WESTERN EXPANSION


1) Online Presentation:

"The White House Time Machine" / [online by-era media presentation (re: "1790-1825" & "1826-1850")]


2) General Interest / Educational / Research:

"Art in the White House: Bronco Buster" / [White House Collection, online presentation]
Classroom: "The White House and Western Expansion" / [4-8 lesson]
Classroom: "Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase" / [9-12 lesson]
Classroom: "The Great Cause of Union" / [9-12 lesson (re: Lincoln's policy on future of western expansion)]
Classroom: "The President and the Power to Preserve the American Frontier" / [primary document lesson plan]
White House History Journal: "Japanese Delegation & Buchanan" / [PDF article by Dallas Finn (re: Buchanan's western expansion policies)]
WHHA Publications: "The Presidents" / [PDF supplement (re: Washington's interest in western expansion)]


3) Other:

White House Collection: "Rocky Mountain Landscape," by Albert Bierstadt / [collection info sheet]
Picturing the President's House: "Petalesharro," by Charles Bird King / [portrait & info]
Picturing the President's House: "Monchousia," by Charles Bird King / [portrait & info]
Picturing the President's House: "Indian Delegations at Washington" / [illustration & info]



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