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  • War of 1812
    Summary: This is a single page in lesson 8 that describes the United States's actions in 1812, political decisions, and key battles.
    Subject: Battle of New Orleans; U.S. Navy; Star Spangled Banner; Treaty of Ghent; Hartford Convention; War of 1812; Non-Intercourse Act; Macon's Bill No. 2; Madison Administration; Andrew Jackson
    Course Name: U.S. History I Course Level: Level 2 
    Media Format: Webpage; Animation; Image Typical Learning Time: 20 minutes
    Discipline: United States History Sub-Discipline: History
    Author: McMichael, Kelly Affiliation: University of North Texas
    Date Created: 2008 License files: Original License
    Permalink: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/724
    Is Part of: Lesson 8: Change of Power: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/998
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  • Wars of the West Timeline
    Summary: It shows the span of wars and battles that occurred in the West between Indians and Anglos
    Subject: Timeline; War; Battle; Indians; Anglos
    Course Name: U.S. History II Course Level: Level 1 
    Media Format: Animation Typical Learning Time: 10 minutes
    Discipline: United States History Sub-Discipline: History
    Author: McMichael, Kelly Affiliation: University of North Texas
    Date Created: 2009 License files: Original License
    Permalink: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1875
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  • Wartime Changes for Women and Minorities
    Summary: With men enlisting or being drafted into the military, women moved into the labor force in large numbers. There were increased job opportunities for American blacks.
    Subject: Women and Families; Women at Work; Rosie the Riveters; Nurse; The Women’s Army Corps; African Americans; A. Philip Randolph; Kaiser Shipyard; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Fair Employment Practices Committee; Congress of Racial Equality; Navy yard Employees; African American Soldiers in France; Members of the Tuskegee Airmen; Japanese Internment Camps
    Course Name: U.S. History II Course Level: Level 2 
    Media Format: Image; Webpage; Animation Typical Learning Time: 20 minutes
    Discipline: United States History Sub-Discipline: History
    Author: McMichael, Kelly Affiliation: University of North Texas
    Date Created: 2009 License files: Original License
    Permalink: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1949
    Is Part of: Lesson 24: The United States and World War II: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1766
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  • Wartime Diplomacy
    Summary: After the war, people around the world had hopes for lasting peace and prosperity. The United Nations were created to manage world conflicts.
    Subject: The Cairo Conference; Winston Churchill; Joseph Stalin; The Tehran Conference; The Yalta Conference; The Potsdam Conference; Clement Attlee; The United Nations
    Course Name: U.S. History II Course Level: Level 2 
    Media Format: Image; Webpage Typical Learning Time: 20 minutes
    Discipline: United States History Sub-Discipline: History
    Author: McMichael, Kelly Affiliation: University of North Texas
    Date Created: 2009 License files: Original License
    Permalink: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1954
    Is Part of: Lesson 24: The United States and World War II: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1766
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  • Wartime Reconstruction, 1861-1865
    Summary: This topic discusses the first phase of the Reconstruction, or Wartime Reconstruction. It includeds Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan and the assasination of President Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth.
    Subject: Wartime Reconstruction; Ten Percent Plan; Abraham Lincoln; John Wilkes Booth
    Course Name: U.S. History I Course Level: Level 2 
    Media Format: Image; Webpage Typical Learning Time: 20 minutes
    Discipline: History Sub-Discipline: United States History
    Author: McMichael, Kelly Affiliation: University of North Texas
    Date Created: 2008 License files: Original License
    Permalink: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/790
    Is Part of: Lesson 15: Reconstruction: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1055
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  • Washington and Du Bois
    Summary: It is flash interaction game about the contradictory views on racial relations.
    Subject: W. E. B. Du Bois; Booker T. Washington; African American leaders; Education of Blacks
    Course Name: U.S. History II Course Level: Level 1 
    Media Format: Animation Typical Learning Time: 10 minutes
    Discipline: United States History Sub-Discipline: History
    Author: McMichael, Kelly Affiliation: University of North Texas
    Date Created: 2009 License files: Original License
    Permalink: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1855
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  • Washington's Cabinet
    Summary: This interactive allows the student to roll over images and learn about each member of Washington's cabinet.
