Class Syllabus – Social Studies

United States History

Unit 1 Our Land and First People

Chapter 1  America’s Land

Chapter 2  The First Americans

Unit 2 Exploration and Settlement

Chapter 3  Age of Exploration

Chapter 4  European Settlements

Unit 3 The English Colonies

              Chapter 5 New England Colonies

              Chapter 6 Middle and Southern

              Colonies

Unit 4 The American Revolution

              Chapter 7 Causes of the Revolution

              Chapter 8 The War for Independence

              Chapter 9 Creating a Nation

Unit 5 The New Nation

              Chapter 10 The Early Republic

              Chapter 11 A growing Country

Unit 6 The Civil War

              Chapter 12 Causes of the Civil War

Chapter 13 Civil War and

Reconstruction

Unit 7 Transforming the Nation

              Chapter 14 Changes on the Plains

              Chapter 15 Big Business and Big Cities

Unit 8 The Twentieth Century

              Chapter 16 Becoming a World Power

              Chapter 17 Americans Face Changes

Unit 9  Linking to the Present

              Chapter 18 Our Nation and the World

              Chapter 19 America Today and

              Tomorrow

Testing at the end of each chapter

Class Syllabus – Reading

Theme 1        Finding a Way

Theme 2       Common Goals

Theme 3       Go With the Flow

Theme 4       Dare to Be Great

Theme 5       Making a Difference

Theme 6       Feats of Daring

Selection Test each Friday

Benchmark Testing the beginning, middle, and end of the year.