Chapter 2  Missouri's Place in the World

Lesson 1 A Place Called Missouri; Where in the World is Missouri?; How Do We Locate a Place?; Latitude,
              Longitude; Hemispheres; Reading a Map; Missouri Map, 1895   
 
Lesson 2  Natural and Human Features; An Ancient Land; Missouri's Rivers and Lakes
                Mastodon State Park

Lesson 3  Many Kinds of Regions; Glacial Plains; Osage Plains; Ozark Highlands; Mississippi Lowlands;
               Urban Regions; People on the Move
               Go to eThemes--find your region--do the research!

WebQuest: Missouri Regions

Lesson 4  Climate, Plants and Animals, You and Your Environment, Missouri's Natural Ecosystems, Our Natural
                Resources, Using Natural Resources; Missouri Relief Map; Blank Outline Map of Missouri;
                Detailed Map of Missouri
               Climate Map of the United States  You can also find the latitude, longitude, and elevation
               of cities here.  JAVA applet of all fifty states; click on areas of interest to learn more about climate in specific regions.

Chapter 3  The First People

Lesson 1 Paleo Indians; Archaic Indians; How Do We Know?; American Indians; Woodland Indians
                          Video:  The Ancient Ones

Lesson 2 Hopewell People; Mississippian Mound Builders; Cahokia; Daily Life; A History Mystery
              The Mississippian Mound Builders and their Artifacts
                          Mound Builders in America
              Hopewell Culture National Historic Park
              Ancient Architects of the Mississippi
                  Ancient Cahokia
                  See Pictures of Cahokia Mounds as it looks today
                                   Cahokia Mounds State Historical Site
                  Illinois Historic Preservation Agency

Lesson 3 The Plains Indians; The Missouri Indians; The Osage Indians; The Yearly Cycle; Riding Horseback;Making Things from Nature

                   Osage Village State Historic Site
                   Osage Indians Historic Site

Lesson 4 Osage View of the World; Legends and Myths; The Legend of the Spider Symbol; The Osage Leave Missouri; Native Americans Today

Chapter 4  French and Spanish Missouri

                         
Lesson 1  Two Worlds Meet; DeSoto and the Spanish; French Explorers; Marquette and Jolliet; LaSalle; Christopher Columbus
                 Find out what the explorers ate
                 Go on the Library of Congress tour of Christopher Columbus's voyage
                 French Explorers in Missouri
                 Famous Explorers
                 LaSalle
                 Video:  A Meeting of Cultures

Lesson 2  Ste. Genevieve, the First French Town; Valle Family; St. Louis; The Future Kansas City; Slavery Comes to Missouri; Free Blacks
                               Ste. Genevieve
                 Origination of the name Des Peres
To do the "Planning a City Research and Project, use these sites:
                              The founding of St. Louis
                  St. Louis History
                  Auguste Chouteau
                  Chouteau
To do the Importance of Salt Research, use this site:
                  Booneslick State Park

If you are interested in learning more about salt, go here:
                  Salt Springs in Missouri

Lesson 3  French Culture: Village Life, Land and Houses, French Clothes; Feeding the Family; The French Fur Trade; Native American Life Changes
               French and Spanish Missouri
               Spanish and French Exploration and Settlement
Lesson 4  The Spanish Gain Control of Missouri; Tension with the English; United States is Born; Daniel Boone; Spain Welcomes Americans; Return to French Rule

Chapter 5  Missouri Becomes a State

Lesson 1 The Louisiana Territory; President Jefferson Acts; Jefferson's Dream; Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery; Up the Missouri River; Through the Wilderness; Results of the Journey

Lesson 2 Zebulon Pike; Stephen Long; Fort Osage; Mary Easton Sibley; A Great Earthquake

Lesson 3 Missouri Grows; The Missouri Compromise; A State at Last, 1821; A Capital City
              Missouri Becomes a Part of the U.S.

