Topic :Early Republic
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Tales of the Early Republic
Tales is an organized collection of essays, original sources, and reference material about the Early American Republic. Nearly all of it is about the years from 1815 - 1850.
Alexander Hamilton on the Web
On this site you will find biographies, Hamilton's writing, including the complete Federalist Papers, images of Hamilton, reviews and excerpts from some of the recent books about Hamilton, essays on the Hamilton/Burr duel and more
James Madison: His Legacy
Part of the James Madison Center at James Madison University, this site covers the public life of James Madison through a presentation of primary sources.
The Triumph of Nationalism: The House Dividing
This National Humanities Center has produced this site on nationalism and sectionalism in the United States from 1815 to 1850. If features primary sources and the contributions of a dozen high school history teachers.
George Washington Resources
This electronic collection of papers by and for George Washington contains a staggering 17,400 letters and documents.
Thomas Jefferson (PBS)
This site accompanies Ken Burn's PBS film on Jefferson and explores the Enlightenment spirit in Jefferson's words and provides an archive of his most important and controversial writings.
The Thomas Jefferson Digital Archive
Provides more than 1,700 texts written by or to Thomas Jefferson. The site also includes a biography of Jefferson and The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia, which organizes more than 9,000 quotes according to theme and other categories.
Thomas Jefferson Papers
From the Library of Congress. The largest collection of its kind with 27,000 documents.
Jefferson's Blood
This companion site to the PBS Frontline program deals with the controversy regarding Thomas Jefferson and his relationship with Sally Hemings, his slave. It contains video clips and historical evidence surrounding the controversy.
Lewis and Clark (PBS)
A companion to Ken Burns' PBS film, this site provides background on the world of Lewis and Clark, an archive of their expedition, audio excerpts by historians, a discussion of Native American tribes encountered , classroom resources, and an interactive story where you lead the expedition
Lewis and Clark and the Revealing of America
The Library of Congress exhibition Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis and Clark and the Revealing of America, is running
July 24 through November 29, 2003. The exhibition features the trek of the Corps of Discovery as a culmination in the quest to connect the East and the West by means of a waterway passage. The exhibition's epilogue focuses on the transcontinental railroad, which replaced the search for a direct water route with a "river of steel."
Discovering Lewis and Clark
This site has more than 1400 pages and revolves around a nineteen- part analysis of the Lewis and Clark expedition by historian Harry Fritz.
Religion in 18th-Century America (Library of Congress Exhibition)
Contains access to over 200 primary source documents. Provides brief overviews and some pictures
Divining America: Religion and the National Culture - 17th and 18th Centuries
TeacherServe is an interactive curriculum enrichment service offering teachers practical help in planning courses and presenting rigorous subject matter to students. Divining America: Religion and the National Culture features concise essays by scholars designed to help teachers of American history bring their students to a greater understanding of the role religion has played in the development of the United States.
America's West - Development & History
Covers westward expansion, Native Americans, Cowboys, Pioneers, Gunslingers, etc. Has images, maps, music, small 'research' areas and even a 3-D tour.
Daniel Webster; Dartmouth's Favorite Son
Features Webster's writings and speeches and contains an image gallery, a short exhibit, and a timeline.
Andrew Jackson Links
About.com has links to Age of Jackson sites
The Alexis de Tocqueville Tour: Exploring Democracy in America
This C-Span site contains biographical information on de Tocqueville, modern references to Tocqueville and his writings ,information on Tocqueville's visit to America , famous passages from Democracy in America, writings by Tocqueville and Beaumont from each stop along their journey, and more.
American Studies (U. VA)
Features a museum for American studies, cultural maps, on-going hypertext projects, an electronic classroom, and special features. Check out section on Tocqueville's America
History of the Cherokee
A tribal member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma produced this well organized and informative site. Topics headings: Before the Europeans, First Contacts with Europeans, The New United States, and Between Two Fires.
Trail of Tears
Overview with many related links
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1775-2000
This website is a project of the Center for the Historical Study of Women and Gender at the State University of New York at Binghamton and includes roughly 900 documents, 400 images, and 350 links to other websites. There are twenty comprehensive lesson plans with over a hundred lesson ideas mounted in the Teacher's Corner.
