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Social Studies: Westward Expansion

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Integrated Studies 8: Westward Expansion

This LibGuide will provide you with resources and links to help with your Westward Expansion Project research. If Britannica School Middle or Explora ask you to log in, then click on the "Login for immediate access" box. Scroll down to Two Rivers School District and type in "trsd" and your school library card number.

Groups

19th Century Homestead Movement: Britannica School Middle
Blazing a Trail: Starting 175 years ago, hundreds of thousands of settlers headed west along the Oregon Trail to search for a better life: Gale in Context: Middle
Heading West: although in many cases whole families traveled together, sometimes the decision to head west meant parting from loved ones: Gale in Context: MIddle
Homestead Act of 1862: Britannica School Middle
Homestead Act of 1862: Explora
Homesteaders: Gale in Context: Middle
Oregon Trail: Britannica School Middle
The Oregon Trail: Explora
The Oregon Trail: SIRS
Pioneer LIfe: Britannica School Middle
Pioneer Life: Scholastic Go
Pioneer Life: Scholastic Go
This article has a lower reading level.
Pioneer Life in America
Pioneers on the Great Plains: Gale in Context: MIddle
Remembering the Oregon Trail: Explora
Western Frontier in America: World Book
Westward Movement in America
Click on "Exploring and Settling the Far West" in the Table of Contents (left hand side of the webpage).

California: Scholastic Go
Click on Table of Contents (left hand side of webpage) and then click on Californios,
Cowboy: Explora
The First Cowboys: Explora
First Hispanic Americans: Overview: Gale in Context: Middle
First Hispanic Americans: The Southwest and California: Gale in Context: Middle
Hispanic Americans: World Book
Click on "History" in the Table of Contents links (left hand side of the webpage).
In California: Explora
Mexican Americans: Scholastic Go
The Right to Work in the Gold Fields: Explora
Western Frontier in America: World Book

Mormon: Britannica School Middle
Click on "History" in the Table of Contents menu (left hand side of the webpage).
Mormon Migration: Explora
Mormon Migration to Utah: Explora
The Mormon Trail: SIRS
The Mormon Trail: World Book
Pioneer Life in America
Three Reasons for the Move West: Explora
This article discusses the miners, Chinese, African Americans, and Mormons.
Western Frontier in America: World Book
Westward Movement in America
Click on "Exploring and Settling the Far West" in the Table of Contents (left hand side of the webpage).

California: Scholastic Go
Click on Table of Contents (left hand side of webpage) and then click on Americans Head West,
California Gold Rush: Britannica School Middle
California Gold Rush: Gale in Context: Middle
California Gold Rush: World Book
Getting to California: Explora
Gold Rush: Britannica School Middle
Gold Rush: Scholastic Go
Gold Rush Women: Explora
The Right to Work in the Gold Fields: Explora
Silver and Lead Mining: Explora
Three Reasons for the Move West: Explora
This article discusses the miners, Chinese, African Americans, and Mormons.
Tools of the Trade: Explora
Virginia City and the Comstock Lode: Explora
Western Frontier in America: World Book
Westward Movement in America
Click on "Exploring and Settling the Far West" in the Table of Contents (left hand side of the webpage).

The Builders of the Transcontinental Railroad: SIRS
The Celestials' Railroad: SIRS
A Chinaman's Chance in America: Gale in Context: Middle
Chinese Americans: Britannica School Middle
Click on "Chinese Americans" in the Table of Contents menu (left hand side of the webpage).
Chinese Hopes: Explora
Chinese Immigration, 1848-1882: Explora
Chinese Immigration and the Transcontinental Railroad: Gale in Context: Middle
Chinese Railroad Workers: Explora
Living and Working Together: Explora
The Right to Work in the Gold Fields: Explora
Three Reasons for the Move West: Explora
This article discusses the miners, Chinese, African Americans, and Mormons.
Western Frontier in America: World Book

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