United States in the 1800's
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19th Century History learning is fun!
So many things can happen during a short century of history! Exciting people interacting positively and negatively upon each other ~ changes in governments and geographic borders ~ artists, musicians, authors, and architects recording their time and preserving the past with their arts ~ and new discoveries and inventions by scientists and mathematicians!
The nineteenth century sure had its exciting moments to remember! It was a century of change, revolution, adventure, expansion, industry, invention, style, and way of life.
Since I love to research and teach via unit studies, I usually gather more information than I can possibly use, then glance over my lists to pick favorites for my students. A collection of assorted provisions to learn about the 1800's in many subject areas follows. Please use them, share new ones, or leave a message! :D
Social Studies ~ History & Research
Educational Websites to Learn More
- American History Articles
- Sections 19 - 41 deal with history in the 1800's
- *United States History Links
- 1800 - 1900 History ~ Also General, Prehistorical, Colonial, Revolution, Civil War, Depression, World War, 20th Century, and Exploration
- "This Country of Ours - The Story of the United States"
- by H.E. Marshall (Online Free Book - Part VII: Chapters 64 - 99)
- United States History Summaries
- Chapters 10 - 14 contains 1800's
- American Centuries
- From Memorial Hall Museum Online ~ View their online collection and exhibits, or find fun things to do and teaching ideas.
- The Age of Revolutions
- List of games, power points, kid activities, and teacher materials from Mr Donn
- Constitution to the Civil War
- Timeline for study.
Lessons, Maps, & Games for Geography
Learning world cultures and geography is cool!
Social Studies ~ Geography & Maps
- GeoNet Game
- Click on "Play GeoNet", then click on the map of the United States and choose the region of the country you want to review.
- Outline Maps
- Free printable maps of the world, Africa, Europe, South America, North America, Asia and the Pacific, United States, historical, and for primary grades.
- Geography & Maps
- Worksheets, books, games, flashcards, and dictionary of geographical terms from Enchanted Learning
- *Growth of a Nation (1790 - 2000)
- Cool! ~ It's a history movie, interactive map, and timeline. Listen to it as a full movie, as sections, or stop to explore the year, place, or event you want. A larger version is for sale, but this one may be used for free!
- Mapping Tool
- Teaching Latitude & Longitude ~ place a city, state, or zip code in the search box to find the exact latitude and longitude of a location.
- Printable Maps
- Contains a variety of free printable maps ~ click on the continent you are interested in and choose labelled or unlabelled, lined or unlined, etcetera.
- Geography at About.com
- Free blank outline printable world maps of the countries and continents of the world.
- Printable World Maps
- Continent, Country, State, Region, Blank, Labeled, Fill-in, Maps in portrait orientation,
Maps in landscape orientation
Full of Great Ideas
Influential Historic Leaders and People
The French Revolution
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
~ King Louis
~ Marie Antoinette
~ Other Influential French Leaders
The Louisiana Purchase
~ Thomas Jefferson
~ Meriwether Lewis
~ William Clark
~ Sacegewea
~ Native American Leaders & Tribes
Frontiersmen & Pioneers
~ Daniel Boone
~ Davy Crocket
The Civil War
~ Abraham Lincoln
~ Ulysses S. Grant
~ Robert E. Lee
~ Clara Barton
~ John Wilkes Booth
~ General "Stonewall" Jackson
- President Resources
- Homeschool Share - Large listing of mini books, cards, pages, and lessons on presidents.
- President's Cards
- Cards to use for various purposes.
- Abraham Lincoln Video
- from Teacher Tube
- Explorer's from the 1800's
- Many explorers from Enchanted Learning
Social Studies ~ Historical Events
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- Biographical articles
- The Ballot Box Battle
- This teaching unit from Homeschool Share is based upon the book, The Ballot Box Battle about Elizabeth Cady Stanton and women's rights during the election of 1880.
More Free History Lessons & Units!
The War of 1812
- The War of 1812
- Resources from Mr Donn
- Causes of the War of 1812
- A Re-Living History Webquest ~ Contained are: Causes, Timeline, Battles, People, Aftermath, Several Atlases, 3 Online Quizzes, A Tour of the Site, and Links ~ Very well done!
- War of 1812
- Key Events & Causes Chart
- The Expanding Republic and the War of 1812
- Informative articles from USHistory.org ~ Diplomatic Challenges in an Age of European War (21c); 2nd War for American Independence (21e); Claiming Victory from Defeat (21f)
- Europe in 1815
- Lesson and activities
- The War of 1812
- Short articles of the Major Battles of the War
- The Star Spangled Banner & Francis Scott Key
- Mini lapbook and unit on the origins of this song written during the War of 1812.
