Description: This page describes the Louisiana Purchase.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

Description: This comprehensive section includes profiles of twelve American land acquisitions or occupations including the Louisiana Purchase, Adams-Onis Treaty, Mexican-American war acquisitions, Alaska Purchase, Hawaii annexation, and many others.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

Description: This activity requires students to use the interactive map to find the answers to the scavenger hunt questions. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

Description: This scavenger hunt is designed for use with the Profiles of America's Land Acquisition Section

Type: Scavenger hunts

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

Description: Simply click on the state to learn all about its history. All on the same page! Try our digital scavenger hunt for this activity as well. You can unlock this interactive and every resource on MrNussbaum.com when you become a subscriber. Only $29 per year for a teacher and unlimited students!

Type: Interactive Map or Tour

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

Description: This awesome resource allows students to complete the digital scavenger hunt by clicking on states to find answers. There are ten questions, randomly chosen from a pool of questions. The hunt gives immediate feedback. You can unlock this interactive and every resource on MrNussbaum.com when you become a subscriber. Only $29 per year for a teacher and unlimited students!

Type: Interactive Map or Tour

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

Description: This interactive map tells all about the Oregon, California, Santa Fe, and Mormon Trails. Simply click on a trail location to learn all about it.

Type: Interactive Map or Tour

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

Description: This page describes in detail the many hazards that pioneers faced in their travels west. From crippling diseases, to wagon accidents, dangerous weather, wild creatures, and attacks by Native Americans, life was very difficult on the journey west.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

Description: This is the printable version of the scavenger hunt that goes with the Westward Trails Interactive Map

Type: Scavenger hunts

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

Description: This page describes the concept of manifest destiny and how it was used to justify expansion throughout the continent, and the expense of Native Americans and other nations.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

Description: This interactive map provides details of each of twelve major engagements pitting the United States military against the Native Americans. It includes the Comanche Wars, Sioux Wars, the Long Walk, Red Cloud's War, Cayuse War, Whitman's Massacre, Chickamauga Wars, and many more.

Type: Interactive Map or Tour

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

Description: This page describes the Mexican-American War and the subsequent acquisition of what is now the American Southwest.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

Description: This section contains detailed information about the Comanche War.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

Description: This is a biography on Mickey Mantle.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6