All have the same Username (ID) and Password. See the Library Staff for these.
These resources cite the information for you.
Use:
Britannica School Middle - Cites it
EBSCOHost explora - Cites it
Grolier Online America the Beautiful - Cites it
Scholastic TrueFlix eBooks & videos
Once you are logged in, scroll down and on the bottom left you will find the red "Westward Expansion" widget. You will be able to select from the following titles:
The California Gold Rush by Mel Friedman
The Lewis and Clark Expedition by John Perritano
Life in the West by Teresa Domnauer
The Oregon Trail by Mel Friedman
The Transcontinental Railroad by John Perritano
Westward Expansion by Teresa Domnauer
These eBooks & videos do not include citations.
These eBooks are cited just like books in print including the eBook's URL.
The MIS Library has print copies of many of the titles that Scholastic TrueFlix has in eBook form.
This resource has the same Username (ID) and Password. See the Library Staff for this.
This resource cites the information for you.
Use:
Britannica Image Quest - Cites it
This is a great resource for art, clip art, images, and maps.
Westward Expansion Print and eBook Resources
Click on the resource list above to see what materials we have at the MIS Library after logging into the Destiny Catalog!
Click on the link above to access Discovery Education. This is a comprehensive resource that helps students to learn.
The Split History of Westward Expansion in the United States by
American Indians had lived in North America for thousands of years by the time European settlers arrived. The settlers came in search of land and were eager to build farms, roads, and towns. The Indians lived off the land and believed it belonged to everyone. When the U.S. government completed the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the plan to expand the country to the Pacific Ocean set up a collision course between the two groups' ways of life.
Flores, Kristen, director. “Westward Expansion Intro- 5th Grade.” 11 Apr. 2011,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glldm60jot4&feature=youtu.be.
Transcontinental Railroad. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 25 May 2016.
http://quest.eb.com/search/309_1155446/1/309_1155446/cite. Accessed 21 Oct 2016.
DiLalla, Peter, director. “Manifest Destiny.” YouTube, 2 Feb. 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrjg9ulr-xo.
Julie Cote (Student's Name)
Mrs. Correia (Assigning Teacher's Name)
Westward Expansion (Topic/Report Name)
13 Jan. 2024 (Date MLA 8 Format)
Works Cited
Domnauer, Teresa. Westward Expansion. Children's Press, 2010.
Domnauer, Teresa. Westward Expansion. New York, Children's Press, 2010,
sdm-tfx.digital.scholastic.com/p/node-33061/01001893?authCtx=U.600072301.
Accessed 12 Jan. 2024.
Prout, Will. “Louisiana Purchase.” Cobblestone: 30 Greatest American Events,
vol. 31, no. 5, 2010, pp. 14-15.
1783- The Revolutionary Wards ends (with the Treaty of Paris)
1803- Louisiana Purchase
1803- Lewis and Clark explore the Louisiana Territory
1825- Erie Canal is completed
1845- Texas becomes 28th state in U.S.
1846- Great Britian and U.S. sign Oregon Treaty- makes Oregon Territory part of the U.S. (not a British possession any longer)
1848- U.S. and Mexico sign Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo- adds 1.2 million square miles to U.S.- southwestern U.S.- U.S. paid $15 million
1849- California Gold Rush begins
1861-1865- American Civil War
1862- Homestead Act- settlers are able to make a claim on land in western territories; if they stay for a year, the land is theirs (for free)
1869-Transcontinental Railroad- railroad connects Atlantic and Pacific oceans
May be reproduced for classroom use. 2013 by Lucy Caulkins and Colleagues form the TCRWP from Units of Study in Opinion, Information, and Narrative Writing (firshand: Portsmouth, NH).
Oregon Trail Emigrants. – A wagon train on the Oregon Train on the Oregon Trail following the Sweetwater River at Devil’s Gate in Wyoming. Drawing by William Henry Jackson. Fine Art.Britannica ImageQuest. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 25 May 2016. http://quest.eb.com/search/140_1653108/1/140_1653108/cite. Accessed 19 Oct 2016.
GAST: AMERICAN PROGRESS. - 'American Progress.' An allegorical representation of Manifest Destiny. Oil on canvas by John Gast, 1872. Fine Art. Britannica ImageQuest. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 25 May 2016. http://quest.eb.com/search/140_1646529/1/140_1646529/cite. Accessed 21 Oct 2016.
"John L. O'sullivan." United States Geography, ABC-CLIO, 2016, usgeography.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/1219576. Accessed 28 Oct. 2016.
Make sure that you always give credit where credit is due. The website linked above does NOT require you to log in to create a citation using the MLA8 format.
Oregon School Library Information System
Use this citation generator to create MLA 8 style citations for your sources.
Why Cite?
Cite as you go! Format after!
Prospectors panning for gold during the Californian Gold Rush of 1849. Fine Art. Britannica ImageQuest. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 25 May 2016. http://quest.eb.com/search/108_264620/1/108_264620/cite. Accessed 22 Nov 2016.