Revising the Declaration of Independence
GRADE: 10
LOCATION: ROOM:
SCHEDULE: 1st Period (No C-Day), 2nd (A-C, E) and 5th Period (No C-Day)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
American Civilization I is the first part of a two part American Civilization series. This course takes students on a historical journey from the arrival of the first known inhabitants to the Americas, through European exploration & colonization of the New World, and onward to the creation of a Great American nation. Propelled by an array of historically significant events, America rises tall in times of war, times of
peace and times of great uncertainty. This course ends with the Civil War, the Reconstruction that occurs as a direct result of that war, and America’s shift in urgency to move and settle West.
COURSE REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:
America: Pathways to the Present
ONLINE TEXTBOOK ACCESS
COURSE OUTLINE:
Unit 1: Origins of A New Society to 1754
A. The Atlantic World
B. European Colonization of the Americas
C. Growth of the American Colonies
Unit 2: Balancing Liberty and Order 1753-1820
A. Road to Independence
B. The Constitution of the U.S.
C. The Origins of American Politics
Unit 3: An Emerging New Nation
A. Life in the New Nation
B. The Growth of a National Economy
C. Religion and Reform
Unit 4: Division and Uneasy Reunion
A. The Coming of the Civil War
B. The Civil War
C. Reconstruction
Unit 5: Expansion: Rewards & Cost, 1850-1915
A. The Expansion of American Industry
B. Looking to the West
LOCATION: ROOM:
SCHEDULE: 1st Period (No C-Day), 2nd (A-C, E) and 5th Period (No C-Day)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
American Civilization I is the first part of a two part American Civilization series. This course takes students on a historical journey from the arrival of the first known inhabitants to the Americas, through European exploration & colonization of the New World, and onward to the creation of a Great American nation. Propelled by an array of historically significant events, America rises tall in times of war, times of
peace and times of great uncertainty. This course ends with the Civil War, the Reconstruction that occurs as a direct result of that war, and America’s shift in urgency to move and settle West.
COURSE REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:
America: Pathways to the Present
ONLINE TEXTBOOK ACCESS
COURSE OUTLINE:
Unit 1: Origins of A New Society to 1754
A. The Atlantic World
B. European Colonization of the Americas
C. Growth of the American Colonies
Unit 2: Balancing Liberty and Order 1753-1820
A. Road to Independence
B. The Constitution of the U.S.
C. The Origins of American Politics
Unit 3: An Emerging New Nation
A. Life in the New Nation
B. The Growth of a National Economy
C. Religion and Reform
Unit 4: Division and Uneasy Reunion
A. The Coming of the Civil War
B. The Civil War
C. Reconstruction
Unit 5: Expansion: Rewards & Cost, 1850-1915
A. The Expansion of American Industry
B. Looking to the West
