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  Opening the Door West Plus! Multimedia Kit

Learn about the opening of the Ohio Country under the Northwest Ordinance including cultural, economic, historical, and governmental insights. Watch the exciting full-length, award-winning documentary. Use the wealth of bonus materials to deepen understanding and enrich learning.

DVD
  • Documentary – View the documentary all at once or choose individual chapters.
  • Animations – Choose from among David Shelburne’s computer animations that bring history to life.
  • Interviews – Select additional interviews with the history consultants from the documentary.

CD ROM
  • Print part or all of the Teachers Resources Guide.
  • Listen to full-length sound tracks of music from America’s Federal Period. Each track represents a     different cultural group from the period 1751 to 1820.
  • View artwork about the people, places, and events connected to Ohio’s settlement. Each image is     accompanied by a brief description and may be used as a basis for either Art or Social Studies     instruction.
  • View maps and scale drawings.
  • Print and read the full text of historical documents such as the Northwest Ordinance.
  • Print and study primary sources directly connected to the documentary. Early historian, Dr.Samuel     Hildreth, collected the original sources from Ohio Company survivors and their relatives in the 1840s.		  
 

   Opening the Door West Plus! multimedia kits are available from:

  
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