An Exciting Century!
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
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
Learning Games
Social Studies ~ History & Research
- 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.
Maps
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
Social Studies ~ Historic Leaders
·Abraham Lincoln, General Grant, & General Lee information may be found in the Civil War Unit ~ Coming soon to a lens near you! :)
- President Resources
- Homeschool Share - Large listing of mini books, cards, pages, and lessons on presidents.
- President's Cards
- Cards to use for various purposes.
- Thomas Jefferson & The Louisiana Purchase
- Part of the Lewis & Clark Expedition Lens
- The French Revolution & Napoleon
- Study resources about the French Revolution
- Abraham Lincoln Video
- from Teacher Tube
- Explorer's from the 1800's
- Many explorers from Enchanted Learning
Social Studies ~ Historical Events
- History Resources
- Resources that may be used for multiple time periods and areas of social studies
- United States Flag Unit
- A mini unit and notebook / lapbook materials that I created for my kids
- The French Revolution
- Lesson materials about France and the French Revolution, Napoleon, and Jefferson
- Western Expansion Lessons
- Lens that includes my favorite places to find teaching materials about the western expansion in the United States
- The Lewis & Clark Expedition
- The Louisiana Purchase, Jefferson & Napoleon, William Clark, Meriwether Lewis, Sacagawea, the land and geography of the United States
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- Biographical articles
- The Ballot Box Battle
- Homeschool Share - "Summary: On Election Day 1880, the women's rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton teaches her young neighbor a lesson in gumption." - Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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.
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 Materials
Science ~ Industry & Labor
Industrial Revolution Lapbook HOAC
- 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?"
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The Industrial Revolution
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The industrial revolution was a period in Britain from mid-1700s to the mid-1800s in which power-driven machines in factories replaced manual labor. The industrial revolution resulted from advances in applied science and engineering, such as the deve...
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
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Science ~ Communication
Alexander Graham Bell
- 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.
Educational Videos
The Civil War: Causes and Battles
History of The Canal
Canals & Locks Explaind
intro clip 1 from "Along the Erie Canal"
Allegheny Portage Railroad and Canal 1800's Part 1 of 2
Landmarks Old Oregon Country - Ep. 6, Part 1 - Oregon Trail: Wagons to West - Oregon's 150th B-Day
curated content from YouTube
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
Pictures of America
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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
Journals
Essay Topics
Literature and Reading
Grammar Ideas within Reading
Spelling Lists
Poetry Writing & Reading
Penmanship
Here are some things we will be doing:
Writing Assignments
Journals
Essay Topics
Literature and Reading
Grammar Ideas within Reading
Spelling Lists
Poetry Writing & Reading
Penmanship
- 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"!
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
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What 1800's resources do you like for teaching?
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- thesuccess thesuccess Nov 24, 2009 @ 7:40 am
- Comprehensive!! Question when did the American accent start to develop, how many Americans would have had one in the 18C?
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- JoyfulPamela JoyfulPamela Nov 24, 2009 @ 9:50 am
- Oooh ~ I like that question! I have no idea of the answer, but I like the question! I suppose the American accent would have started somewhere in the 1700's with the mix of European settlers and Native Americans. The accent as we think of it would have taken decades to develop as it is constantly changing even today. Anyone else have any thoughts on this? Please share your knowledge.
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- ElizabethJeanAllen ElizabethJeanAllen Oct 25, 2009 @ 5:55 am
- I love to read about the people who helped build our country. Benjamin Franklin is my favorite, but people like Annie Oakley and John James Audubon are fascinating as well.
Thanks for sharing
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- OhMe OhMe Oct 22, 2009 @ 9:58 am
- This is a wonderful resource for all teachers and parents. Lensrolling to Pendleton Old Photos.
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- shajo shajo Oct 20, 2009 @ 6:39 pm
- Great Resources! Thanks for putting this together!
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