Chapter 6  Gateway to the West

Lesson 1 Gateway to the West; The Fur Trade Moves West; Mountain Men; Tall Tales; Jim Bridger; Kit Carson;James Beckwourth; The Fur Trade Ends

Lesson 2 Jumping Off Point; Independence; Wagons Ho!; Santa Fe Trail; William Becknell; Oregon Trail; The Whitmans; Father Jean deSmet;Oregon Fever; John C. Fremont
              Missouri and the West

Lesson 3 The California Trail; The Mormon Trail; Fleeing Missouri

Lesson 4 Steamboats Make Travel Faster; Stagecoaches Move People; Freight Lines Carry Goods; Pony Express Moves the Mail;The Railroads
 

Chapter 7  Frontier Life

Lesson 1 Life in Frontier Missouri; Growing Food for the Family; Frontier Women; Frontier Children

Lesson 2 Early Manufacturing; Travel by Sea; German Immigrants; Irish Immigrants

Lesson 3 Slavery; Surviving Slavery

Lesson 4 Working Against Slavery; Underground Railroad; John Berry Meachum; William Wells Brown; John Brown
                   Life on the Frontier

Chapter 8  The Civil War

Lesson 1 "Bleeding Kansas"; Dred Scott

Lesson 2  The Beginning of Civil War; The Border States; Governor Jackson

Lesson 3  Guerrilla Warfare; Bushwackers; Quantrill Attacks Lawrence; What Did Women Do?; Martha Jane Tolton; Order Number 11

Lesson 4  Final Battles; Missouri Slaves are Freed; The War Ends; All Slaves are Freed; President Lincoln is
               Assassinated
               A Divided Country
                  The Civil War Comes to Missouri

Chapter 9  Reconstruction and Growth

Lesson 1  Reconstruction; Segregation; The Rise of Outlaws: The James and Younger Brothers; New State Constitution; Farmers

Lesson 2  Chugging Across the State; Growth of Cities; Tom Bass; The Eads Bridge

Lesson 3  Old Drum; Missouri Culture; Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens); Laura Ingalls Wilder; Scott Joplin; John "Blind" Boone
                Reconstruction in Missouri
                   A Growing State

Chapter 10  Into a New Century
 

Lesson 1  A New Century and Amazing Changes; George Washington Carver; New Ways of Shopping; J.C.Penney; St. Louis World's Fair

Lesson 2  The Great War; John H. Pershing; Harry S Truman

Lesson 3 The Roaring Twenties; Walt Disney; The Spirit of St. Louis; Women Win the Right to Vote, 1920

Lesson 4  The Great Depression; Yogi Berra; Baseball; Negro Leagues; Helen Stephens; Thomas Hart Benton; Jim the Wonder Dog

Chapter 11  Modern Missouri

Lesson 1  A Second World War; Omar Bradley; Harry S Truman Becomes President; The War Ends

Lesson 2  After the War; The Civil Rights Movement; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Fighting Overseas; A New Kind of War--September 11, 2001

Lesson 3  Great People in a Great State: Sports, Holidays and Celebrations
                Missouri at the Start of the 21st  Century

Chapter 12  Government in Missouri

Lesson 1  Our Government: Declaration of Independence, 1776, the Constitution, 1787, The Bill of Rights, 1791;Branches of Government: Executive Branch, Judicial Branch, Legislative Branch; Voting;Representatives of the People: U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives; Political Parties

Lesson 2  State Government; Our State Constitution; State Branches of the Government; Local Government: City and County Government; Taxes Pay for Services; Our Responsibilities
               Government in Missouri
               Missouri Government Scavenger Hunt
               Preamble, Bill of Rights and Justice games
               Branches of the Government Project by KristyCofer, eMINTS teacher
  

Chapter 13  Making a Living in Missouri

Lesson 1  Goods and Services, Economics, Supply and Demand, What is Scarcity?; Producers and Consumers: Natural Resources, Capital Resources, Human Resources, Consumers

Lesson 2  Money, Money, Money: bartering; Making Choices: trade-offs ; Earning a Living; Where Do Missourians Work?; All Over the World; Transportation and Growth: Roads, Highways, and Railroads;Waterways; Airports; Tourism: A Sample of Missouri Products

Famous Missourians

Famous Missourians

Famous Missourians Project

Bottle Buddies: Famous Missourians

State Historical Society Of Missouri

Missouri State Symbols

Missouri State Symbols