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Welcome __**5 Internet Resources**__: [|http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Native.html] Title: Hardships on the Oregon Trail This site has a brief introduction on the first page of the relationship between the Native Americans and their relationship with the new settlers. This information included simple transactions they had for food or clothes. On the top of the site there were links to Historic sites, information all about the trail, fantastic facts, and trail archive. Under all about there were different activities and information listed that gave you insight into what the Oregon Trail was. Each heading had little links that add information in regards to the hardships faced. I personally enjoyed the fantastic facts section. Some of them were funny but also true so it made learning about this time period in History fun.
 * Rebecca Thomas**

[] Title: New Perspectives on the West. This site is provided by PBS and gave you the ability to really look up any important figures from history. I found Sacagawea and it provided excellent background information on her. The brief biography talks about how she and her son traveled with Lewis and Clark on their expedition. It leans toward the idea that the four grew very close. This information helped me gain an understanding of how they met and became partners in the discovery process of westward expansion. Under this site you could click on any of the people remotely involved in the westward expansion process. It will then give you a brief summary of their importance and link with westward expansion; this was a very neat site.

[] Title: Sacagawea Archives This is a site devoted to Sacagawea and was developed in her hometown in Idaho. There is also a museum provided through the link for her. This site is very in depth and full of factual information about Sacagawea and her entire life. There are links on the left side that are hold information for her, childhood, Lewis and Clark, three of the most important dates in 1805, all the way up until her burial. As you read it talks about exactly what she did to help Lewis and Clark. There are actual little scripts form Lewis’s journal about what he had written about her. This site provided me with loads of background information on Sacagawea.

[] Title: Boundaries of the United States I found this site to be helpful to the students more than the teacher. It is an animated map that shows the years and highlights the change and how the United States expands. I think this would be a great map to pull up and show or keep running in front of the classroom as the week long unit of Westward Expansion occurs. They will be able to see the time period and what territory was expanded into. It is very basic but I think can definitely be incorporated into the daily lesson and week long unit.

[] Title: Westward Expansion This site discusses the different States we acquired throughout westward expansion. Each state had a title with the year/ date they were acquired. In order you learned about how each state became officially part of the United States. The site discusses the main states acquired as well as Puerto Rico and other colonies we included as ours. The information provided under each state is very interesting. For instance, for Texas they tell you how we won it from Mexico and everything that was involved. For Louisiana it talks about the money spent and how it was acquired. This website had very important factual information of the history of these states creating our United States.

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 * Rebecca Thomas**

Title: Girls Who Rocked the World Author: Amelie Welden Illustrator: Jerry McCann Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing Copyright: 1999

This book provided the story of how Sacagawea helped rescue the supplies and journals, Lewis and Clark that could have been lost in the water forever. With baby on back she managed to save most of the items that fell out of the boat. The story then goes into how the men thanked her and how she continued to help them throughout their journeys. There are also fun facts about Sacagawea, such as what she did, when she was born etc. This was a very neat book.

Title: Sacagawea Author: Dennis Fradin Illustrator: Nora Koerber Publisher: Silver Press New Jersey Copyright: 1998

This book also gave information about Sacagawea. This was a story of how she served as an interpreter and peacemaker, as well as a guide for Lewis and Clark during the years of 1805- 1806. The story is introduced with the many different land marks that are now named after her and then goes into how she met and helped Lewis and Clark. The story is a Biography so very informative of her life growing up until the points of meeting Lewis and Clark.

Title: The Story of Sacajawea, Guide to Lewis and Clark Author: Della Rowland Illustrator: Richard Leonard Publisher: Dell Publishing Copyright: 1989

This is a short chapter book, 90 pages in length. The book is the process she goes through growing up a little bit. You receive background information of Sacagawea and the time period. She meets Lewis and Clark, and begins to help them. The story shows how she guides and interprets with her chief and Lewis and Clark. Very good reader for children and is set at a 4.9. So the reading level would be a good standard for fifth graders. They wouldn’t be frustrated with the text.

Title: Sacagawea Speaks Author: Joyce Badgley Hunsaker Illustrator: N/A Publisher: Two Dot books Copyright: 2001

Sacagawea is written for the elementary students. Sacagawea is the speaker of this story she tells the reader about the Corps of Discovery. This book is different from the other because it is written in first person. The story tells of Sacagawea’s adventures with Lewis and Clark. There are actual quotes from the Lewis and Clark journals in this book, timelines, as well as great pictures. This book was very enjoyable and I think the students will find a great interest in it as they learn about westward expansion.

Title: The story of Sacagawea Author: Neta Lohnes Frazier Illustrator: N/A Publisher: Sterling Copyright: 2007

This story shows you that Sacagawea may not be well known about but is a huge woman of history. Throughout the story it was emphasized that without the help of Sacagawea Lewis and Clark would have never crossed the Rocky Mountains and reached the Pacific Northwest. Thus history might have taken a completely different route. The story follows her life being kidnapped, through her journeys, and all the way to her death. The book was very informative.

