Unit 1: Thinking Like a Historian

• How historians conduct credible research

• Why historical context is important

• How to evaluate primary and secondary sources of information (corroboration)

• What is characteristic of a good compelling question

• What factors influence the point of view of an author (contextualization)

Unit 2: Colonial America - Life in a New Land

(1587-1763)

• European colonization in the New World

• Causes and effects of the Atlantic Slave Trade

• Economy, Government & Religion in the Colonies

• The New England Colonies (the Pilgrims, Great Migration, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, etc.)

• The Middle Colonies (New Amsterdam, diversity, William Penn, etc.)

• The Southern Colonies (Jamestown, Toleration Act of 1649, James Oglethorpe, etc.)  

• Colonial Life in the English Colonies

• The Great Awakening & Enlightenment (Age of Reason)

• The French & Indian War

   

Unit 3: American Independence - Restlessness to Rebellion

(1763-1783)

• Acts of Controversy (Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Tea Act, etc.)

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Intolerable Acts (a.k.a. the "Coercive Acts")

• First & Second Continental Congress 

• Causes & effects of the Battles of Lexington & Concord

• Declaration of Independence

• American Revolutionary War

• Major battles of the American Revolution

• Washington's Crossing

• Valley Forge

   

Unit 4: Writing the Constitution - Creating a More Perfect Union

(1783-1791)

• Articles of Confederation

• The Constitutional Convention

• Levels of Government 

• System of Checks and Balances

• 3 Branches of Government: Legislative, Executive, & Judicial 

• Rise of Federalists & Antifederalists

• Ratification of the U.S. Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

Unit 5: Early Republic - Addressing Challenges

(1789-1828)

• Presidency of George Washington 

• Washington's Farewell Address

• XYZ Affair

• Alien & Sedition Acts

• Election of 1800

• Judiciary Act of 1801

• Marbury v. Madison

• Louisiana Purchase

• Lewis & Clark

• Causes & effects of the War of 1812

• The Monroe Doctrine

• The American System

• Election of 1824

Unit 6: Age of Jackson - Democracy Expands

(1820s-1830s)

• Election of 1828

• The Spoils System

• Jacksonian Democracy

• Causes & effects of the Nullification Crisis

• Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears

• National Bank Debate

• Rise of the Whig Party

Unit 7: Westward Expansion - From Sea to Shining Sea

(1780s-1850s)

• Manifest Destiny

• The Texas Revolution

• Causes & effects of the Mexican-American War

• Mexican Cession

• California Gold Rush

• The Mormon Migration

Unit 8: Industrialization & Reform - Innovation Brings Change

(1800s-1850s)

• Industrial Revolution in the North & South

• Transformation of the U.S. Economy

• Labor and working conditions during the Industrial Revolution

• Rise of Organized Labor

• Immigration & Urbanization 

• Social Reforms

Unit 9: Sectionalism - Growing Division

(1820s-1850s)

• Growing divisions over the practice of slavery 

• Fugitive Slave Laws

• Historical significance of Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Causes and effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Dred Scott Decision

• Influence of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates

• Raid on Harpers Ferry

• Election of 1860

Unit 10: Civil War - The Endangered Union

(1860-1865)

• Inauguration of President Lincoln

• Secession of the South

• Rise of the Confederacy

• Attack on Fort Sumter

• North vs. South Demographics

•  The Peninsula Campaign

• Major Battles of the Civil War (Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Gettysburg, etc.)

• Emancipation Proclamation

• The Gettysburg Address

• Women of the Civil War

• Life during the Civil War

Unit 11: Reconstruction - Rebuilding the Union

(1865-1877)

• Aftermath of the Civil War

• Rise of Andrew Johnson

• Influence of Radical Republicans

• Role and impact of the Freedmen's Bureau 

• "Carpetbaggers" & "Scalawags" 

• Black Codes

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

• The Reconstruction Amendments (13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments)

• Impeachment of President Johnson

• Rise of secret groups in the South

• Disenfranchisement Laws

• Effects of Reconstruction

Unit 12: Rights & Responsibilities - Life in a Democracy

• Rights and Responsibilities of U.S. Citizens

• Meaning of unalienable rights

• Overview of the Bill of Rights

• How to be a responsible citizen

• The Naturalization Process

• Reasons non-U.S. citizens pursue U.S. citizenship

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