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The Frontier
Moving West
Basic
Concepts:
how the USA grew, European X American concept of frontier, mobility (on
the road), Manifest Destiny,The Oregon Trail, the Gold Rush, the Pony
Express,Trail of Tears, the Transcontinental Railroad, Lewis and Clark
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On the Oregon Trail - extract from"
The Way West " by A. Guthrie
The
New Frontier -
John Kennedy's acceptance address at the Democratic National Convention
in L.A. (July 15th, 1960)
Extra
Material given in class:
xerox on
major wave of immigration and qualities developed on the frontier
The Growth
of America
(paragraph to fill in)
Web exploration
on Westward Expansion (Internet and oral work)
On the
Road
(xerox and exercise)
The Frontier
Tradition
(xerox and exercise)
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A web exploration on westward expansion
Essential
Information for Immigration to the Oregon Country
American
Progress by John Gast
American
History and Government
The
new frontier (whole speech) 
About
the USA
The
Democratic Donkey
The
Republican Elephant
US
Territorial Maps -1775 - 1920
Wild wild West links
Manifest
Destiny or Bust
19th
Century America
Lewis
and Clark
The Frontier Museum
The
Gold Rush
New perspectives on the West
The American
West Links
A
Webquest on Manifest Destiny
Route
66
Recommended
Films: westerns,
The Grapes of Wrath, Easy Rider
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America:
a Nation of Immigrants
Basic
Concepts:the
different waves of immigration, Ellis Island, the growth of a nation,
melting pot x salad bowl-mosaic
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A
Bridge in the Sky -
painting by Richard Hess
America
got the best of Europe - extract from "Americans" (1978)
by Desmond Cox.
Fievel,
An American Tail - film by Don Bluth and Steven Spielberg
Extra
Material given in class: iconographic
documents
and exercises from Flying Colours and Ways and Means
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An
American Tail Homepage 1
An American
Tail Homepage 2
European
Immigration to the USA
And
the Streets Are Paved With Gold!
an Internet Sampler on Immigration
Ellis
Island
Photographs
Immigration and Ellis Island
Ellis Island
webquest 
Immigration:
stories of yesterday and today
Recommended
Films: America, West Side Story, The Birth of a Nation
IMDB
(internet movie data base)
IMDB
(internet movie data base)
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Mainstream
America
Basic
Concepts
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The
American Work Ethic - extract from
"The Great Gatsby" by Scott Fitzgerald
Mother
and Son - extract from "Soldier's Home"
by Ernest Hemingway
It's
Downright Un- American - article by Art Buchwald
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Notes
on the Great Gatsby(project,themes,
the narrator, beginner's guide)
All
on Gatsby, Fitzgerald and Jazz Age
Information
on the Great Gatsby
Scott
Fitzgerald Page
Fitzgerald's
Profile
The
Lost Generation
Information
on Hemingway
Recommended
Films: The
Great Gatsby, Pleasantville
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Racial
Issues
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I
Have a Dream
- speech by Martin Luther King
Strange
Fruit
- song by Billie
Halliday
Plan
for Analysis
Picture
by Norman Rockwell
The
long walk to freedom - extract from Nelson Mandela's autobiography
by the same name.
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In
his own voice -excerpts from King's most famous speeches.
PBS
series: I have a dream
The
March on Washington and its impact
I
Have a Dream - a work of literature
The
history of slavery
Jim
Crow Laws
The Mandela
Page
Without
Sanctuary
- A
powerful documentary about lynching in America.
Power,
Politics & Prejudice
Segregation today - article from NYTimes
From
Lynching Laws to Civil rights
Bill
of Action against Hate Crimes
Underground
Railroad
The
story of a song
Mississipi Burning
Information
on Alan Parker
Slavery
in the 21st Century
Recommended
films: Mississipi Burning (Alan Parker)
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