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United streaming is a free service to schools that allows you to access short video programs and video clips on educational subjects. The link below will take you to the United Streaming login screen. Ask your teacher for your user name and password. Once you have logged in, 1. Click on "Playlist" at the top right-hand corner of the screen. 2. Then click on the "Westward Expansion" folder to open up your playlist. 3. Once you have decided which video you want to watch, click on the "S" button to the left of its title. This will begin the streaming process. 4. Have patience while the video loads. Make sure you have headphones plugged into the computer so that you can hear the soundtrack without disturbing other students.

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VIDEOS Lewis and Clark: Explorers of the New Frontier (VHS, 50 minutes) The Oregon Trail (VHS, 50 minutes) The Pioneer Journey Westward (DVD, 23 minutes) The Song of Sacajawea (VHS, 30 minutes) United States Expansion (VHS, 25 minutes) FICTION The Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman. In 1849, twelve-year-old California Morning Whipple, who renames herself Lucy, is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a rough California mining town. Dear Levi by Elvira Woodruff. Twelve-year-old Austin Ives writes letters to his younger brother describing his three-thousand-mile journey from their home in Pennsylvania to Oregon in 1851. For Ma and Pa by Haysby Wilma Pitchford Recounts the adventures of thirteen-year-old John Sager who led his six brothers and sisters 700 miles to Oregon in the early nineteenth century. I'm Sorry, Almira Ann by Jane Kurtz. Eight-year-old Sarah's high spirits help make her family's long journey from Missouri to Oregon more bearable, though they do cause both her and her best friend Almira Ann some problems. The Journal of Jedediah Barstow, an emigrant on the Oregon Trail by Ellen Levine. In his 1845 diary, thirteen-year-old orphan Jedediah describes his wagon train journey to Oregon, in which he confronts rivers and sandy plains, bears and rattlesnakes, and the challenges of living with his fellow travelers. Includes historical notes. Mr. Tucket by Gary Paulsen. In 1848, while on a wagon train headed for Oregon, fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is kidnapped by Pawnee Indians and then falls in with a one-armed trapper who teaches him how to live in the wild. Quest for the West by Peter Kent. In 1849 the impoverished Hornik family decides to leave Bohemia and emigrate to California in search of gold. Westward to Home by Patricia Hermes. In 1848, nine-year-old Joshua Martin McCullough writes a journal of his family's journey from Missouri to Oregon in a covered wagon. Includes a historical note about westward migration.

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