Unit 1: Geography Basics

    Introduction

    World Map

    North America Map

    United States Map

Unit 2: Exploration

    How and why did people end up in North America?

    Reasons for Exploration

    The impact of Columbus

    Jamestown

    Pilgrims and Puritans

    The Other Colonies

Unit 3: Colonial Life

    What was life like during the colonial time period in America?

    Colonial Regions: Compare and Contrast

    Colonial Government influences

    Mercantilism and the Triangular Trade

    Important Early American Events and People

Unit 4: The American Revolution

    How did a group of colonist become one of the greatest countries in the world?

    Impact of the French and Indian War

    Civil Disobedience

    The Continental Congress

    Shots heard around the world and Britain vs America (compare and contrast)

    The Declaration of Independence

    Early Years of the war to Yorktown

Unit 5: A New Government

     Now that independence is won, how will the new country govern itself?

    The Articles of Confederation

    Land Ordinances

    The Critical Period through The Convention

    Compromises

    How the government works

    Constitutional Principles

    Impact and Ratification

Unit 6: Rights and Responsibilities

    Amendments and the impact of the Declaration on the Bill of Rights

    Citizenship and Responsibilities

Unit 7: The Early Republic

     Early leaders and problems/successes faced by the young country

    Washington

    Adams/Jefferson

    Madison and the War of 1812

    Technology and the Nation in the 1800s

    Landmark Supreme Court cases

    Early Land Gains and Compromises

    Monroe

Unit 8: Jacksonian Era

     A brash politician from west of the Appalachian Mountains changes the way government functions

    Winning the presidency

    Native Americans and Early Westward Expansion

    Nullification

Unit 9: Early Industrial Revolution

     How did new technology and industry begin to change the American landscape?

    New inventions, the railroad, and telegraph

    Economy, Society, and Reforms

    Literature and the Arts

Unit 10: Manifest Destiny

    The push to expand the country from ocean to ocean drives

         American ambition and policy

    Introduction and a review of early gains

    Texas, Utah, and Oregon

    Mexico and the Gadsden Purchase

    California

Unit 11: Sectionalism

    As the country grows, the characteristics of the different

         regions evolves and becomes unique to each section

        and/or region.

    Introduction to the term and North vs. South vs. West

    Impact of Abolitionism

    State’s Rights and Failed Compromise

Unit 12: The Civil War

    The divisions between North and South comes to a head in

         the bloodiest conflict in American History

    John Brown, 1860, and the Confederacy

    Fort Sumter, North vs. South (compare: social, political,

         economic)

    Emancipation

    Turning Points of the War

    The Final Push

    The War Ends and Lincoln’s Assassination

Unit 13: Reconstruction

    How does the country rebuild itself after such a terrible conflict

    Early Plans and the Black Codes

    Radical Republicans and Johnson vs. Grant

    13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

    Carpetbaggers, Scalawags and Sharecropers

The End of Reconstruction