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THIS IS AMERICA, CHARLIE BROWN:
THE BUILDING OF THE
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD


SUBJECTS — U.S./1865 - 1913;
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING — None;
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS — None.

Age: 8 - 11; Not Rated; Animated; 24 minutes; 1989; Color.



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This is America, Charlie Brown: The Building of the Transcontinental Railroad describes the contribution of the Peanuts gang to the building of the transcontinental railroad (1866 - 1869). (Children will enjoy this film even if they are not familiar with the Peanuts characters.)

The TeachWithMovies.com Learning Guide to This is America, Charlie Brown: The Building of the Transcontinental Railroad will help parents and teachers introduce the effort to link the East and West coasts of the United States by rail.



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To give you a sense of how our Learning Guides can be used by teachers as lesson plans and by parents to supplement school curriculum or for homeschooling, we have set out below a discussion question from the Learning Guide to "This is America, Charlie Brown: The Building of the Transcontinental Railroad".

Why was it important for the United States to link the two coasts?


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