Feature Presentation on Immigration in America (Library of Congress)
The feature provides an introduction to the study of immigration to the United States. It is far from the complete story, and focuses only on the immigrant groups that arrived in greatest numbers during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The presentation was shaped by the primary sources available in the Library's online collections and these questions
African-American Mosaic: Abolition
Part of a Library of Congress exhibit, this section includes antislavery petitions and other original sources documenting the struggle to abolish slavery.
Stanton and Anthony Papers Project Online
Elizabeth Cady Stanton proposed in 1848 that the first convention for woman's rights proclaim it "the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise." Susan B. Anthony, then a schoolteacher, paired up with Stanton in 1851, forming one of the most remarkable partnerships in American history. The mission of this project is to find and copy all of the Stanton and Anthony papers that still survive--as manuscripts and printed texts--and make those primary sources available and useful for research.
Museum of Women's History: Political Culture and Imagery of American Women Suffrage
Provides a succinct overview of the suffrage movement in words and pictures
Lesson Plans, Teacher Guides, Activites, and more
Activity: The Alien and Sedition Acts
Students will study the Alien and Sedition Acts in this SCORE lesson plan. Students are encouraged to make connections to present day politics as well. Recommended for 11th grade.
War of 1812 in the News (AskERIC)
A good class or individual exercise for grades 7-9. Students will act as reporters in 1812 and create a newspaper that details the war. The lesson plan only provides one resource link (which sometimes doesn't work), so students must conduct research on their own.
Mount Vernon Educational Resources
Here you'll find an online tour of Mount Vernon, a lesson plan about George Washington’s life, an online exhibit about George Washington and slavery and a quiz.
Jeffersonian Democracy: Multiple Choice Quiz, Fill-in-the-Blank, Flashcards, American History Glossary, American History Appendix
The Student Resources section of The American Nation companion web site features introductions to chapters, interactive quizzes, flashcards, web links, an American History Glossary, and an American History Appendix
National Growing Pains: Multiple Choice Quiz, Fill-in-the-Blank, Flashcards, American History Glossary, American History Appendix
The Student Resources section of The American Nation companion web site features introductions to chapters, interactive quizzes, flashcards, web links, an American History Glossary, and an American History Appendix
Thomas Jefferson: Lesson Plan
In this DiscoverySchool.com lesson plan students will learn that Thomas Jefferson was accomplished in many spheres of human activity. Grades 6-8.
Towards a National Republic: Multiple Choice Quiz, Fill-in-the-Blank, Flashcards, American History Glossary, American History Appendix
The Student Resources section of The American Nation companion web site features introductions to chapters, interactive quizzes, flashcards, web links, an American History Glossary, and an American History Appendix
HistoryTeacher.net: AP United States History Quizzes
A New York teacher has produced a great general site for history teachers that offers AP-level United States history quizzes on many different periods and topics.
Interpreting Primary Sources
Digital History provides brief excerpts from primary sources and statistics and questions to think about: Federalists and Jeffersonians, War of 1812, Jacksonian Democracy, Indian Removal, Political Battles of the Jacksonian Era, An Industrializing Nation, Religion and Social Reform
The American People:Consolidating the Revolution
PowerPoint Presentation on the early American republic as part of the online companion to The American People. Click Chapter 7.
The American People:Creating a Nation
PowerPoint Presentation on the young American nation as part of the online companion to The American People. Click Chapter 8.
The American People: Society and Politics in the Early Republic
PowerPoint Presentation as part of the online companion to The American People. Click Chapter 9.
The American People: Economic Transformations in the Northeast and the old Northwest
PowerPoint Presentation on economic growth in the early American republic as part of the online companion to The American People. Click Chapter 10.
Lewis and Clark: Classroom resources
The 17 Lewis and Clark lesson plans on this page offer a wide array of classroom activities. Created by PBS, the activities address all parts of the famous expedition.
