Course Introduction materials

Review Civil War & Reconstruction

• Project-Based Learning Unit of Study:"Nations within America, 1840-1898 CE" (.doc) (an Asia Society Curriculum Framewrks Project)

Settling the West

"Manifest Destiny & Westward Expanison ".doc
[Lesson designed by Austin High teacher Melinda Lemke; M.Ed., as part of the NEH Landmarks in American History & Culture Seminar, July 2008.]

• Photo story.mpg
• Photo story references.doc

Classroom resources gathered on PBS' The West [1996] site are designed for use not only with this Web site but also other material on the Internet along with each of The West episodes for a study of the United States' westward expansion in the Nineteenth Century. This multidisciplinary unit of lessons addresses a variety of subject areas, including history, language arts, fine arts, and science.

Industrialization of the Late 19th c.

19th century Immigration & Industrialization
[Teaching Project and Lesson Plans Developed by Participants in a Teaching American History Grant project]

Immigration During the Gilded Age
- Lesson authored by Melissa M. Allen, TCSS 2008 High School Teacher of the Year, published in the Fall/Winter 2008 issue of The Social Studies Texan.

Andrew Carnegie: The Richest Man in the World

PBS Documentary w/ Teacher Guide,

Urban America

Populism & Rise of Segregation

Celebrate Freedom Week /

Constitution Day

The Roots of American Democracy Quiz

Constitution Day / Celebrate Freedom Week

2009 list of additional resources