In this resource, students can learn about the ways which the United States maritime history after World War II. This resource is connected with the Smithsonian Museums.

In this lesson, students engage in a role play about life in North America from 1890 to 1930. Students will also reference maps from the era and research modes of transportation that were available at the time people were moving west. Students will also write about and illustrate the journey west, describing reasons for moving.

Students will learn about America's first gold rush, which took place in North Carolina in the early 1800s. They will then utilize their understanding of the gold rush and its affect on North Carolina by completing a creative writing assignment.

In this resource, students can learn about the trade between continents during the 19th Century with the United States and Europe. This resource is connected with the Smithsonian Museums.

In this lesson, students learn about various methods of transportation and how they have changed over time. After completing a home project to investigate popular means of transportation in the past, they will present their project, and complete a Venn diagram to compare the past to present means of transportation.

Students can plan the first attempted flight around the world in 1924. They will have to map out the route, plan what items they will carry, and deal with problems which will develop during the voyage.

In this activity, students can explore the history of the peopling of America through short videos, mini-activities, and practice questions in this segment of Preparing for the Oath: U.S. History and Civics for Citizenship. The eight questions included in this segment cover topics such as American Indians, British colonists, slavery, westward expansion, and immigration. This site was designed with the needs of recent immigrants in mind. It is written at a “low-intermediate” ESL level.

This lesson is about how people come to America. The lesson will help students see that their personal stories are part of American history by comparing their experiences with those of immigrants in the past.

This Teacher Guide identifies the Civics Test questions covered in the theme, A Growing Nation. It also provides the instructional steps to familiarize teachers with the elements and navigation of the Preparing for the Oath - A Growing Nation student interactive so that they can be comfortable presenting it to their class.

Did you know that gold was first discovered in the United States in North Carolina? In this short video, students can learn about what makes gold so special, this historic discovery, and how people searched for it in the past.

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 5th Grade Social Studies. 

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 5th Grade Social Studies.

In this activity, students examine an advertisement for available acreage in Nebraska and answer a series of questions. The questions are designed to guide students into a deeper analysis of the source and sharpen associated cognitive skills.

In this lesson, students learn about the engineering of the canal era of transportation. Students will use art supplies to create visual representations of a canal system.

In this lesson, students explore the various modes of transportation used to move west across North America in the 1800s. Then students will write an imaginary log about a train journey across the continent and use art supplies to create a scene from the west.

Explore 14,000 years of history from the NC Museum of History' exhibit, The Story of North Carolina in 360°—one gallery at a time. Designed with the student experience in mind, each tour features artifacts, photos, & videos.

Students can learn about the devleopment of Raleigh after the fire of 1833 and the impact of the first railroad line to the city. Thestudents will also discover the background behind the nickname "Tornado", which Raleigh had for many years.

In this lesson, students identify various forms of eighteenth-century travel and make generalizations about the people that utilized eighteenth-century modes of transportation.

This is a supplemental resource to be used in conjunction with the lesson: Unit One: 1880s (Agricultural Nation: Foods and Families on the Move). In this lesson, students investigate how trains affected change on the growth of cities and farms and how this is related to immigration to and within the United States.

This is a supplemental resource to be used in conjunction with the lesson: Unit One: 1880s (Agricultural Nation: Foods and Families on the Move). In this lesson, students investigate how trains affected change on the growth of cities and farms and how this is related to immigration to and within the United States.