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Lewis and Clark 

Gold Rush

Oregon Trail & Pioneers 

Western Expansion

Western Expansion 

Expansionism 

Expansion

Expansion

Western Expansion

Frontier Agriculture ppt & lesson  

The Cattle Industry on the Great Plains

French and Indian War  

The French & Indian War

War of 1812 and Foreign Policy

The War of 1812 ppt

War of 1812

Western Expansion

The American West

The Western Frontier 

The Way West (ppt quiz game)

Westward Ho (unit plan ppt) 

Beyond the Divide (unit plan ppt) 

See Also: Manifest Destiny, Western Growth 

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Animated Map of Western Expansion

Western Expansion 

How the West Was Sung

Stream of Life- Water in the American West

Lewis & Clark 

Go West, Young Artist  

Oregon Trail & Pioneers

The West (pbs) 

Gold Rush 

Railroads

Western Expansion 

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Western Expansion Lesson Plans

Cowboy Facts and Legends

The Railroads 

War of 1812 Lesson Plans

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