Whose Land is This?

Learn about America's history in this interactive tutorial. This webisode from PBS's History: A Freedom of Us provides detailed informational texts, primary source documents that include photographs, and online quizzes to help you explore aspects of this complex time in American history. You'll learn about the 1862 Homestead Act, the rise of immigration, different aspects of the immigrant experience, the expansion of the American West, and the violent conflicts that resulted in the deaths of Native Americans and the removal and relocation of different tribes onto reservations.
Resource ID#: 164618 Type: Tutorial
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Direct Link: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web08/index.html

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Subject(s): Social Studies
Grade Level(s): 11
Intended Audience: Students
Suggested Technology: Computers for Students, Internet Connection, Speakers/Headphones
Instructional Time: 30 Minute(s)
Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Keywords: U.S. History, grade 11, tutorial, Westward Expansion, Native Americans, Homestead Act, Indian wars, Kicking Bird, Crazy Horse, George Armstrong Custer, Custer's Last Stand, Nez Perce, Chief Joseph, Wounded Knee, Ellis Island, Jacob Riis, Chinese Exclusion Act, Know-Nothing Party, Yick Wo v. Hopkins
Instructional Component Type(s): Tutorial,  Image/Photograph,  Text Resource, 
Resource Collection: Social Studies - U.S. History Existing Student Tutorials

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