Connecting the United States from east to west, the Transcontinental Railroad was completed in Strasburg (formerly Comanche), Colorado on August 15, 1870. In....

In this four lesson unit, from EDSITEment, students analyze archival material in order to make connections between the arrival of the railroads and many of the....

In this online exhibition from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students explore the ways that the nation's growing numbers of....

In this online exhibition from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students will explore the impact that the development of....

In this online exhibition from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students will discover how the completion of the network of....

This EDSITEment calendar is a collection of peer-reviewed Web sites and EDSITEment lesson plans covering September holidays and special events.....

Three short videos from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History provide an overview of the history of America's transportation....