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European History 1600s-1800s Theme Unit

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Reading Comprehensions
Age of Enlightenment
     The Age of Enlightenment (Grades 5-8)
     Social Sciences (Grades 5-8)
     Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Grades 5-8)

Thirty Years War
     The Thirty Years War (Grades 5-8)
     The Peace of Westphalia (Grades 5-8)

Political Change
     The Congress of Vienna (Grades 5-8)
     Karl Marx (Grades 5-8)

England
     The English Civil War (Grades 5-8)
     Anglicanism (Grades 5-8)
     The Corn Laws (Grades 5-8)

France
     The Reign of Terror (Grades 5-8)
     Napoleon Bonaparte (Grades 5-8)
     Napoleon's Wars (Grades 5-8)

Spain
     The War of Spanish Succession (Grades 5-8)

Industrial Revolution
     Machines for the Industrial Revolution (Grades 5-8)
     Child Labor (Grades 5-8)
     Hazardous Duty - Factory Work During the Industrial Revolution (Grades 5-8)
     Going to Work in the 1800s (Grades 5-8)
     Women's Work (Grades 5-8)

Transportation
     Railroads (Grades 5-8)
     The London Underground (Grades 5-8)

Education
     Parents Demand Schools! (Grades 5-8)

City Life
     City Life (Grades 5-8)
     London (Grades 5-8)
     Urban Planning (Grades 5-8)
     Everyday Life in Victorian England (Grades 6-8)

Other Work
     Life in the English Countryside (Grades 5-8)
     Coal Mining (Grades 5-8)
     The Slave Trade (Grades 5-8)

Social Reform
     Anti-Slavery Movement (Grades 5-8)
     The Slave Trade (Grades 5-8)

Science
     Blaise Pascal (Grades 5-8)
     Louis Pasteur (Grades 5-8)

Literature
     Charlotte, Emily, and Anne: The Bronte Sisters (Grades 5-8)
     Lewis Carroll (Grades 5-8)
     Daniel Defoe (Grades 5-8)
     Jonathan Swift (Grades 5-8)
     William Wordsworth (Grades 5-8)
     Gothic Literature (Grades 5-8)

Art
     Rococo Style (Grades 5-8)
     Portrait Painters (Grades 5-8)

Baroque and Classical Music
     What Is Opera? (Grades 5-8)

Victorian Era
     The Corn Laws (Grades 5-8)
     The Chartist Movement (Grades 5-8)
     The Great Exhibition (Grades 5-8)
     Architectural Styles from England (Grades 5-8)
     Extreme Fashions (Grades 5-8)
     Victorian Dances (Grades 5-8)
     Victorian Gardens (Grades 5-8)
     Leisure Time (Grades 5-8)
     Holidays (Grades 5-8)
     Gaslights (Grades 5-8)

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Book Units
    A Christmas Carol (Grades 3-6)
    The Secret Garden (Grades 3-6)
    A Little Princess (Grades 4-8)
    The Story of the Orchestra (Grades 4-8)
    The Merchant of Venice (Grades 6-8)
    The Prince and the Pauper (Grades 6-12)
    Treasure Island (Grades 7-12)
    A Tale of Two Cities (Grades 9-12)
    Hamlet (Grades 9-12)
    Silas Marner (Grades 9-12)
    Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Grades 9-12)
    Wuthering Heights (Grades 9-12)

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