Unit 3: Regions of the US and Westward Expansion
BrainPoExploring the Regions of the US
4th Grade Regions Website
Regions Video from Discovery Education
Available through Classlink
TrueFlix: U.S Regions and Westward Expansion
FreddomFlix: Westward Expansion
Pebble Go Next: Geography, Landforms, Westward Expansion
BrainPoP: Westward Expansion, Erie Canal, Gold Rush, Lewis and Clark, Trail of Tears, History of Railroads
Westward Expansion
Overview
Discovery Education: Gone West – Growth of a Nation Video (26 mins)
BrainPop: Westward Expansion
The Erie Canal
National Geographic: Creating Canals
Discovery Education: Building the Erie Canal Video
The Gold Rush
Discovery Education: The Gold Rush
Discovery Education: Bodie: Gold Rush to Ghost Town Video
BrainPop: Gold Rush
The Homestead Act
PBS FrontierHouse
Discovery Education: The Growth of Towns: The Homestead Act Video
Discovery Education: Living the Frontier Life Video
Lewis and Clark
Discovery Education: Lewis and Clark Overview Video (16 mins)
BrainPop: Lewis and Clark
Discovering Lewis and Clark
Louisiana Purchase
Discovery Education: Louisiana Purchase (3:30 mins)
Avalon Project – Yale Library
The Oregon Trail
Discovery Education: The Oregon Trail (5 mins)
Watch Know Learn: Oregon Trail
The Pony Express
National Geographic: Pony Express
Discovery Education: Pony Express Video
The Trail of Tears
Discovery Education: The Cherokee Trail of Tears (5:25 mins)
BrainPop: Trail of Tears
PBS: Trail of Tears
The Transcontinental Railroad
Discovery Education: The Transcontinental Railroad (5:48 mins)
BrainPop: History of the Railroad
The US-Mexican War
Discovery Education: Mexican-American War
PBS: Timeline
PBS: Short Video Clips
America’s Story: Treaty of Guadalupe
Library of Congress: Photographs of the Mexican Conflict