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Unit 1: Prelude to the Civil War Part 1

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Unit 1 [flag bg_color=”#d6e3bc” text_color=”#9d241a”]Elementary[/flag]

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Unit Overview

Subjects Covered

Grammar, Literature, Composition, History

Time Period

Modern

Grade Level

Elementary: 1 – 5

Civilization

American

Literature

Freedom Train: Story of Harriet Tubman – by Dorothy Sterling

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Unit Description

In January, 1848, gold was discovered at Captain Sutter’s saw-mill at Coloma, California. Soon after that, Mexico let us have California and New Mexico, and they were added to the United States. Thousands of people, from all parts of the country, hurried to California to dig gold, and so that state grew more rapidly in population than any other new part of the United States ever had in the same length of time. Before Captain Sutter died we added the Gadsden Purchase and Alaska.

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Leading Ideas and Biblical Principles

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• The Bible provides the ethics upon which to judge people and nations.
  • And God spoke all these words:…(continue reading). — Exodus 20:1-17
• God is sovereign over the affairs of men
  • From one man He made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. — Acts 17:26

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Unit 1 Resources: [flag bg_color=”#d6e3bc” text_color=”#9d241a”]Elementary[/flag]

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VIDEOS ON THIS WEBSITE SHOULD BE PREVIEWED BY PARENTS BEFORE ALLOWING STUDENTS TO WATCH VIDEOS. SOME VIDEOS MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION ON SENSITIVE TOPICS. 

Additional Maps:

• Map of Historic Gold Mines in California
• Map of Trails West
• Map of the Mexican War, 1846-1848
• Map of the Compromise of 1850
• Map of Underground Railroad Routes, c.1650
• Map of Votes during the Election of 1860

Complementary Sources:

• Timeline of War with Mexico
• Morse Code Translator
• Timeline of Events Leading to the Civil War
• Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin (pdf of 1900 version)
• Timeline of USA Presidents, includes major events during presidencies

Videos:

The Start of the California Gold Rush, 1849 (will redirect to youtube)

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Music: The Romantic Period of Music (1850-1900)

Find a summary of the period’s styles here.

Some Composers:

• Beethoven (1770-1827)
• Schubert (1797-1828)
• Berlioz (1803-1869)
• Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
• Chopin (1810-1856)
• Liszt (1811-1886)
• Wagner (1813-1883)
• Verdi (1813-1901)
• Smetana (1824-1884)
• Brahms (1833-1897)
• Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

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