    Subject: John Adams; George Washington
    Course Name: U.S. History I Course Level: Level 1 
    Media Format: Animation Typical Learning Time: 10 minutes
    Discipline: United States History Sub-Discipline: History
    Author: McMichael, Kelly Affiliation: University of North Texas
    Date Created: 2008 License files: Original License
    Permalink: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/866
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  • Was it a Real Revolution?
    Summary: This is a single page from Lesson 6. It discusses the context of the revolution, as well as the role of women and African Americans in the war. It also includes information on the Articles of Confederation.
    Subject: American Revolution; Northwest Ordinance; Articles of Confederation; Women; African Americans
    Course Name: U.S. History I Course Level: Level 2 
    Media Format: Webpage; Animation; Image Typical Learning Time: 20 minutes
    Discipline: United States History Sub-Discipline: History
    Author: McMichael, Kelly Affiliation: University of North Texas
    Date Created: 2008 License files: Original License
    Permalink: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/739
    Is Part of: Lesson 6: The Revolution: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/994
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  • Was the War's Outcome Inevitable?
    Summary: In retrospect the Union victory appears inevitable. The Confederate struggle looked doomed, lost in the romantic imagery of a Lost Cause. Large-scale industrialization, a much larger population, more capital, more resources, more military ships and weapons, and a better transportation network gave the North a huge advantage.
    Subject: Civil War; Confederacy; U.S. Grant; Border States; Secession
    Course Name: U.S. History I Course Level: Level 2 
    Media Format: Image; Animation; Webpage Typical Learning Time: 20 minutes
    Discipline: History Sub-Discipline: United States History
    Author: McMichael, Kelly Affiliation: University of North Texas
    Date Created: 2008 License files: Original License
    Permalink: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/737
    Is Part of: Lesson 14: The Civil War: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1043
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  • W.E.B. DuBois
    Summary: W.E. B. Du Bois was equally adamant about exposing the harsh life that most blacks experienced in the South.
    Subject: W. E. B. Du Bois; Race Relations; Segregation; Lynching; White Supremacy; The Atlanta Compromise; Theodore Roosevelt; Andrew Carnegie; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
    Course Name: U.S. History II Course Level: Level 2 
    Media Format: Image; Webpage; Animation Typical Learning Time: 20 minutes
    Discipline: United States History Sub-Discipline: History
    Author: McMichael, Kelly Affiliation: University of North Texas
    Date Created: 2009 License files: Original License
    Permalink: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1844
    Is Part of: Lesson 16: Creating the New South: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1757
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  • West Territories
    Summary: It is interactive map which shows the date of a territory becoming a state.
    Subject: Territorial Governments; West
    Course Name: U.S. History II Course Level: Level 1 
    Media Format: Animation Typical Learning Time: 10 minutes
    Discipline: United States History Sub-Discipline: History
    Author: McMichael, Kelly Affiliation: University of North Texas
    Date Created: 2009 License files: Original License
    Permalink: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1872
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  • Westward Migration
    Summary: This interactive map allows students to see the population growth during the Westward Migration.
    Subject: Westward Expansion
    Course Name: U.S. History I Course Level: Level 1 
    Media Format: Animation Typical Learning Time: 20 minutes
    Discipline: United States History Sub-Discipline: History
    Author: McMichael, Kelly Affiliation: University of North Texas
    Date Created: 2008 License files: Original License
    Permalink: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1039
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  • Westward Movement
    Summary: By 1820 a flood of migrants were moving overland, west of the Appalachian Mountains into the Old Northwest territories and the southwestern portions of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Several factors contributed to the migration, including overcrowding in the east and a reduction in price of federally owned land.
    Subject: Land Act of 1820; Land Laws; Plantations; Old Southwest; Old Northwest; Westward Expansion
    Course Name: U.S. History I Course Level: Level 2 
    Media Format: Animation; Webpage Typical Learning Time: 20 minutes
    Discipline: United States History Sub-Discipline: History
    Author: McMichael, Kelly Affiliation: University of North Texas
    Date Created: 2008 License files: Original License
    Permalink: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/701
    Is Part of: Lesson 9: Growing Nation: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1000
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  • Westward Trails
    Summary: This interactive demonstrates the westward expansion on six trails: Oregon Trail, California Trail, Mormon Pioneer Trail, Walker's Party Trail, Stephens Murphy Trail, and Hastings Cut-Off Trail.
