Details
An instructional American history series for grades 8-12 that emphasizes social history, extending and enriching typical textbook content by highlighting both dramatic events and personal experiences of individuals.
TV Schedule
New Spain #101
How the Spanish affected ways of life and culture in the New World.
- KETKY Friday, November 20 at 2:00 am EST
New France #102
How the French influenced ways of life and culture in North America.
- KETKY Friday, November 20 at 2:15 am EST
Southern Colonies #103
The influence of the plantation system on other aspects of Southern life.
- KETKY Friday, November 20 at 2:30 am EST
New England Colonies #104
The role of religion; the hardships faced by early settlers at Plymouth; how geography affected ways of life.
- KETKY Friday, November 20 at 2:45 am EST
Canals and Steamboats #105
How the Mississippi and Ohio rivers affected east-west trade; life on the early canals and steamboats.
- KETKY Friday, November 20 at 3:00 am EST
Roads and Railroads #106
How changes in land transportation affected regional and national development.
- KETKY Friday, November 20 at 3:15 am EST
The Abolitionists #107
Goals of the abolitionists; William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass; Northern and Southern reactions to the movement to abolish slavery.
- KETKY Friday, November 20 at 3:30 am EST
The Role of Women #108
The beginnings and the development of the women's rights movement.
- KETKY Friday, November 20 at 3:45 am EST
Social Life #109
19th-century family life, population changes, reform movements, and medicine.
- KETKY Friday, November 20 at 4:00 am EST
Moving West #110
Factors that motivated Americans to move westward; Manifest Destiny.
- KETKY Friday, November 20 at 4:15 am EST
The Industrial North #111
The Industrial Revolution and its effects; industry in the North.
- KETKY Friday, November 20 at 4:30 am EST
The Antebellum South #112
Social classes in the pre-Civil War era.
- KETKY Friday, November 20 at 4:45 am EST
Products
Downloadable Guide: http://www.ket.org/education/guides/americapast.pdf
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