Lola Battle //Lola Battle// ** 1.  [] This is a wonderful engaging an interactive website for kids it contains an abundance of information especially in the areas of social studies and science. The website contains many games, stories, videos, and activities for kids to complete. For this Westward Expansion unit plan, I used this website to search for information on Lewis and Clark that brought me to a scavenger hunt and a wonderful online adventure of the expedition. This online expedition allows students to face the challenges and hard choices of exploring the frontier. Within the expedition, students are exposed to Did You Know questions that provide additional information as well as Journal writings from the explorers. [] [] For more advanced readers [] 2.  [|www.pbs.org] [] This is an interactive trail map were students can follow the Crops of discovery historic journey West. Students can also click on any of the eleven states to read excerpts from the Lewis and Clark journals, discover which Native American tribes the Corps of Discovery encountered in that region, and find information about Lewis and Clark bicentennial events and related organizations in that state.
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[] This PDF contains excellent guiding question and a graphic organizer in relation to the Lewis and Clark expedition.

3.  [] This site contains the lyrics to a titled “Grew to the West” A song about the key people, technologies, and events of the Westward Expansion period. I would use this song a review for the unit on Westward. This site contains a link that allows me to display the lyrics to the song without key vocabulary words for example: **France**  claimed the land past the Mississippi  **sold it for $15 million in 1803,** the words in orange can be omitted, and students would be required to fill in the blanks. 4.  [|www.loc.gov] This is the Library of Congress website it contains a lot of valuable and authentic information, this site contains expert presentations, exhibitions, bibliographies, web-casts, and other online materials regarding the Lewis and Clark Westward Expansion Expedition. 5.  [] This website contains a wealth of information regarding the Westward Expansion, Thomas Jefferson and much more.

[] A fun and informative reading packet regarding Thomas Jefferson and he Monticello

[] This is a large 8" x 10" color map showing the route of the Lewis and Clark Expedition along with Expedition campsites and the names of the Native American tribes it encountered.

I would use this map as a reference guide of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and a review map skills. //Lola Battle// ** 1.  Herbert, Janis. Lewis and Clark for Kids: Their Journey of Discovery with 21 Activities. Chicago Review Press, 2000. //From the Thomas Jefferson Portal:// A book that details the journey, and includes the explorers’ different encounters and discoveries. Included are 21 activities related to the readings. This book is recommended for upper level elementary students and beyond. 2.  // The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864 // Sarah Nita lived with her family on traditional Navajo lands. However, white soldiers forced her and her family to move to the fort. Here she describes the start of her terrible journey known as the "Long Walk." 3.  Gunderson, Mary. Cooking on the Lewis and Clark Expedition: Exploring History through Simple Recipes. Blue Earth Books, 2000. //From the Thomas Jefferson Portal:// Discusses the everyday life, cooking methods, and foods eaten on the journey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark up the Missouri River to the Pacific as they charted the vast territory of the Louisiana Purchase. Includes recipes. 4.  Cavan, Seamus. Lewis and Clark and the Route to the Pacific. World Explorer series, 1991. //From the Thomas Jefferson Portal:// Details the journey of Lewis and Clark on their expedition West. This book covers the different stages of the journey and includes useful pictures. 5. Stefoff, Rebecca. Lewis and Clark: Explorers of the American West. Junior World Biographies Series, 1992.
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//From the Thomas Jefferson Portal:// A biography of the two Captains, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who led the Corps of Discovery to explore the newly acquired western territory over a two and one half year period. Included in this book is a useful glossary of terms. This book is recommended for readers at the elementary through middle school level. // 6. // Blumberg, Rhoda. [|The Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark]. 1995. //From the Thomas Jefferson Portal:// Describes the journey that the Corps of Discovery made. This book includes information on the preparations, the actual journey, encounters with the groups of Natives, and the discoveries that the group made. This book includes great illustrations and is recommended for readers at all levels. 7. [|Lewis and Clark] by Lisa Wade McCormick This book describes the journey **Lewis** **and** **Clark** made when they traveled west through the Louisiana Territory in 1804-5. With the help of Sacajawea as a translator, Lewis and Clark were able to reach the Pacific Ocean in the area that is now Oregon. This book is good for struggling readers.

Jessica Campos Internet Resources

1. [|http://classroom.monticello.org] Title: The Monticello Classroom This site is great for teachers as well as students. It has acitivites, information resources, and even an image gallery where you can find all types of pictures related to Thomas Jefferson. Under learning resources, one can find information sheets on things such as the declaration of independence, and even a biography on a blacksmith slave. 2. [|www.pbs.org/jefferson] Title: Thomas Jefferson This website probes teachers to use Jeffersons very own thinking through their teaching – enlightenment. It also has a link where you can learn of Jeffersons controversial writings – not just the declaration of independence. PBS did a film on jefferson, so there is a link where you can watch the making of this film.