Learning Games
Mexican - American War
- Mexican America War
- Resources from Mr Donn
- Mexican Independence
- Mr Donn
- Mexican - America War
- Short articles about major battles, pictures.
Fun Reading & Learning Materials
Civil War Unit Study!!
The Industrial Revolution
Check out these educational pages!
Science ~ Industry & Labor
Hands of a Child has a wonderful "Industrial Revolution Lapbook" that you may enjoy using.
- Industrial Revolution
- Power Points and Materials
- The Industrial Revolution
- A Social Studies Unit for Middle School Age - Kid friendly with easy to click around topics
- Industrial Revolution & Political Change
- Resources for Teachers
- Industrial Revolution
- I like the activites under "For Kids"!
- Industrial Revolution
- Early Modern Times
- Economic Growth and the Early Industrial Revolution
- Section 22
- United States Labor History
- Lessons & Ideas
- The Bobbin Girl
- Homeschool Share Literature Unit - "Summary: A ten-year-old bobbin girl working in a textile mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1830's must make a difficult decision-- will she participate in the first workers' strike in Lowell?"
Science ~ Inventions & Inventors
- Inventors
- Carver & Edison
- Inventors & Inventions 1
- Time Period from 1801 - 1850
- Inventor's & Inventions 2
- Time Period from 1851 - 1900
- Investigating Inventions
- Research inventions of the 19th and 20th centuries, create a timeline, and create you own invention in this webquest.
Educational Videos
Science ~ Communication
Alexander Graham Bell & the Telephone
- Communication
- Enchanted Learning Resources
- Communications & Simple Machines Units
- School Express
Science ~ Transportation
See also the videos below on canals, covered wagons, and trains.
- The Transcontinental Railroad
- Congress & the American West - original manuscripts about the railroad.
- The Transcontinental Railroad
- Lesson Plan for grades 6 - 12 from PBS
- I Hear the Locomotives Lesson Plan: The Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad
- Lesson plan with many connections to primary source studies - labeled grades 3-5.
- Railroads & Western Expansion
- Information
- Transportation & Navigation
- Enchanted Learning Resources
- Transportation ~ Pony Express & Conestoga Wagon
- Materials and links at the Western Expansion Unit Lens
- Little Toot on the Mississippi
- Literature Unit at Homeschool Share - "Summary: Little Toot finally finds the old steamboats just in time to urge them out of retirement to save the bayou animals from the flooding Mississippi."
- Ten Mile Day and the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad
- A literature lapbook unit from Homeschool Share. It contains all the lesson plans, lapbook pieces, and a board game!
- Cargo & Passengers
- Travel down the Missouri River with Mark Twain in the 1800's to learn how the waterway helped transport people and goods.
The Arts ~ Music
- Stand Up & Sing
- Music & History
- American Popular Music Before 1800's
- A Chronological History of American Music to 1900 ~ Music is arranged by time period and events. The songs have a variety of materials: composer info, song history, lyrics, recordings, and sheet music.
- Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music
- In two categories 1820-1860 and 1870 - 1885 from the Library of Congress ~ Free sheet music from the time period to download.
- Popular Songs in American History
- Listed by years and events ~ a short history of the piece, lyrics, and some recordings ~ 1800's listings: War of 1812, Early 1800's to the Civil War, Civil War, Post Civil War, Gold Rush & Western Journey, Cowboys
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home
- Video recording of the song
- Battle Hymn of the Republic
- Video of song's history and composer
- The Erie Canal
- Video of the 1800's folk song
- America the Beautiful
- Video of the song's history and composer
- Beethoven Lives Upstairs
- Homeschool Share - "Summary: A young boy who is grieving his father's death corresponds with his uncle about the peculiar tenant who has moved in upstairs. In the opening letter of the book he writes "something terrible has happened. A madman has moved into our house." Eventually, he comes to understand and appreciate Mr. Beethoven and even misses him when he moves away."
- Hog Music
- Homeschool Share - "Summary: Nineteenth century travelers along the National Road help make sure that the birthday gift that Lucy's great aunt has sent makes it all the way from Maryland to her family's farm in Illinois."
- Sing to the Stars
- Homeschool Share - "Summary: A boy and his friend Mr. Washington share a love for music but don't know it until making the decision whether or not to perform at a benefit concert."
