You Are There - Rolling Down the Erie Canal
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1-Your Journey
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4-How will you tell your friends about your trip?
5-What memories will you record in your scrapbook?
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University of Rochester Department of History. History of the Erie Canal http://www.history.rochester.edu/canal/ 

A portion of the University of Rochester Department of History, this  website contains a great deal of historical information from original sources.

The Erie Canal: A Journey through history.
http://www.epodunk.com/routes/erie-canal/index.html# 
East Podunk website video and interactive information on the Erie Canal

Erie Canal Time Machine.      
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/projects/eriecanal/index.html
New York State Archives Website - Archive Partnership Trust. Site includes questions/answers, documents, worksheets, themes and DBQs.     

PBS – Learning AdventureThe Erie Canal.
http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/building/topic1.html
includes video clip, pictures and slide show.

The Erie Canal.
http://www.eriecanal.org/index.html

This is a web site that contains a lot of information about the Erie Canal including maps, information and links to other sites.

Erie Canal Teacher’s Guide. http://www.laguardiawagnerarchive.lagcc.cuny.edu/eriecanal/default.htm
Series of downloadable lessons on the
Erie Canal – some useful information. Possible Print of some chapters, documents. Copyright 2000, LaGuardia and Wagner Archives. LaGuardia Community College/CUNY.

 

What are Primary Sources? http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/educators/workshop/discover/primary.html 

This is a library of Congress website that explains about primary sources and why we use them in studying history. 


 

 

  


   
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