This is a course exploring topics in United States History. For this course, we will follow the chronological development of the American people and government by examining the political, economic, social, religious, military, scientific, and cultural events that affected the rise and growth of the nation. 

Teacher will guide studies through this primarily using the Houghton Mifflin and Harcourt, American History: Reconstruction to Present textbook, but course can be adapted to any student textbook.  

Teacher will use various formats to make this course fun and interactive including the use of online quizzes with multiple choice format. We will also have Socratic discussion on various topics as we delve deeply into early American history.

The course format will closely follow the Unit guidelines as established by the College Board and may utilize the following additional resources:
AMSCO, Advanced Placement United States History
Barrons, AP US History
Princeton Review AP US History
GilderLehrman.org
National Archive: Eyewitness Accounts
Ken Burns Civil War
Native Americans in the West Film GPB
Martin Luther King, Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Indian Removal Act
Slave Memoirs and Oral Histories
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Farewell to Manzanar
A Cherokee Woman's America: Memoirs of Narcissa

The goal of this course to to prepare students to think critically so they are prepared for the multiple choice and essay questions.

 Topics will include the following:

American Beginnings (1439‐1878)
Week of October 18: The Colonial Era	
Week of October 25:  The American Revolution	
Week of November 2: The New Nation	
Week of November 9 : Economic and Social Changes	
Week of November 16: Westward Expansion	
Week of November 30. The Civil War	
Week of December 7: . Reconstruction	
Week of December 14: Mining and Ranching
Week of January 11: Industrial Revolution
Week of January 18: Roaring 20s
Week of January 25: The Great Depression
Week of February 2: World War I
Week of February 9: World War II
Week of February 16: Post War and Communism
Week of February 22: Late 20th Century