http://historyexplorer.si.edu/rss?key=resourcesSmithsonian's History Explorer Resources Related To "West Point Graduates Quiz"http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=831http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=831<p>This website looks at the lives of selected West Point graduates who attended the Academy between 1802 and 1918. Students will also learn about the U.S. Army's major functions in 19th and early 20th century America: building the nation's infrastructure of roads, bridges, canals, and railroads; exploring its territories from the Mississippi to the Pacific; and fighting its wars-the role of the West Pointers in engineering, exploration, and war.</p>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:29:15 GMThttp://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=2089http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=2089<p>Through the use of an interactive timeline, brief biographical sketches, objects and quotes, students will learn about 51 selected West Point graduates, their achievements, and their families, both in peace and in war. <em>West Point Graduates</em> is part of the online exhibition <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/westpoint/index.html">West Point in the Making of America</a>.</p>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:12:32 GMThttp://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=832http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=832<p>Join Gouverneur Warren on his 1856 expedition into the American frontier and identify the specimens he sent back to the Smithsonian for study and classification in this interactive activity. Students will begin by reading a letter that Warren sent to the Smithsonian and will then match specimens to the locations that they were found on a map of Warren's expeditions.&nbsp; A wonderful example of object-based learning, this activity will help students learn more about the connections between science, history and the work of museums.&nbsp; This activity is included in the online exhibition entitled <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/westpoint/index.html">West Point in the Making of America</a>.</p>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 18:22:17 GMThttp://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=2117http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=2117<p>In this online exhibition,&nbsp;students can see a dramatic recreation of how the Travis Panorama would have been presented, using the original narration .Near the end of the Civil War, veterans of the Army of the Cumberland commissioned the artist William D. T. Travis to memorialize the career of General William S. Rosecrans and his campaigns in Kentucky and Tennessee.&nbsp; Travis produced a huge panorama on a single roll of canvas over 500 feet long.&nbsp; Today, the original panorama is too fragile for display. The&nbsp;<em>Travis Panorama</em> is part of the online exhibition <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/westpoint/index.html">West Point in the Making of America</a>.</p>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:43:58 GMT