1. National Geography History Project Resources for teaching history with a geographic perspective Michigan Geographic Alliance New York Center for Geographic Education Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education Croft Institute for International Studies

2. National Geography History Project This CD Rom, Resources for Teaching History with a Geographic Perspective, was developed to help teachers include geography while teaching the eras of world history. It was developed under a grant from National Geographic Educational Foundation, by partners from Michigan Geographic Alliance, New York Center for Geographic Education, Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education, and the Croft Institute for International Studies. Dr. Michael Libbee, Central Michigan University Dr. Phil Gersmehl, Hunter College Dr. David Rutherford, Mississippi State University Dr. Richard Boehm, Texas State University Judy Behrens, Texas State University Judy Lucas, Texas Geographic Alliance Ed Bonne, Michigan Geographic Alliance This is a draft product. Using the matrix, choose a topic and an era. Clicking on that box will take you to the name of the lesson (s) and a url. Click on the url to find the website.

3. Main Menu To 17891789-18651865-19001900-19451945 On Cultural Patterns EnlightenmentExpansion of SlaveryReconstructionRising Middle Class Civil Rights, Aids Economics MercantilismCotton KingdomIndustrializationNew Deal High Tech Industry Globalization Environment Physical RegionsLouisiana Purchase Sod Busting Deforestation National Parks Dust Bowl EPA Geo-Politics Revolution War of 1812 Monroe Doctrine ImperialismWorld Wars Cold War Korea and Vietnam Migration Discovery Lewis and Clark Germans/Irish “New” Europeans South to North Farm to City 3 rd World Immigrants Regional Differences Types of Colonies Sectionalism Civil War The West Resources Colonial Agriculture Pioneers Great Lakes Homesteading Cattle, Mining Farm Machinery, Oil, Fishing Green Revolution Settlement Colonization Manifest Destiny Mexican War Westward Movement Alaska ImperialismSunbelt Social Patterns Native Americans Reform Movement, Underground Railroad PopulismProgressives Transportation Canals, TrailsRailroadsAviationInterstate Highways Urbanization Port CitiesSmall Town AmericaIndustrial BeltSuburbs

4. The Enlightenment Return to main menu

5. Mercantilism Return to main menu

6. Physical Regions Regions: A Hands-on Approach www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/ideas912/912regi ons.html Return to main menu

7. The Revolution Return to main menu

8. Discovery The Vinland Map www.school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/sciencemyste ries Return to main menu

9. Types of Colonies Return to main menu

10. Colonial Agriculture Return to main menu

11. Colonization Mapping Colonial New England www.edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=716 Tinker, Tailor, Farmer, Sailor www.memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/01/tinker/overview.html Return to main menu

12. Native Americans From the Land, of the Land www.educationworld.com/a_techlp/techlpo59.shtml Interpreting Rock Art of the Anasazi www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/12/gk2/rockart.html Return to main menu

13. Transportation to 1789 Return to main menu

14. Port Cities Return to main menu

15. Expansion of Slavery Return to main menu

16. Cotton Kingdom Return to main menu

17. Louisiana Purchase www.nps.gov/archive/jeff/LewisClark2/education/louisianapurchase Return to main menu

18. War of 1812 Monroe Doctrine The Monroe Doctrine www.edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=574 Return to main menu

19. Lewis and Clark Germans Irish Lewis and Clark’s Journey West: A Timeline www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/03/lp296-03.shtml Challenges of River Travel www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/class/11.html Ancestors in the Americas www.pbs.org/ancestorsintheAmericas/viewerguides.html German Immigrants in the Upper Midwest www.memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/99/german/intro.html Return to main menu

20. Sectionalism Civil War Before Brother Fought Brother www.edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=484 Return to main menu

21. Pioneers Great Lakes Return to main menu

22. Manifest Destiny Mexican War Establishing Borders www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson- plans/borders/lesson1.html Mexican War www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/ Return to main menu

23. Reform Movement Underground Railroad Underground Railroad www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/lp2/htm Return to main menu

