Here is where you can find the resources we will be using for the school year. For the most part we will be using the History Alive textbooks in class. If you are curious about what we are learning about or how you can further study U.S. History please visit this page. It will be updated with articles, resources, and historical artifacts throughout the year!
In addition to these resources I have provided the units and the major topics that we will be covering in our course this year. Each unit will take a month to a month and a half to complete and there will be a unit assessment at its completion.
1. Review of U.S. History to 1783
2. Government
3. The Expanding Nation
4. Civil War
5. Reconstruction
6. Industrial America (1860s – 1900)
1. Review of U.S. History to 1783
- 13 Colonies
- French and Indian War
- American Revolution
2. Government
- Articles of Confederation
- Branches of Government
- Bill of Rights
- Principles of Democracy
- Legislative Process
- Amendment Process
3. The Expanding Nation
- Early Administrations
- Industrial Revolution
- Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion
- Transportation
- The War of 1812
- Demographic changes
4. Civil War
- Causes
- Slavery
- Battles
- Social, Economic, and Political Impact of the War
5. Reconstruction
- Jim Crow laws
- 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
- Plessy v Ferguson
- Radical Republicans
6. Industrial America (1860s – 1900)
- Transcontinental Railroad
- Immigration
- Labor Unions