Unit 5.1: Citizens in Action French and Indian War or the Seven Years War The Battle of Fort Necessity http://www.nps.gov/fone/fonehome.htm Braddock Road Preservation Society http://www.gospelcom.net/jumonville/ brpa/story.html Colonial Artifacts Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Resources 18th century artifact sets: A Soldier’s Haversack, Lady’s Pocket, and Slave’s Bag http://www.history.org/teach/ 18th Century Reproductions Including clothing, and cooking items http://jastown.com/ George Washington Portraits George and Martha Washington Portraits from the Presidential Years http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/gw/index.htm The Lansdowne Portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart http://www.georgewashington.si.edu/ portrait/index.html Stuart's Lansdowne Portrait of Washington by Charles Henry (Library of Congress, American Memory Historical Collections) http://memory.loc.gov/... The Revolutionary War Maryland Historical Society – Traveling Trunks Revolutionary War Haversack: Marching with the Maryland Line http://www.mdhs.org/teachers/ traveling_trunks.html Unit 5.2: Economics: Creating a New Nation Transcripts of James Madison’s notes... From the Constitutional Convention The Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/ debates/debcont.htm Coin Replicas from the 1700s http://www.jastown.com/coins/coins.htm Jim Cronin's Website Montgomery College: chronologies of U.S., Maryland, and European History, links to artifacts, biographies, and primary sources http://www.montgomerycollege.org/faculty/ ~jcronin/public_html/ Unit 5.3: The Evolving Country National Road National Road Association of Illinois http://www.nationalroad.org/index.htm Erie Canal History of the Erie Canal http://www.history.rochester.edu/canal/ California history Museum of the City of San Francisco http://www.sfmuseum.org/ Transcontinental Railroad Driving the Last Spike http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/rail.html Central Pacific Railroad http://cprr.org/ American History - Related Topics Teaching with Historical Places http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/ National Park Service http://www.nps.gov/ U.S. Cities: Boston Boston History and Architecture http://www.iboston.org/mcp.php?pid=research Lonely Planet: Boston http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/ north_america/boston/index.htm Infoplease.com: Boston http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108487.html U.S. Cities: New York Lonely Planet: New York http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/ north_america/new_york_city/history.htm Infoplease.com: New York http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108570.html U.S. Cities: Baltimore Lonely Planet: Baltimore http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/ north_america/baltimore/ Infoplease.com: Baltimore http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108485.html U.S. Cities: New Orleans Lonely Planet: New Orleans http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/ north_america/new_orleans/ Infoplease.com: New Orleans http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108567.html U.S. Cities: Fort Worth Lonely Planet: Dallas http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/ north_america/dallas/ Infoplease.com: Fort Worth http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108517.html U.S. Cities: Los Angeles Lonely Planet: Los Angeles http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/ north_america/los_angeles/ Infoplease: Los Angeles http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108549.html U.S. Cities: Denver Lonely Planet: Denver http:///www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/ north_america/denver/ Infoplease.com: Denver http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108505.html U.S. Cities: St. Louis Infoplease.com: St. Louis http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108593.html Jefferson National Expansion Memorial St. Louis, MO http://www.nps.gov/jeff/index.htm

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