MANIFEST DESTINY
Compelling Questions:
Was Manifest Destiny an actual belief, or was it an excuse used to justify the actions of our nation as it expanded westward?
How should history textbooks portray Manifest Destiny... as a heroic movement movement to settle a howling wilderness, as an invasion of foreigners motivated by greed, or something else altogether?
Some UnitASSIGNMENTS:
Was Manifest Destiny an actual belief, or was it an excuse used to justify the actions of our nation as it expanded westward?
How should history textbooks portray Manifest Destiny... as a heroic movement movement to settle a howling wilderness, as an invasion of foreigners motivated by greed, or something else altogether?
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Online Resources:
MANIFEST DESTINY:
Manifest Destiny Sites: http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/prelude/md_introduction.html
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=311
"Crash Course" in Manifest Desinty video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkdF8pOFUfI
APUSH Manifest Desinty Overview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6CRsl54Hg0
LOUISIANA PURCHASE:
Louisiana Purchase Sites: http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/louisiana-purchase
http://www.ushistory.org/us/20c.asp
TED Ed video on the Louisiana Purchase:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMh8RCqJf9U
Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g14FQfMNmLo
LEWIS & CLARK:
Lewis and Clark: National Geographic Documentary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRV896tEnKE
Lewis & Clark Jouney Log- An Interactive Website (National Geographic): http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/journey_intro.html
Lewis & Clark Journey of the Corp of Discovery (PBS): http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
TEXAS:
Why Mexico Banned Immigration from the US https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAZNROTU9Hc
How Texas Got It's Shape:
http://www.history.com/shows/how-the-states-got-their-shapes/videos/how-texas-got-its-shape
Texas & the Alamo: http://www.history.com/topics/texas/videos#the-alamo
Deconstructing History: Alamo: http://www.history.com/topics/texas/videos#deconstructing-history-alamo
WAR WITH MEXICO:
Book talk by historian Amy Greenberg: author of A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtfayzhBEYo
Mexican-American War Documentaty (History Channel): http://vimeo.com/64954890
PBS Mexican War site: http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/index_flash.html
PBS Mexican War Documentary Play List: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JskCiV60ePE&list=PL1sLYoQ_9nkabzdGFcy1_9WOZtU4jnkMz&index=2
Manifest Destiny Sites: http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/prelude/md_introduction.html
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=311
"Crash Course" in Manifest Desinty video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkdF8pOFUfI
APUSH Manifest Desinty Overview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6CRsl54Hg0
LOUISIANA PURCHASE:
Louisiana Purchase Sites: http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/louisiana-purchase
http://www.ushistory.org/us/20c.asp
TED Ed video on the Louisiana Purchase:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMh8RCqJf9U
Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g14FQfMNmLo
LEWIS & CLARK:
Lewis and Clark: National Geographic Documentary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRV896tEnKE
Lewis & Clark Jouney Log- An Interactive Website (National Geographic): http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/journey_intro.html
Lewis & Clark Journey of the Corp of Discovery (PBS): http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
TEXAS:
Why Mexico Banned Immigration from the US https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAZNROTU9Hc
How Texas Got It's Shape:
http://www.history.com/shows/how-the-states-got-their-shapes/videos/how-texas-got-its-shape
Texas & the Alamo: http://www.history.com/topics/texas/videos#the-alamo
Deconstructing History: Alamo: http://www.history.com/topics/texas/videos#deconstructing-history-alamo
WAR WITH MEXICO:
Book talk by historian Amy Greenberg: author of A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtfayzhBEYo
Mexican-American War Documentaty (History Channel): http://vimeo.com/64954890
PBS Mexican War site: http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/index_flash.html
PBS Mexican War Documentary Play List: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JskCiV60ePE&list=PL1sLYoQ_9nkabzdGFcy1_9WOZtU4jnkMz&index=2
Westward Expansion Maps 1803 - 1853
MAP 1: Louisiana Purchase/Lewis & Clark
Map 2: Expansion through 1836
Map 3: The Texas Revolution 1835-1836
Map 4: Oregon Territory Dispute 1818-1846
Map 5: Oregon 1846
Map 6: War with Mexico 1846 - 1848
Map 7: Expansion 1803 - 1853
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