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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The United States, 1913
A map from 1913 of the United States with an inset map of the Alaska Territory. The map shows state boundaries and capitals at the time (for example, the map shows Guthrie as the capital of the Oklahoma Territory), major cities and...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Admission of States to the Union, 1899
A map from 1899 of the United States showing the growth of the nation from the original States in 1783 to the admission of Utah into the Union in 1896. The map shows the Northwest Territory claimed at the end of the American...
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Etc: The Territory of the United States, 1845 1886
A map from 1886 of the United States showing the territories ceded by Mexico and the acquisition of Alaska. The map is color-coded to show the possessions of the United States, Great Britain, and Mexico at the time, and the Mexican...
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Etc: Territorial Acquisitions of the United States, 1783 1900
A map from 1920 of the United States and its territories between 1783 and 1900 showing the nation's expansion and date of acquisition of each new territory or possession. The map is color-coded to show the progression from the original...
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Etc: United States Showing Acquisition of Territory, 1783 1900
A map from 1911 of the United States and its territories between 1783 and 1900 showing the nation's expansion and date of acquisition of each state or territory. The map also shows major cities, waterways, and mountain ranges. Includes...
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Etc: United States Showing Acquisition of Territory, 1783 1900
A map from 1912 of the United States and its territories between 1783 and 1900 showing the nation's expansion and date of acquisition of each state or territory. The map also shows major cities, waterways, and mountain ranges. Includes...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Territories of the United States, 1900
A map from 1909 showing territories added to the United States: Alaska (1867), Hawaii by annexation (1898), and Puerto Rico and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War (1898).
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Etc: Acquisition of Territory by the United States, 1783 1917
A map from 1922 of the United States showing the acquisition of territory from 1783 to the purchase of the Dutch West Indies (Virgin Islands) in 1917. This map is color-coded to show each of the acquisitions with map notations giving...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Brand New Flag: Molly of Denali
Molly does a school report on Benny Benson, a young Alaska Native boy who won a contest to design the Alaska state flag, and is inspired to hold a contest of her own, in this 11-minute animated story [25:25] from the PBS KIDS series...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Veggiezilla! Game
This digital game extends students' use of informational text and their knowledge of Alaska. In this game, Molly and Trini have planted various vegetables to eat and enter to win prizes at the Alaska State Fair. Through a variety of...
iCivics
I Civics: Tribal Government
As sovereign nations, American Indian and Alaska Native tribes develop and manage their own governments. This lesson examines the varied structures and functions of tribal government as well as the relationship these nations have with...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Brand New Flag Lesson Plan: Molly of Denali
This instructional activity, based on the 11-minute animated story "Brand New Flag" from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, helps children use captions to access and convey meaning in informational texts. After Molly learns about the...
Country Studies US
Country Studies: Ambivalent Empire
With the purchase of Alaska in 1867, the United States embarked on the road of building an empire. From Alaska to the Spanish-American War to the Philippine Islands, the U.S. grew as an imperial nation throughout the latter half of the...
Other
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson: William H. Seward
Short biography of the man who served as secretary of state under President Lincoln and Johnson.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: United States, 1917
A map of the United States and territories showing the expansion from the formation of the original states to the purchase of the Danish West Indies (Virgin Islands) in 1917. The map is color-coded to show the original states, the states...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Bald Eagle
Kids learn about the bald eagle, endangered bird that is the symbol of the United States.
OpenStax
Open Stax: American Foreign Policy 1890 1914: Turner, Mahan, and Roots of Empire
Examines the development of American foreign policy in the latter part of the 1800s, and what Frederick Jackson Turner and Alfred Thayer Mahan did to further American imperialistic interests.
University of Groningen
American History: Essays: Manifest Destiny: The New Manifest Destiny
While many thought that the doctrine of Manifest Destiny had spent itself when Americans reached the Pacific Ocean, it could also be seen to extend beyond the shores of the United States. For example, Hawaii and Alaska were acquired later.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: American Marten
American Martens are widely distributed in northern forests across Canada and into Alaska. Only 200 years ago, they were also abundant in the southeastern United States. Learn more about the Martes americana, more commonly known as an...
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Etc: The Alaskan Boundary Dispute, 1825 1903
A map of the northern Pacific coastland of North America showing the territorial dispute of the Alaska boundary from the Anglo-Russian Treaty of St. Petersburg in 1825 that established the British claims, the purchase of the area by the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Hay Herbert Treaty, 1903
A map of the southern border of Alaska and Canada showing the area of boundary dispute and the boundary established by the Hay-Herbert Treaty between Britain and the United States in 1903. The map shows the coastline and fjords of the...
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Etc: Acquisition of Territory, 1783 1884
A map from 1885 of the United States showing the territorial growth from the original States and the Northwest Territory in 1783 to the Russian cession of Alaska in 1867. The map is color-coded to show the progression from the original...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1783
A map of North America, Central America, and northern South America at the end of the American Revolutionary War (1783). The map is color-coded to show the territory of the United States at the time, British possessions in Canada,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1858
A map from 1858 of North America showing the boundaries at the time for Russian America (Alaska), Greenland, British America or New Britain, Canada East and Canada West, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies...