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Unit 14: The Great War

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Unit 14 [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

The Singing Tree – by Kate Seredy

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Unit Description

In August, 1914, while the Mexican trouble was still grave, World War I broke out in Europe. This, strange to say, was to prove a far greater menace to the peace of the United States than the war and bloodshed in the turbulent republic on her border.

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Leading Ideas and Biblical Principles

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• Honesty is a character quality to be desired.
  • The Lord detests differing weights, and dishonest scales do not please Him. — Proverbs 20:23
• 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 14 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:

• World War 1 – the Alliance
• World War 1 – the Alliance (version 2)
• World War 1 Map

Complimentary Sources:

• Presidential Election of 1869 and 1900
• President Wilson – Bio and additional information
• WWI – Timeline – Year by Year
• The 1918 Influenza Pandemic – this often forgotten event during World War 1 killed more people than were killed by the Great War
• Great World Document Archive – includes many original documents
• The Peace Treaty of Versailles

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Art:

British Are During WWI

Music:

Music of WWI

Some Composers:

Maurice Ravel

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