    Subject: Westward Expansion
    Course Name: U.S. History I Course Level: Level 1 
    Media Format: Animation Typical Learning Time: 5 minutes
    Discipline: History Sub-Discipline: United States History
    Author: McMichael, Kelly Affiliation: University of North Texas
    Date Created: 2008 License files: Original License
    Permalink: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1071
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  • Whack-A-Mole
    Summary: Play the “Whack a Progressive” game to learn more about the struggles Roosevelt faced as president.
    Subject: Theodore Roosevelt; Socialism
    Course Name: U.S. History II Course Level: Level 1 
    Media Format: Audio; Animation Typical Learning Time: 10 minutes
    Discipline: United States History Sub-Discipline: History
    Author: McMichael, Kelly Affiliation: University of North Texas
    Date Created: 2009 License files: Original License
    Permalink: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1957
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  • What a Thesis IS!
    Summary: This file gives four criteria for creating and evaluating a thesis sentence.
    Subject: Thesis Statements; Parts of a Thesis; Criteria for a Thesis Statement; Purpose Statements
    Course Name: Developmental Writing Course Level: Level 2 
    Media Format: Webpage Typical Learning Time: 10 minutes
    Discipline: English Sub-Discipline: Language
    Author: Blystone, SandraVarela, Steven Affiliation: The University of Texas at El Paso
    Date Created: 2008 License files: Original License
    Permalink: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1428
    Is Part of: Unit Two: Lesson FIve: Thesis Sentences: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1604
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  • What a Thesis ISN'T!
    Summary: This file identifies thesis pretenders and advises students to avoid them.
    Subject: Thesis Pretenders; Thesis Statements; Purpose Statements
    Course Name: Developmental Writing Course Level: Level 2 
    Media Format: Webpage Typical Learning Time: 10 minutes
    Discipline: English Sub-Discipline: Language
    Author: Blystone, SandraVarela, Steven Affiliation: The University of Texas at El Paso
    Date Created: 2008 License files: Original License
    Permalink: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1429
    Is Part of: Unit Two: Lesson FIve: Thesis Sentences: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1604
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  • What is Plagiarism
    Summary: This file explains what plagiarism is.
    Subject: Definition of Plagiarism; Plagiarism; Stealing
    Course Name: Developmental Writing Course Level: Level 2 
    Media Format: Webpage Typical Learning Time: 5 minutes
    Discipline: English Sub-Discipline: Language
    Author: Berta, AndreaGilden, Lynn Affiliation: The University of Texas at El Paso
    Date Created: 2008 License files: Original License
    Permalink: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1531
    Is Part of: Unit Six, Lesson One: Plagiarism: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1623
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  • Whig Party Dies -- Republican Party Born
    Summary: The controversy over the Kansas-Nebraska Act tore apart both the Whig and Democrat Parties. Those who were in favor of slavery (mostly in the south) moved toward the Democrat Party; those who opposed slavery formed the Republican Party in the north.
    Subject: Kansas-Nebraska Act; Republican Party; Whig Party
    Course Name: U.S. History I Course Level: Level 2 
    Media Format: Webpage Typical Learning Time: 5 minutes
    Discipline: United States History Sub-Discipline: History
    Author: McMichael, Kelly Affiliation: University of North Texas
    Date Created: 2008 License files: Original License
    Permalink: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/735
    Is Part of: Lesson 13: House Dividing: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1021
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  • White Male Suffrage
    Summary: This interactive map displays the voting requirements for different states in 1830.
    Course Name: U.S. History I Course Level: Level 1 
    Media Format: Animation Typical Learning Time: 10 minutes
    Discipline: United States History Sub-Discipline: History
    Author: McMichael, Kelly Affiliation: University of North Texas
    Date Created: 2008 License files: Original License
    Permalink: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1058
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