Lewis and Clark: Lesson Plan
In this DiscoverySchool.com lesson plan students answer the questions and compare their ideas to archaeological work.
Lewis and Clark: A Legacy to Remember
In this National Geographic lesson plan, students will design a memorial that illustrates the legacy of the expedition from a geographic perspective.
Tribal Truths - Exploring the American-Indian Perspectives Toward the Bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
In this New York Times lesson, students research and analyze the interactions of American Indian tribes with Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Then they stage displays to inform the public about their findings.(June 16, 2003)
Slavery: How Did the [British] Abolition Acts of 1807 and 1833 Affect Slavery?
In 1807 the British trade in slaves from Africa was abolished. Students use primary source photos and documents at the British National Archive site to examine this event and its impact on the U.S., the Americas and Africa.
Old Sturbridge Village: Teacher Resources
This site provide information about everyday life in New England during the early 19th century. Old Sturbridge Visitor articles is a searchable archive of articles from the Village's quarterly magazine. Look under Education Resources.
Digital History Resource Guides
The Digital Resource Guides provides links to American history web sites by period and provide historical overviews, readings (online textbook chapter, Reader's Companion) primary source documents (documents, maps, cartoons), teaching resources (chronologies, maps, quizzes), audio-visual resources, and additional resources. It is an excellent and comprehensive teaching resource.
AP United States History DBQs: 1775-1825
These student-created DBQs are part of the excellent Historyteacher.net site
AP United States History DBQs: 1810-1860
These student-created DBQs are part of the excellent Historyteacher.net site
Missouri Compromise: Blank Map
The companion web site to The American People offers blank maps related to various topics in American history. The maps can be printed or placed in a PowerPoint presentation
US in the 1810s: Blank Map
The companion web site to The American People offers blank maps related to various topics in American history. The maps can be printed or placed in a PowerPoint presentation
Jacksonian Democracy: Multiple Choice Quiz, Fill-in-the-Blank, Flashcards, American History Glossary, American History Appendix
The Student Resources section of The American Nation companion web site features introductions to chapters, interactive quizzes, flashcards, web links, an American History Glossary, and an American History Appendix
Jacksonian Era Quiz
Multiple choice quiz from Digital History
Democracy in America Teaching Modules
C-Span.org offers NCSS strands for teaching about de Tocqueville
Digital History Lesson Plan: Indian Removal
Students act as journalists reporting on the Indian Removal Act. They visit designated web sites and write factual articles about the developments.
Course Models: Reform Movements of the 1830s
Part of the California History-Social Science content standards and annotated course which include: background information, focus questions, pupil activities and handouts, assessment, and references to books, articles, web sites, literature, audio-video programs, and historic site.
The Making of Middle Class America: Multiple Choice Quiz, Fill-in-the-Blank, Flashcards, American History Glossary, American History Appendix
The Student Resources section of The American Nation companion web site features introductions to chapters, interactive quizzes, flashcards, web links, an American History Glossary, and an American History Appendix
A Democratic Culture: Multiple Choice Quiz, Fill-in-the-Blank, Flashcards, American History Glossary, American History Appendix
The Student Resources section of The American Nation companion web site features introductions to chapters, interactive quizzes, flashcards, web links, an American History Glossary, and an American History Appendix
U.S. Women's History: Lesson Ideas and Document Based Questions
The Center for the Historical Study of Women and Gender at the State University of New York at Binghamton offers lesson plans, DBQs, links and more on American women's history
The American People: Shaping America in the Antebellum Age
PowerPoint Presentation on Religion and Reform as part of the online companion to The American People. Click Chapter 12.
Pre Civil War Reform Quiz
Multiple choice questions from Digital History.
Early Reformers of the 1800s Game
Early National Era Maps
Links from the Digital History
The American Nation: Internet Activities
Prentice Hall's phschool.com offers internet activities based on their The American Nation textbook chapters. Middle School grades.
A History of the United States: Internet Activities and Student Self Test Questions
Prentice Hall's phschool.com offers internet activities and interactive quizzes based on A History of the United States textbook chapters. High School.
Animated Map of U.S. Expansion