for Kids
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the state of Illinois including early explorers, Native Americans, settlers, Black Hawk War, Civil War, and the Chicago Fire.