Rural Settings in Stories
Missouri 1840s, Nebraska Homestead 1860s, & Carolina Mountains 1930s
  • Use the sources provided to help complete the necessary research for your multimedia presentation. Remember to cite each source properly in Noodletools. Ask for help if you are unsure about any parts of your websites' citations. 
  • Remember, you are working in groups. You may use the same source as someone else in your group, but you should only include the citation for a shared source ONCE. Do not repeat citations in your works cited.
Missouri in the 1840s
  1. Mark Twain's Mississippi (yes, this is correct. It refers to the Mississippi River, not the state)
  2. Missouri Digital Heritage (stay within your correct time frame)
  3. Missouri Early Settlements
  4. Hannibal History 
  5. The History of Hannibal
  6. Mark Twain Historic District
  7. Voices from the Trail
  8. Henry County Missouri

Nebraska Homestead in the 1860s
  1. Our Story
  2. The Immigrant Experience (use the arrows on the page to click to the next useful article on this website)
  3. About the Homestead Act
  4. Who Were the Homesteaders?
  5. The Homestead Act
  6. History and Stories of Nebraska
  7. The Homestead Act Went Into Effect May 20, 1862 
  8. Homestead Act 1862
  9. The Homestead Act of 1862
  10. How the West Was Settled (This is a PDF, not a website)

​Carolina Mountains in the 1930s
  1. Blue Ridge Mountains (Be sure to check out the additional links at the bottom under "Learn More About the Parkway")
  2. Great Smoky Mountains
  3. History of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park​
  4. Great Smoky Mountains Parkway and the Cherokees
  5. The Great Depression in North Carolina
  6. Agriculture in North Carolina during the Great Depression
  7. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
  8. Great Depression and the New Deal
  9. The Depression for Farmers
  10. Life During the Depression (Be sure to check out all the links on the side of this page. They are very helpful, especially: "Self-Sufficiency on the Farm," etc.)
Remember, the last page on your website should be your works cited page. 
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