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Railroad Expansion (1869) - textbook pp. 538-539
Photograph from Pics4Learning.com
VIDEO: Transcontinental Railroad (from TeacherTube)
Transcontinental Railroad Exhibits - Photographs from the Railroad Expansion time period in the United States and Canada (from the Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum)
Railroad History - Website links by Social Studies for Kids
War in the West (1876-1877) - textbook pp. 554-557
Photograph from Pics4Learning.com
Indian Wars ("War in the West") from High Beam Encyclopedia
Inventions and Businesses (1856-1903) - textbook pp. 562-567
Image from: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbicycle.htm
VIDEO: Thomas Alva Edison (from World Book Online)
VIDEO: First Successful Airplane Flight (from World Book Online)
World Book Kids: Inventor Jules Verne
World Book Kids: Inventor Thomas Edison
Timeline of Inventions - About.com
Plast-o-Matic - Learn how plastic was used first in World War II and then in everyday life (PBS kids)
Wright Flight - Learn about the beginnings of Wilbur and Orville Wright's experiments with aviation. Or learn other stories about the beginning of airplanes: WayBack: Flight
Technology in 1900 - WayBack History for kids from PBS kids
The First Telephone Call - Alexander Graham Bell
New Ways to Travel (1903-1908) - textbook pp. 616-617
World Book Kids: Picture of Transportation from 1900 to 1950
World Book Kids: Transportation
Transportation in the 1900's - Website Created by a Wisconsin Teacher :)
Panama Canal (1914) - textbook pp. 604-605
Photograph from Pics4Learning.com
PHOTO SLIDESHOW: Panama Canal (from TeacherTube)
VIDEO: Panama Canal Time-lapse - watch one week of ships going and coming through the Panama Canal in a time-lapse video
Virtual Tour of the Panama Canal
WWI: World War I (1914) - textbook pp. 608-611
Photograph from: Library of Congress.
U.S. Govt. 21 May 2008 <http://www.loc.gov/>.
ANIMATED VIDEO: Dogfight (Simulates air warfare similar to World War I)
World War I - Website links by Social Studies for Kids
Women's Voting Rights (1920) - textbook p. 612
Photograph from: Library of Congress.
U.S. Govt. 21 May 2008 <http://www.loc.gov/>.
World Book Kids: Woman Suffrage (Right to Vote)
The Great Depression (1929-1939) - textbook pp. 619-621
Photograph from: Library of Congress.
U.S. Govt. 21 May 2008 <http://www.loc.gov/>.
World Book Kids: Herbert Hoover (US President during the Great Depression)
World Book Kids: Baby Boom Generation (Generation born after the Great Depression)
WWII: World War II (1941-1945) - textbook pp. 624-630
Photograph from: Library of Congress.
U.S. Govt. 21 May 2008 <http://www.loc.gov/>.
VIDEO: World War II Propaganda (recruiting Americans and others to help with the war) - from TeacherTube
VIDEO: The Battle of the Bulge - World War II
VIDEO: Auschwitz Concentration Camp Museum - from TeacherTube
World War II - More website links by Social Studies for Kids
Cold War (1945) - textbook pp. 636-638
Image from: http://www.usachcs.army.mil/HISTORY/Brief/TitlePage.htm
World Book: Cold War (Advanced Reading Level)
VIDEO: Berlin Wall (from TeacherTube)
Cold War - by CNN
Korean War (1950) - textbook p. 639
Image from: http://www.ga.wa.gov/visitor/Korean/Korean-War-2.jpg
Korea: The Forgotten War - from the St. Petersburg Times
Korean and Vietnam Wars - Website links by Social Studies for Kids
Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) - textbook p. 640
World Book: Cuban Missile Crisis (Advanced Reading Level)
Cuban Missile Crisis - ThinkQuest (pretty cool)
Civil Rights (1955-1968) - textbook pp. 644-646
Stand Up for Your Rights - by PBS Kids
Voices of Civil Rights - from the Library of Congress
Space Race (1969) - textbook p. 651
World Book: Important Space Dates
VIDEO: Man in Space (Part 2) - Walt Disney Series from 1955 about early rockets - shows us the work and testing done to help get the US into Outer Space
Space Race: Racing to the Moon - from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Vietnam War (1968) - textbook pp. 652-653
Image from: http://www.hmongstudies.com/PajNtaubImageLibrary
Korean and Vietnam Wars - Website links by Social Studies for Kids
Persian Gulf War (1991) - textbook p. 660
Image from:
http://www.britannica.com/eb/art/print?id=88294&articleTypeId=0
World Book Kids: Persian Gulf War
Terrorism - 9/11 (2001) - textbook pp. 662-665
Image from:
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0911.html
World Book Kids: September 11 Terrorist Attacks
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