Unit 1: Discovery and Colonization (1.5 Weeks)

Reading Assignments:

Textbook: Chapters 1 - 2

After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection: Prologue - The Strange Death of Silas Deane

The Methods and Skills of History: A Practical Guide: Chapter 2 - The Nature of History: History as Reconstruction

Writing Assignments:

Discussion Questions for After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection: Prologue

Unit 2: Colonial Life and the French and Indian War (2.5 Weeks)

Reading Assignments:

After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection: Chapter 1 - Serving time in Virginia

After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection: Chapter 2 - The Visible and Invisible Worlds of Salem

Writing Assignments:

Discussion Questions for After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection: Chapter 1

Discussion Questions for After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection: Chapter 2

DBQ: French and Indian War (2004)

Unit 3: The Struggle for Independence (2.5 Weeks)

Reading Assignments:

Writing Assignments:

Road to Revolution Timeline Project

Unit 4: The New Nation and Early Politics (2.5 Weeks)

Reading Assignments:

Declaration of Independence

U.S. Constitution & Bill of Rights

Writing Assignments:

Constitution Analysis Document

Unit 5: Jefferson’s Administration/Growth of Nationalism (2 Weeks)

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Unit 6: The Age of Jackson (2 Weeks)

Reading Assignments:

After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection: Chapter 5- Jackson's Frontier - and Turner's

Writing Assignments:

TBA

Unit 7: Slavery, Manifest Destiny, and Sectionalism (2 Weeks)

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Writing Assignments:

Test: TBA

Unit 8: Civil War and Reconstruction (2 Weeks)

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Writing Assignments:

Taking Sides: Was Reconstruction a Total Failure - Why or why not?

Test: Semester Exam

Unit 9: Rise of Business and Labor (2 Weeks)

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Writing Assignments:

Test: TBA

Unit 10: Populists and Progressives (3 Weeks)

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Test: TBA

Unit 11: Imperialism and World War I (2.5 Weeks)

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Writing Assignments:

Taking Sides: Did the United States Become a World Power in 1898?

Test: TBA

Unit 12: 1920s (1.5 Weeks)

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Writing Assignments:

Test: TBA