Annotated List Of Webpages

Annotated List of WebPages http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory_EarlyRepublic.shtml This is a webpage that provides a large amount of different websites that address different subjects or topics during the Early Republic period. This webpage provides the teacher and the students with multiple sources to acquire historical information about the time period. http://www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org/index_flash.html This is a webpage that is dedicated to Lewis and Clark. It consists of a virtual tour or video that provides an explanation of the Lewis and Clark expeditions and useful links and resources that are useful for a teacher. The virtual tour is an excellent source for creating a visual of this expedition and explains the details of their accounts. Along with a primary source of Lewis or Clark, this webpage is a great source to help students understand who Lewis and Clark are, what their expedition was, and why it was important to history. http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/ This webpage is called the Price of Freedom: America at War and consists of a war-based timeline, a brief explanation of each war that America was involved in, a video explaining the war, and artifacts from each war. This is an excellent source for students to venture into a visual of the War of 1812. It allows them to read about details of the time period and certain aspects of the war, like “the burning of Washington.” It also provides a number of teaching or learning resources that are easily accessible. http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html?OVRAW=american%20early%20history&O VKEY=american%20history&OVMTC=advanced&OVADID=2927996012&OVKWID =32059596012 This is a webpage that offers a number of sources that provide ways to create visuals that explain certain parts of American history. For example, you can create detailed timelines or maps that change representing the growth of a nation or any other change. It is an excellent source for providing students the tools for creating there own visual representations of events and could be used to explain elections, the War of 1812, or the support of the French Revolution.

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel02.html This webpage provides an overall view of religion during the eighteenth century. It provides great textual information on religion during the Early Republic that explains the history of the American church, the appearances of the different denominational churches, Deism, the Great Awakening, and an entire page focusing on the Religion in the New Nation. The New Nation religion page focuses on the camp meeting, the emergence of the African American Church, the Mormons, and benevolent societies. This page provides an overall history of religion from the colonial times to the Early Republic. It is very solid in presenting an overview of religion in this time period for students to comprehend the evolution of American Christianity. http://www.americanwest.com/ This is a webpage that demonstrates the history of the American West. It provides historical facts on the development of the American Frontier or West. There are numerous pages that provide sources for the archeology, pioneers, emigration, expansionism, films, outlaws, Indians, certain events, and the mining industry. The webpage provides the students will multiple ways to view the American West that are interesting and intellectual at the same time. The teacher is provided with numerous sources that can be used for a better knowledge of the content area. http://library.thinkquest.org/11572/creation/framing/feds.html This is a webpage that explains the basics of the Anti-Federalist and Federalist. It provides a basic understanding of the differences and what each group supported. Although the webpage is very weak with information, it does provide a basic understanding of the two groups and their stands on certain issues. The teacher can use this page to introduce the topic and the student can refer to this when studying for a test. http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_faf.html This webpage consists of an overview of the development of the Constitution. It explains the Constitutional Convention, the New York and New Jersey Plans, the Aftermath and Arguments of the Anti-Federalist and Federalist. This page gives an in depth analysis of the differences between the two groups and what specific arguments they made for or against the Constitution. This webpage gives a more detailed account of the differences between the Anti-Federalist and Federalist and what specifically they supported.

http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory_EarlyRepublic.shtml This webpage consists of a description of the Anti-Federalist and Federalist, the politicians that were involved and which group they were associated with, the Articles of Confederation and the creation of the United States Constitution. Through these elements this webpage explains the development of the Constitution and the role that the AntiFederalist and Federalist played in its creation. This will provide a historical interpretation of the role of these two groups during the Early Republic. http://countrystudies.us/united-states/history-41.htm This webpage gives a detailed account of the Hamilton and Jefferson differences on government. It provides historical facts on the things that each one supported and why they were indifferent with each other on certain topics. This page can give a student the basics to understand how these two members of Washington’s cabinet during the Early Republic were complete opposites http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/2002_summer_fall/party_formation.htm This webpage provides a historical interpretation of the formation of partisan politics during the Early Republic period. It provides a essay that is explaining the process of political party development and gives students a historical text that can be used to explain this process. The teacher could have the students read this to help them understand one viewpoint of why and how political parties developed during this time period. http://www.tocqueville.org/ This webpage consists of links that help students understand who Alexis de Tocqueville was and what he is known for doing during the Early Republic. It provides biographical information, information on his visit to American, pictures of his homeland of France, teaching modules, his journal entries, modern references, his famous passage about Democracy, and other sources. All of these provide a solid source to fully understanding who Tocqueville and his significance to American History.