See how James Polk's plan to claim the Oregon Territory, which had been shared with Great Britain since 1818, led him to victory with the slogan, Fifty-four forty or fight. Read about the settlers who traveled the Oregon Trail and why...

Primary source information about traveling the Overland Trails, both to Oregon Country and California.

This website provides a brief biography of Jason Lee, early Methodist missionary and doctor and was the founder of Salem, Oregon.

PBS site detailing the Whitmans' journey to Oregon country, their establishment of a mission, and their death at the hands of the Indians. Also includes some background information.

Oregon

A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Oregon."

A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Oregon."

This CalGoldRush.com site discusses where people came from and the many routes that were taken to get to California. Many traveled the Mormon and Oregon Trails.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a brother and sister riding to Oregon in a covered wagon. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Here you can learn about the Oregon Trail, Donner Party, the California Gold Rush, and life as a pioneer through text, images, video, and quotes.

Use random sampling to formulate, collect, and compare data from two populations. Written by Peter Banwarth of Oregon State University.

Notes on the life and accomplishments of Simon Fraser.

With information gathered from a wide variety of primary resources, this site offers not only recipes that pioneers and homesteaders used, but also tips on packing a wagon for a cross-country trip, and other words of advice for wagon...

An excellent starting point. Get a good description of what the dichotomous key for tree identification is and then directions for using it to identify trees.

A general information table comparing the atmospheres of Venus and Earth. Good evaluations of the cause of the differences between the two planets.

Defines differential equations and some of its properties including, linear, homogeneous and nonhomogeneous.

A poster and description from the American Woman Suffrage Association (1869-1890).

Excellent biographical information about this feminist philosopher, but very little information concerning Anne Conway's thought.

Every second billions of waves-sound waves, radio waves, light waves-pass through or bounce off our bodies. Over time people have developed technologies that make use of these natural phenomena to accomplish their goals such as creating...

This site is from the Organic Chemistry Online Learning Center and provides useful information on both Alkanes and Cycloalkanes. The information is not too in-depth, but a background knowledge of the subject would definitely be helpful.

This is a very simple map showing the Republic of Texas and the territory disputed with Mexico in 1836.

This is the full text of Sir Philip Sidney's poem "Astrophel and Stella" based on the 1591 edition.

This full-text edition of The Lady of May derives from the 1605 edition of The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia. It features an introduction, notes, and bibliography. [Requires Adobe Reader.]

Complete text of Spenser's The Faerie Queene (1596) prepared from The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Edmund Spenser (London 1882).