Unit 1: The Earliest Americans The First to Come to the Americas
The Polar Regions
The Inuit
Moctezuma Meets Cortes
The Iroquois and the Anasazi
Unit 2: Explorers and Explorations Why People Explore
Christopher Columbus
The Wet Tropical Regions
Estevan
European Explorers in North America
The Northern Forest Regions
Unit 3: From Colonies to Nation Spanish Colonies
The First English Colonies
Daily Life
Massasoit
Anne Hutchinson and the Puritans
The Mid-Latitude Forest Regions
The French and Dutch in North America
The Thirteen English Colonies
The French and Indian War
Benjamin Franklin
The Colonists Begin to Protest
The War for Independence Begins
The Colonies Declare Independence
A Great American Leader [George Washington]
The U.S. Constitution
The Three Branches of Government
Unit 4: The Nation Grows Moving West
A Great Explorer [Daniel Boone]
The United States Acquires New Territories
Land by Purchase and Treaty
Writer, Thinker, President [Thomas Jefferson]
The Journey of Lewis and Clark
The Highland Regions
Madison and the War of 1812
The Monroe Doctrine
Settling the West
The Mediterranean Regions
A Strong Leader [Andrew Jackson]
Native Americans Lose Their Homelands
Important Native Americans
At War with Mexico
Ten Presidents: 1801-1850
Unit 5: The Civil War and Reconstruction The South and the North
Slaves and Slavery
Free States and Slave States
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
John Brown
The Nation Falls Apart
A Nation Divided
A Man for the Common People [Abraham Lincoln]
Four Important Americans
Putting the Nation Back Together
The Life of Free Blacks
African Americans after the civil War
Women in the United States
Six Presidents: 1850-1875
Glossary
Standards and Learning Strategies
Websites