The Big Idea Activity

How do new technologies change people's lives?

Conduct an Interview

  California Standard 5.3 Students describe the cooperation and conflict that existed among the American Indians and between the Indian nations and the new settlers. California Standard 5.8 Students trace the colonization, immigration, and settlement patterns of the American people from 1789 to the mid-1800s, with emphasis on the role of economic incentives, effects of the physical and political geography, [MORE]

Students working on Activity

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Students may choose the Pony Express as a topic for their interview. Find out more:

The Pony Express

The Pacific Telegraph Act of 1860

Building the Telegraph

Samuel F.B. Morse

Oregon Trail Timeline


Richard Allen

  California Standard 5.8 Students trace the colonization, immigration, and settlement patterns of the American people from 1789 to the mid-1800s, with emphasis on the role of economic incentives, effects of the physical and political geography, [MORE]

Church

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History Today What is the African Methodist Episcopal Church doing today? One of their programs, called the Child Survival Project, helps children in Haiti.

Slavery and Religion

Richard Allen

Origin of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Absalom Jones


New Bedford, Massachusetts

  California Standard 5.8 Students trace the colonization, immigration, and settlement patterns of the American people from 1789 to the mid-1800s, with emphasis on the role of economic incentives, effects of the physical and political geography, [MORE]

Whales


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Overview of American Whaling

The New Bedford Whaling Museum

More about the Schooner Ernestina