24. Canals and Trails Go West—Imagining the Oregon Trail www.edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=277 Return to main menu

25. Small Town America Return to main menu

26. Reconstruction Return to main menu

27. Industrialization Guns, Germs, and Steel www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/index.html Return to main menu

28. Sod Busting Deforestation Return to main menu

29. Imperialism Return to main menu

30. “New” Europeans Migration: Why We Move www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/09/gk2/migrations.html Human Migration: Cultural Landscape www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/09/g68/humanmigratio n.html Human Migration into the US www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/09/g912/migration.html Return to main menu

31. The West Return to main menu

32. Homesteading Cattle Mining Life on the Great Plains www.edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=265 Bring No Poor Articles With You www.pbs.org/wnet/frontierhouse/resources/lp3.html Boomtown to Ghost Town www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/16/g35/boomtown.html Return to main menu

33. Westward Movement Alaska Harriman Alaska Expedition www.pbs.org/harriman/education/lessonsplans/key_figures.html Demise of the Great American Frontier www.pbs.org/fmc/lessons/lesson1.htm Return to main menu

34. Populism Return to main menu

35. Railroads I Hear the Locomotives—Transcontinental RR www.edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=253 Planning a Railroad www.learncalifornia.org/doc.asp?id=301 Return to main menu

36. Industrial Belt Carl Sandburg’s Chicago www.edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=678 Urban Growth in America www.school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/Urbangrowth America/ Return to main menu

37. Rising middle class Return to main menu

38. New Deal Return to main menu

39. National Parks Dust Bowl Dust Bowl Days www.edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=300 Return to main menu

40. World Wars How to Win a World War www.edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=704 The War www.pbs.org/thewar/edu_lessons.htm World War II: The Pacific www.school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/worldwarII Return to main menu

41. South to North Return to main menu

42. Regional Differences 1900-1945 Return to main menu

43. Farm Machinery Oil Fishing Sea Changes: Fishing In New England www.memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/00/sea/overview.html Return to main menu

44. Imperialism Return to main menu

45. Progressives Return to main menu

46. Aviation The Wright Brothers Adventure www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials Return to main menu

47. Urbanization 1900-1945 Return to main menu

48. Civil Rights Aids Ordinary People, Ordinary Places www.edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id353 HIV/AIDS www.prb.org/educators/lessonplans/2005 Spread of AIDS www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/11/g912/tr ade.html www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/11/g912/tr ade.html Return to main menu

49. High Tech Industry Globalization Effects of Globalization www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/classroom/lp2.html Globalization www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/10/g912/globalization.h tml Return to main menu

50. EPA About A Tree: the work of Mark Olson www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/06/g912/molson.html Water Use www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/lesson_plans/lesson08.htm Estuaries www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/11/g912/tgestuaries.ht ml Return to main menu

51. Cold War Korea and Vietnam Origins of the Cold War www.edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?688 US Trade Embargo on Cuba www.pbs.org/now/classroom/cuba.html The Role of NATO www.school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/nato/ Submarines in the Cold War www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions.lessons/13.g68/k19heated.htm l Return to main menu

52. 3 rd World Immigrants Migration—Sudan to US www.nationalgeographic.com/expeditions/09/g68/ggtul.html Return to main menu

53. Regional Difference 1945 On Return to main menu

54. Green Revolution Return to main menu

55. Sunbelt Geography Coast to Coast www.baseballhalloffame.org/experience/thematic_units People on the Move www.prb.org/educators/lessonplans/2005 Return to main menu

56. Social Patterns 1945 On Return to main menu

57. Interstate Highways Return to main menu

58. Suburbs Traditional Town and Modern Suburbs www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/12/gk2/sprawltrad.html Design your own suburb www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/12/g35/sprawldesign.ht ml What to do about Sprawl www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/12/g68/sprawlwhat.htm l Life on the Edge www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/12/g912/fringe.html Return to main menu