Students discuss the Colonial Era up until the American Revolution.

From the Revolution to the formation of a national government. Students will discuss two of the most important documents of the times: Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.

Students will analyze the causes and effects of the Second Great Awakening and the nation's continued expansion west.

Students will analyze the causes and effects of the Civil War, including postwar efforts to reconstruct the Southern states.

Students will analyze the causes and effects of the Second Industrial Revolution, continued immigration, and the nation’s unrelenting expansion west.

Students will analyze the causes and effects of the United States’ transformation into a world power.

Students will analyze the events and ideas that pushed the United States into World War I and the efforts the nation took to help the Allies win the war.

Students will analyze the economic boom in the 1920s and the causes and effects of the stock market crash.

Students will analyze the causes and effects of President Roosevelt’s New Deal programs.

Students will analyze the events that led to the outbreak of World War II.

Students will analyze the events of World War II along with the effects these events had on the lives of Americans

Students will analyze the causes and effects of the Cold War.