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America Past
Development of America from the Colonial period to the eve of the Civil War
Grade Levels:
8-12
Length:
15 minutes
Taping Rights:
Unlimited
MARC Record:
Downloadable
Teaching Materials:
See Below

America Past provides teachers with opportunities to enhance their American history courses by emphasizing social history while providing direct and clear connections to the curriculum, extending and enriching typical textbook content, and highlighting personal experiences and dramatic events.


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2007/08 Block Feeds on KET ED

Block Feed: Programs 101-112 Program Details
3 hours
    Thursday, September 13 at 6:00 am on KETED
    Thursday, December 6 at 6:00 am on KETED
    Thursday, February 14 at 6:00 am on KETED
    Thursday, May 8 at 6:00 am on KETED


Episodes Included in These Block Feeds

101. New Spain
How the Spanish affected ways of life and culture in the New World.

102. New France
How the French influenced ways of life and culture in North America.

103. Southern Colonies
The influence of the plantation system on other aspects of Southern life.

104. New England Colonies
The role of religion; the hardships faced by early settlers at Plymouth; how geography affected ways of life.

105. Canals and Steamboats
How the Mississippi and Ohio rivers affected east-west trade; life on the early canals and steamboats.

106. Roads and Railroads
How changes in land transportation affected regional and national development.

107. The Abolitionists
Goals of the abolitionists; William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass; Northern and Southern reactions to the movement to abolish slavery.

108. The Role of Women
The beginnings and the development of the women's rights movement.

109. Social Life
19th-century family life, population changes, reform movements, and medicine.

110. Moving West
Factors that motivated Americans to move westward; Manifest Destiny.

111. The Industrial North
The Industrial Revolution and its effects; industry in the North.

112. The Antebellum South
Social classes in the pre-Civil War era.

Teaching Materials

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