Instructional Video3:18
Hip Hughes History

The Homestead Act of 1862 Explained: US History Review

6th - 12th
Brush your history with a quick overview of the 1862 Homestead Act, one of Abraham Lincoln's crowning legislative achievements.
Instructional Video4:48
PBS

Single Women Homesteaders

3rd - 7th
A brief video examines the lives of single women during the 1862 Homestead Act. Experts discuss the history of homesteading while actual letters written by female landowners detail their hardships and perseverance...
Instructional Video12:44
Crash Course

Westward Expansion

9th - 12th Standards
Take a closer look into the American movement to the wild west during the late nineteenth century and the drastic consequences this had for native populations. The video discusses the importance of the transcontinental railroad in...