| Section 4: The
Growing Years 1800 - 1860 Fasttrack to America's Past |
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| Section 4: The
Growing Years 1800 - 1860 Fasttrack to America's Past |
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| Suggested
historical videos for this section |
America:
The Story of Us video series on DVD, the episodes titled
"Westward" and "Division." Dear America: So Far From Home Students love this well done dramatization of the story an Irish immigrant girl who takes a job in a textile mill in Lowell, Massachusetts. It's available on VHS from Amazon sellers (click on "See All Buying Options"), or as a digital video purchase, also on Amazon. |
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resources to explore on the Internet Students: Check with your parents for permission before visiting Internet links. |
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| Consider also: | The Pioneers, by the famous
historian / author David McCullough. It tells the story of one of
the first settlements in the Old Northwest through the lives and
experiences of a group of remarkable people who made it happen.
Get the hardback edition, because you will want this as part of your
personal library. It is about $15 from Amazon and other
retailers. |
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Copyright 2023 by David Burns. All rights reserved. Illustrations and reading selections appearing in this work are taken from sources in the public domain and from private collections used by permission. Sources include: the Dover Pictorial Archive, the Library of Congress, The National Archives, The Hart Publishing Co., Corel Corporation and its licensors, Nova Development Corporation and its licensors, and others. Maps were created or adapted by the author using reference maps from the United States Geological Survey and Cartesia Software. Please see the home page for this title for more information. |