3. [] Title: American Presidents – Thomas Jefferson I really liked this site. It gives information on Thomas Jefferson that one may not have known before. It is a great place for students to go and find a list of fun and unknown facts of Jefferson. This website also provides a biography, image gallery, video gallery, and a quiz that can be taken to ensure learning. I would use this website in my classroom of fifth graders for guided research of Thomas Jefferson. 4. [] Title: Thomas Jeffersons Poplar Forest This site gives information on Jeffersons personal life. It is a great resource for teachers to help students relate to Jefferson as a real life person. The site has links such as “Thomas Jefferson: the father”. All this is great for students to identify with Jefferson and as a result help them be more open to learning about him. 5. [] Title: Biography of Thomas Jefferson I really liked the idea of this site. It is the mere fact that the students can go onto the whitehouse’s actual website and find out about any president that draws me to it. Although it is just a biography on Jefferson, the students will love exploring the other presidents and anything else related to the white house.

Literature Resources 1. Title: Who Is Thomas Jefferson Author: Dennis Brindel Fraden This is a basic biography of Thomas Jeffersons life, only it is written for the Elementary School ages. This book has many interesting facts, a timeline of Jefferson’s life, and a timeline of events throughout the world during Jefferson’s lifetime. 2. Title: Thomas Jefferson: A picture book biography Author: James Cross Giblin This is also a basic biography of Jeffersons life; however, it is mainly told through pictures which can be helpful for students in the younger Elementary school grades.

3.Title: Thomas Jefferson : Great American Author: Matt Doeden This book takes Thomas Jeffersons biography and places it into a graphic novel format. This is probably the best way for a young boy in the fifth grade to take interest in reading about one of our earliest presidents.

4. Title: Don't Know Much About Thomas Jefferson Author: Kenneth C. Davis This Biography of Thomas Jefferson is made into a regular short novel format. Fifth graders can check this book out from the class library or use it in a research project. It is interesting, yet gives away lots of information about the third President.

5. Title: Tom Jefferson - Third President of the United States Author: Helen Albee Monsell This book is told as a regular story as well. That is what I really like about it. It is simple, so that the children reading it can connect with the characters, and not feel as though they are being forced to read a biography.

Melissa J Bolan Internet References

1. [|www.pbs.org] Westward Expansion This site provided many resources for westward expansion. It had links for lesson plans, movement ideas and how African Americans played a part in Westward Expansion. This site also provided timelines, films and videos to watch. 2. [] Scholastic This website was my favorite of all of them, it has book lists, how to search for gold games, arts and craft ideas. It even allows you to design the interior of home during the 1800’s. Since journal Entries a good way to incorporate writing into your social studies lesson, this site provides you some suggestions on how to write them and even allows you to publish them. 3. [|http://edteach.kennesaw.edu] In this website it was full of everything from Math to Social Studies. It allowed you to focus on a main topic and I chose Westward Expansion. Once there it listed many links like Native Americans along the Trail, Gold Rush stories of Women Pioneers and The Pony Express. It gives lesson plans, thematic units and online activities. 4. [|www.teacherplant.com] Teacher Planet This website was full of lesson plans and worksheets. It had a Venn diagram activity to use with kidspiriation. Beyond the resources for teachers it had clip art for the students to use for projects and things. It also has campfire stories, doll making activities and people of the west. 5. [|www.education-world.com/a_sites/sites019.shtml] Education World This website supplies links to a two hour documentary about the Oregon Trail. There is an interactive journey from the National Geographic Society on the Lewis and Clark expedition. There was a summary of the Louisiana Purchase, and information about the lives that people lived during that time.

Book References

1. California Gold Rush: Search for Treasure By: Catherine Chambers This book tells a story about two brothers that are helping build a sawmill. During their build others are searching for gold down by the river. When gold is found the brothers try to claim it for themselves. 2. Log Cabin Home: Pioneers in the Wilderness By: Catherine Chambers It’s a story about a family moving to find new land that is good for farming. The Craley family struggles to find a new home and how they acquire land in Kentucky and build their house from scratch. Their journey starts with just two horses and one cow and the clothes on their back. They find land near a stream and tell how they set their farm and how their life is now that they are in Kentucky. 3. Ten Mile Day: And the building of the Transcontinental Railroad By: Mary Ann Fraser It discusses how the Americans built the first transcontinental railroad. This book talks about how Judah went to Washington DC to convince congress to finance the railroad. He died seven days after the first railroad tie was laid. It tells about the companies hired to build the railroad. 4. Westward Expansion 1800-1875 By: Mary Ann Krueger This book is an accumulation of the journey of Lewis and Clark, pioneer life, Pony Express and the underground railroad. It would be a great book for the students to use during the unit or for a project. It also includes handouts. It has lists of activities from making log cabins to writing a peace treaty. 5. Westward Expansion: An Interactive History Adventure By: Allison Lassieur This book allows the students the opportunity to choose which part of the Western Expansion they like the best. Then they can put themselves in to shoes of other who have lived through that time. This would be a great reader’s theater lesson. They can be a traveler on the Oregon Trail, a laborer or even a Sioux Warrior.