Rails Across the Nation
Standards: 5-2.1, 5-3.1, 5-3.2, 5-3.3, 5-3.5
Transcontinental Railroad
Central Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
Theodore Judah
Driving the Last Spike
Railroad Quia Review
Stock Ownership
Books:
Coolies by Yin
Railroad Fever by Monica Halpern
Video:
"The Building of the Transcontinental Railroad"
Poem:
"A Letter to China" by Kun-Yang Lin

Steel and Oil Industries
Steel and Oil Industries CB Quia
Vocabulary Quia Review 5.1
United Streaming: "The Industrial Revolution"
Stock Market Excel Project
Poems:
"American Wizard" by Lawrence Schimel
"Thomas Alva Edison: Our Visit" by Sarah Bernhardt

Growing Pains
Standards: 5-3.3, 5-3.5
Child Labor Photos
Samuel Gompers

New Immigrants
Standards: 5-1.3, 5-1.5, 5-2.4, 5-3.3, 5-3.4
Angel Island History

Angel Island Pictures
Angel Island - 5 W's
Ellis Island Registry Search
Ellis Island Webquest
Ellis Island Web Hunt
A Day in the Life
Immigration (Scholastic)
A Boy's Life Questions
Citizenship Quiz
Voting Fun Citizenship Quiz
Quia Challenge Board 5.3
Jacob Lawrence - Art
Books:
Streets of Gold by Rosemary Wells
Journey to Ellis Island by Carol Bierman
I Was Dreaming to Come to America selected by Veronica Lawlor
Videos:
"Across the Sea of Time"
"Immigration to the U.S."

Growth of New Cities
Standards: 5-3.1, 5-3.2, 5-3.3, 5-3.5
Jane Addams Hull House
Tenement Museum
William Jenney's Buildings
Quia Challenge Board 5.4
Poem:
"A Modern Girl" by Nancy Potak

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mini-Unit
Standards: 5-1.5, 5-5.3
MLK CyberHunt
Interactive Quiz
Web Quest
Biography, Photos, Timeline
Other Links

Books:
The Other Side by Woodson
Martin's Big Words by Rappaport
I Have A Dream by King
Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King by Marzolla

Building An Empire
Standards: 5-3.6
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt Scavenger Hunt pdf
Panama Canal
Quia Review
History of Alaska
Statehood of Hawaii
Spanish American War

Books:
You're On Your Way, Teddy Roosevelt by Judith St. George

United Streaming Video:
"America in the 20th Century: Becoming a World Power"

Progressives and Reform
Standards: 5-3.5
Roosevelt's Square Deal Speech
U.S. National Parks
Booker T. Washington
Quia Review




United Streaming Video:
"America in the 20th Century:
The Progressive Era"

Books:
The Progressives by Monica Halpern

The Great War
Standards: 5-3.6, 5-3.7
On the Homefront
Over There
WW I Biographies
WW I Aviation Links
Women in WW I
WW I Timeline
Trenches
World War I Basics
World War I Links
Quia Vocabulary Review
Quia PopUp Review
Quizdom Review

United Streaming Video:
"America in the 20th Century: World War I:
On the Homefront"
"The War in Europe"

Books:
Mailing May by Michael Tunnell
America Enters World War I by Carol Domblewski
Language of Doves by Rosemary Wells
The Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston
The First Book of World War I by Louis Snyder
World War I by Zachary Kent
World War I by Kathlyn Gay
Lord of the Nutcracker Men by Iain Lawrence

Roaring Twenties
Standards: 5-4.1, 5-4.6
Roaring Twenties Index

Great Depression
Standards: 5-4.2, 5-4.3

Brother Can You Spare a Dime Webquest
Depression Photo Gallery
Dear Mrs. Roosevelt - letters
Great Depression Links
Great Depression Basics
Scavenger Hunt Links
How Much Does It Cost?
The Lean Years: Site 1
The Lean Years: Site 2
Quia Pop-Up Review

The 1920s Experience
Roaring Twenties, Jazz Age
Harlem Renaissance
Duke Ellington
Roaring Twenties Quia
1920s Experience Scav.Hunt
Scavenger Hunt - 1920s
American Cultural History

United Streaming Videos: "History in Focus 1920-1929"
"The Roaring 20s"

World War II

On the Homefront
Holocaust Links
World War II Remembered
WW II Scavenger Hunt
1941 Declaration of War
FDR Clickable Worksheet

Letters from the Front
Quia Hangman

World Leaders Quia

WW II Vocabulary Quia