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Standard 4.3.E

4.3.E Analyze multiple perspectives of early westward expansion, including the addition of slave and free territories and states.

Grade(s): 4

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Mapping the Unknown: The Lewis and Clark Expedition and the Changing West

Lesson

Grades: 4

In this lesson, students explore the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a major turning point in U.S. expansion. Through short documentary videos, mapping, source analysis, and role-based debate, they...

The Mexican American War | History In A Nutshell

Video

Grades: 4 8 Higher Education

President James K. Polk desired to achieve his vision of "Manifest Destiny," and sought to acquire Mexico's northern territories. Mexico had no desire to sell Alta California and Nuevo Mexico to Pres...

The Trail of Tears | History In A Nutshell

Video

Grades: 4 5 8 Higher Education

Join our cartoon avatar host as he takes viewers through a brief expose on the events leading up to the forced removal of Native American tribes from the eastern United States. After the American...

South Carolina Topsey in a Fix | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 22

Photo

Grades: 4 8

The cartoon "South Carolina Topsey in a Fix," one of "Strong's Dime Caricatures," was printed by W.T. Strong in 1861. Topsey has cut one of the stars out of the American flag. Courtesy of the South...

William Gilmore Simms | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

Grades: 4 8

William Gilmore Simms was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He was a poet, novelist, and historian whose work was a major force in antebellum Southern literature. He was called one of America’s best...