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"The West and the Shaping of America": Teaching Materials and Resources
Institutional connections
Links to the institutions that participated in the Fort Worth and Lubbock institutes.
American Wind Power Center and Museum
Amon Carter Museum
Buddy Holly Center
Center for Texas Studies, Texas Christian University
Lubbock Lake Landmark
National Archives and Records Administration Southwest Region
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
National Ranching Heritage Center, Texas Tech University
NEH’s We the People initiative
Southwest Collection, Texas Tech University
Faculty powerpoint presentations and electronic resources
Fort Worth
Amon Carter Museum Resources on the West (Stacy Fuller)
Amon Carter Museum Image Guide for “The West and the Shaping of America” (Stacy Fuller)
The West in Literature (Charlotte Hogg)
The West in Literature Bibliography (Charlotte Hogg)
New Western History and Religion and the West (Todd Kerstetter)
The West and Political Change after 1900 (Michelle Nickerson)
Jefferson’s Empire of Liberty (Gene A. Smith)
African Americans in the Nineteenth-Century West (Quintard Taylor)
Lubbock
Use of Primary Sources in Teaching Western History (Elise Fillpot)
Supplementary teaching materials (Elise Fillpot)
Amon Carter Museum Resources on the West (Stacy Fuller)
Amon Carter Museum Image Guide for “The West and the Shaping of America” (Stacy Fuller)
Settlement and Pioneer Life in the West (David Murrah)
Links provided by institute faculty to institute-related topics and resources
Frederick Jackson Turner's The Significance of the Frontier in American History (Todd Kerstetter)
Frederick Jackson Turner biography (Todd Kerstetter)
PBS site for Ken Burns' The West (Todd Kerstetter)
Utah Expedition (Todd Kerstetter)
Anti-plural marriage legislation (Todd Kerstetter)
Reynolds v. U.S. (Supreme Court decision allowing restrictions on plural marriage) (Todd Kerstetter)
Wovoka's biography (Ghost Dance prophet) (Todd Kerstetter)
Synopsis of Wovoka's prophecy (Todd Kerstetter)
BlackPast.org (Quintard Taylor)