PBS provides an excellent interactive/flash website on the U.S. Mexican War. There is a timeline and conversations with historians. The website uses flash technology, it can be viewed in school, at home you may need to download flash.

This is a very brief overview of the Mexican War, organized into the following sections: "Zachary Taylor's Army," "The Army of the West," and "Invasion of Mexico City." Includes links to related articles and websites.

An overview of the Mexican War between America and Mexico. Brief Almanac description of the Mexican War.

Very brief description of the history of the Hopi People.

http://www.carnegiemnh.org/e ... west/hopi/

Experience the culture, beliefs, and people of the Hopi Indians of the Southwest. From the Carnegie Museum.

The Story of Sacagawea for kids.

This is a site from the University of Idaho.  It requires flash and has several pages of information in little bits be sure to click the forward arrow to get all of the information.

There are links that lead to other John Baptiste Du Sable sites as well as a short biography of the founder of Chicago.

Considered the founders of Chicago, Catherine and Jean-Baptiste Point du Sable established a fur
trading post in the 1770s or early 1780s.  This link has a lot of information not found elsewhere on du Sable.

This site actually has some pictures that may be of interest.  There are several pages to this site so look at them all, not just the first page with the pictures! Look at the .edu  and remember that sites with a .edu mean that it comes from a university, therefore it is reliable information!

The Pony Express National Museum
Students will learn about the Pony Express. Take a virtual tour with Johnny Fry, one of the first riders on the Pony Express, by clicking on the words "virtual tour" at the top of the page.

PBS American Experience: Donner Party
Contains a large amount of information on the doomed Donner Party, including audio clips of interviews, maps, and even a teacher's guide to teaching about the Donner Party. Choose options from the menu on the left.

New Light on the Donner Party
"This website was created to make public new information about the Donner Party and its members, to ask questions and challenge assumptions." Lots of documents, diaries, and other resources are gathered here, including a very helpful chronology of the Donner Party expedition. This site is written and published by a librarian at Salt Lake Community College who has researched and written on the Donnar Party story for many years.

VCCS: The Fateful Journey of the Donner Party
This Virginia Western Community College site offers a summary of the Donner party expedition that is informative and easy to follow.

Created in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Donner Party.  This is a daily diary of the Donner Party's journey.  The daily information includes diary entries and quotes from original sources and histories.

Pioneer Life

Lots of information about the way that Appalachian pioneers lived. Fun little sketches of tools, food, shelter, and clothing break up the reading. Focus on the European settlers of Appalachian country.  Click at the bottom of the page to find our more about: shelter, food, and clothing.

Pioneer Life in Ohio
What was pioneer life like in Ohio? This site features information on pioneer food and medicines, new-comers to the frontier in Ohio, and more.

This is a link to many other websites that have information on the types of food that pioneers ate.  Use this site to get to the other sites.  Do not list this site in your bibliography, list the site you go to from this site.