The Arts ~ Art
- 19th Century Art
- Art History: Resources on the Web ~ Incredible list of resources - everything you want to know about 1800's art will be here.
- Art & Artists ~ 1800's
- Art & Artists activities from Enchanted Learning
The Arts ~ Culinary Arts
- Food of the 19th Century
- United States 1800 - 1900 article and recipe.
- Recipes from the 1800's
- Several links to recipes
- Food Prices & Wages
- Money during the Industrial Revolution
Mathematics
- History of Mathmatics - 19th Century
- Scroll down the page - Advances in geometry and algebra occured during the 19th century.
- 19th Century Mathematics
- Senior high level ~ very intriguing! Other time periods of math are also on the website as are a list of mathematicians and tests.
- Mathematics in Various Cultures
- Mathematicians biographies
Thank you to Mr. Phillip Martin for his excellent artwork!
Language Arts
There's so much to do to practice language arts skills while studying this time period!
Here are some things we will be doing:
Writing Assignments ~ Stories, summaries, research, reports.
Journals ~ Pretend you are a pioneer traveling!
Essay Topics ~ how did the industrial revolution effect the world?
Literature and Reading ~ history and science texts.
Grammar Ideas within Reading
Spelling & Vocabulary Lists ~ from words in your reading.
Poetry Writing & Reading
Penmanship ~ how did children of the time period learn to write?
Copywork ~ Gettysburg Address, Emancipation Proclamation, etc.
- The History of Chocolate Timeline
- from a Homeschool Share Literature Unit
- Popcorn at the Palace
- Homeschool Share - "Summary: In the mid 1800's Maisie Ferris and her father travel to England to introduce the American phenomenon of popcorn." - Pioneer Notebook Page
- Maria's Comet
- Homeschool Share 1830's in Massachusetts "Summary: As a young girl, budding astronomer Maria Mitchell dreams of searching the night sky and someday finding a new comet."
- The Ox-Cart Man
- Homeschool Share - "Summary: Describes the day-to-day life of an early nineteenth-century New England family throughout the changing seasons"
- Aunt Flossie's Hat and Crab Cake Later
- Homeschool Share - "Summary: On Sunday afternoon, two little girls visit their Great-great-aunt Flossie, whose house is full of books, pictures, and "boxes and boxes and boxes of HATS," each of which has a story to go along with it."
Foreign Languages
People of many nations, cultures, races, and languages came to America in the 1800's. In a study of this century, wouldn't it be fun to learn a few words in various languages!
Note ~ Although I only listed three, Enchanted Learning has pages for instruction in American Sign Language, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, and Swedish. The sweetest page is called "How to Say 'I Love You' in Many Languages"!
- German Language theme Activities
- Enchanted Learning ~ dictionaries, books, labeling and matching worksheets, games, Germany study. ~ We like to use these for lapbook and notebook components, quizzes, reinforcement worksheets after lessons, etcetera.
- French Language Theme Activities
- Enchanted Learning
- Spanish Language Theme Page
- Enchanted Learning
- Awesome Library
- Lists of resources for teaching 20 different languages
- Language Courses
- Free Online Resources
- Audio & Video Language
- Online courses from the BBC
- Primary Spanish
- from the BBC
History Unit Studies!
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I realize I only touched the tip of the iceberg here with information. I hope to add more resources as I find them. Please feel free to leave me related links or information that you think would be beneficial to those who want to know more about the time period. Thanks!
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Edutopia
Feb 14, 2012 @ 8:48 pm | delete
- Looking at everything that the US did in the 19th century it is almost like we felt inadequate at the lack of accomplishments compared to the European powers so we tried to cram a few hundred years of history into one century.
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Zut_Moon
Jan 21, 2012 @ 10:10 am | delete
- Great Lens ...am going to fetaure it in my History Pavillon lens ...
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jimmyworldstar
Dec 13, 2011 @ 11:00 pm | delete
- This is an excellent lens on the 1800s time period of America. Big issues like westward expansion, slavery, revolutionary inventions like the telegraph and railroad. You should also cover the Civil War and the period afterwards on Reconstruction to show them how it affected life later on in the 1900s and eventually the Civil Rights Movement.
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JoyfulPamela
Dec 14, 2011 @ 8:48 am | delete
- Hi! Thank you for your comments! We did cover the Civil War and the Reconstruction Era very thoroughly. I used to have the info here, but because the amount was so huge, I created a separate page for it which is listed above. Hopefully it will help others learn about this time, also. :)
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poutine
Oct 16, 2011 @ 4:55 pm | delete
- Excellent resources and so well presented.
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