Teaching American History Project

Expansion and Reform

Votes for Women Poster Statements on Slavery Poster Tree of Temperance Poster Native American family poses


Abolitionists and Proponents of Slavery
Grade 11 - Jarrid Clifton

Amistad - CT Freedom Trail
Grade 10 - Ben Scurto
Activity

Analysis of the Diary of Narissa Witman
Grade 7 - David Jones

Analyzing the De Lome Letter
Grade 11 - Christopher Morgan
Teacher Copy
Student Handout

Analyzing Primary and Secondary Sources to Assess the Decisions and Policies fo Sitting Bull, Red Cloud and the U.S.Government
Grades 9-12 - Karen Diaz

Andrew Jackson - Martial Law
Grades 9-12 - Ben Scurto
Bill proposed to reimburse Jackson
Debate on the fine of General Jackson
Warshauer background notes

Cult of Domesticity
Grade 11 - Geri Dineen

Daniel Freeman
Grade 5 - Jeff Burnham, Stan Harris

Fighting the Demons: The Early American
Temperance/Anti-tobacco Movement

Document Analysis Sheet
Primary Sources

Gender-Based Temperance Reform
Grade 11

Indian Resistance
Grade 5-6 - Victoria Stolzman

Interpreting A Political Cartoon about Expansionist Ideas
Grade 11 - Bill Powers

Introduction to Reform Movements of the 1800s
Grade 11 - Taylor Lebovich

Jacksonian Democracy via Political Cartoons
Grade 7 - Kyra Kasperson
Materials - Political Cartoons
Political Cartoon Worksheet

The Louisiana Purchase
and the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Grade 7 - Carol Goulart

Manifest Destiny
Grades 9-12 - Karen Diaz
Manifest Destiny Documents

Mystic Economy
Grade 5 - Stanley Harris and Jeff Burnham

Native American and European Viewpoints
Grade 11/12 - Sean Gilligan

The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy
Grade 8 - Kathleen Bryce
Chapter Excerpts

The Pioneer Experience
Grade 10- Lisa Bastien

Political Cartoon Interpretation
Grades 9-12 - Bill Powers


The Poor of Plainfield
Grade 8 - Kevin Grant

Possible Interpretations of American Imperialism
Grades 9-12 - Bill Powers

Pre-industrial Education
Grade 6 - Don Curtis and
Max Echevarria
David Clap's Diary

The Presidency of James K. Polk
Grade 11 - Lindsey Hepple

President Jackson and Chief John Ross's Arguments for/against Relocation
Grade 11 - Taylor Lebovich

President Madison's Speech to Congress
Grades 9-12 - Peter Rodrigues

Prudence Crandall Affair
Grade 9 - Emma Tuthill

Prudence Crandall takes on Canterbury
Grade 11 - Geraldine Dineen

Regional Reaction to John Brown's Raid
Grade 11 - Peter Joseph

Seneca Falls Declaration
Grade 11

Seneca Falls Declaration
Grade 8
Student Handout
Seneca Falls Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence

Should I Stay or Should I Go
Grade 8 - David Chassanoff

Slavery in the United States - A Culiminating RAFT Assignment
Grade 8 - Christine Antaya

Spanish American War
Yellow Press
Articles for Lesson

Statements on Slavery
Grade 11 - Matt Warner
Information on the Fugitive Slave Law

Temperance
Grade 11
Webquest Resources
Written Document Analysis Worksheet

Temperance Reform
Grade 8 - Dona Stratton
Document Analysis Sheet
Scale of Temperance
Tree of Temperance

Trail of Tears
Grade 8 - Kristen Blore
Trail of Tears Painting by Robert Lindneux
Personal accounts of Trail of Tears Guided Questions
John G Burnett's Story of the Removal of the Cherokees
Samuel's Story
Trail of Tears Homework

Trail of Tears
Grades 7-12 - Robert Gamache

Trail of Tears
Grade 5 - Victoria Stolzman

Two Pioneer Descriptions or Oregon in 1847
Grades 9-12 - Sean Gilligan

The Virtues of the 19th Century Housewife
Grade 8 - Virginia Viteri

What is Manifest Destiny
Grade 11 - Geri Dineen

Women's Suffrage Stations
Grade 11 - Shelley Manning

Women's Suffrage
Grade 8 - David Chassanoff & Cyndee McManaman
Suffrage Vocabulary and Background Information
Discussion Questions Worksheet
Women's Suffrage Primary Sources

Women’s Suffrage
Grade 8 - Dona Stratton

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