1- Visit the web site for Gettysburg National Military Park (http://www.nps.gov/gett/index.htm). Write a one page description in your own words of ongoing and recently completed battlefield restoration projects. Link: http://cprr.org/Museum/Eastward.html
2- Describe in your own words the provisions in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 that allowed admission of new states to the United States, guaranteed the individual rights of citizens, and dealt with slavery in the old Northwest. Be sure to list the current states that were subject to this ordinance.
3- Read the Missoulian article, “Parallel tracks: Glacier National Park born from Great Northern Railway” by Michael Jamison. Write a one page summary in your own words of the things you learned about the railroad and its impact on one of our most magnificent national parks. Link: http://missoulian.com/lifestyles/territory/parallel-tracks-glacier-national-park-born-from-great-northern-railway/article_4cdc0dcc-3915-11df-9108-001cc4c002e0.html
4- Did you know that West Virginia has a Mountain State Railroad and Logging Historical Association? Here’s your chance to learn more. Visit their website and write a one page summary in your own words of the most interesting things you learned. Link: http://www.msrlha.org/