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Word History Topics
Word History Topics
Ch. 1: What Does a Historian Do?
Ch. 1: What Does a Historian Do?
What is History?
Heinrich Schliemann
How Lucy Got Her Name
How Does a Historian Work?
The Census
Should Artifacts Be Returned to Their Countries of Origin?
Researching History
Internet Tips
Ch. 2: Studying Geography, Economics, & Citizenship
Ch. 2: Studying Geography, Economics, & Citizenship
Studying Geography
GIS/GPS
Gerardus Mercator
Exploring Economics
Analyzing Primary Sources
Practicing Citizenship
The American Flag Design
Ch. 3: Early Humans & the Agricultural Revolution
Ch. 3: Early Humans & the Agricultural Revolution
Hunter-Gatherers
The Agricultural Revolution
Otzi the Iceman
Making Inferences
Ch. 4: Mesopotamia
Ch. 4: Mesopotamia
The Sumerians
Classifying & Categorizing Information
Epic of Gilgamesh
Mesopotamian Empires
Sargon
Libraries
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Ch. 5: Ancient Egypt & Kush
Ch. 5: Ancient Egypt & Kush
The Nile River
Researching on the Internet
Life in Ancient Egypt
Egypt's Empire
Ivory
Hatshepsut
The Kingdom of Kush
Ch. 6: The Israelites
Ch. 6: The Israelites
Beginnings
Moses
Alphabets
The Israelite Kingdom
The Development of Judaism
Heroes
The Jews in the Mediterranean World
Judas Maccabeus
Dead Sea Scrolls
Ch. 7: The Ancient Greeks
Ch. 7: The Ancient Greeks
Rise of Greek Civilization
Analyzing Primary & Secondary Sources
Coins
Sparta & Athens: City-State Rivals
Solon
The Olympics
Greece & Persia
Marathons
Glory, War, & Decline
Aspasia
Ch. 8: Greek Civilization
Ch. 8: Greek Civilization
Greek Culture
Greek Theater
The Greek Mind
Plato
Did Socrates Commit Treason?
Alexander's Empire
Researching on the Internet
Hellenistic Culture
Constant pi
Ch. 9: Ancient India
Ch. 9: Ancient India
Early Civilizations
Researching on the Internet
Religions of Ancient India
Hindu Beliefs
The Buddha
The Mauryan Empire
Math Poems
Ch. 10: Early China
Ch. 10: Early China
The Birth of Chinese Civilization
Analyzing Sources
Society & Culture in Ancient China
Confucianism in Asia
The Qin & Han Dynasties
The Great Wall
Ban Zhao
Paper
Ch. 11: Rome: Republic to Empire
Ch. 11: Rome: Republic to Empire
The Founding of Rome
Analyzing Primary & Secondary Sources
Rome as a Republic
Hannibal's Elephants
The End of the Republic
Crossing the Rubicon
Mark Antony
Rome Builds an Empire
Pompeii
Ch. 12: Roman Civilization
Ch. 12: Roman Civilization
The Roman Way of Life
Researching on the Internet
Livia
Medical Technology
Aeneid
Rome's Decline
Vandalism
Did People Benefit from Roman Rule?
The Byzantine Empire
Justinian I
Empress Theodora
Ch. 13: The Rise of Christianity
Ch. 13: The Rise of Christianity
Early Christianity
Peter
Mary Magdalene
The Early Church
Roman Catacombs
A Christian Europe
Ch. 14: Islamic Civilization
Ch. 14: Islamic Civilization
A New Faith
Muhammad
Using a Timeline
The Spread of Islam
Suleiman I
Life in the Islamic World
Shopping
Becoming a Doctor
Ch. 15: African Civilizations
Ch. 15: African Civilizations
The Rise of African Civilizations
Researching on the Internet
Africa's Governments & Religions
Mansa Musa
African Society & Culture
West African Music Today
Africa's Water Resources: Should Private Companies Control Them?
Ch. 16: The Americas
Ch. 16: The Americas
The First Americans
Life in the Americas
The Maya Today
Pachacuti
Comparing & Contrasting
Ch. 17: Imperial China
Ch. 17: Imperial China
China Reunites
Three Gorges Dam
Empress Wu
Civil Service Examinations
Chinese Society
Drawing Conclusions
The Mongols in China
Genghis Khan
Monkey
The Ming Dynasty
Ch. 18: Civilizations of Korea, Japan, & Southeast Asia
Ch. 18: Civilizations of Korea, Japan, & Southeast Asia
Korea: History & Culture
Observatories
Early Japan
Medieval Japan
Murasaki Shikibu
Southeast Asia: History & Culture
Saving Angkor Wat
Ch. 19: Medieval Europe
Ch. 19: Medieval Europe
The Early Middle Ages
Feudalism & the Rise of Towns
Researching Using Internet Resources
Kingdoms & Crusades
Culture & the Church
Gothic Architecture
The Late Middle Ages
Joan of Arc
Ch. 20: Renaissance & Reformation
Ch. 20: Renaissance & Reformation
The Renaissance Begins
Drawing Conclusions
New Ideas & Art
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Henry V
The Reformation Begins
Catholics & Protestants
Catherine de' Medici
Ch. 21: Age of Exploration & Trade
Ch. 21: Age of Exploration & Trade
The Age of Exploration
Navigation Tools
Predicting Consequences
Spain's Conquests in the Americas
Hernan Cortes
Exploration & Worldwide Trade
Blending Languages
Ch. 22: The Scientific Revolution & the Enlightenment
Ch. 22: The Scientific Revolution & the Enlightenment
The Scientific Revolution
Galileo
The Enlightenment
Women's Rights Around the World
Ch. 23: Political & Industrial Revolutions
Ch. 23: Political & Industrial Revolutions
The American Revolution
The French Revolution & Napoleon
Political Left & Right
Marie Antoinette
Did the French People Have Cause to Rebel Against Their Monarchy?
Nationalism & Nation-States
The Industrial Revolution
The Wright Brothers
Society & Industry
Albert Einstein
Ch. 24: Imperialism & WWI
Ch. 24: Imperialism & WWI
The New Imperialism
Making Inferences
Queen Liliuokalani
Shooting an Elephant
Nationalism in China and Japan
Japanese Architecture
World War I Begins
World War I Brings Change
Veteran's Day
Leon Trotsky
Ch. 25: WWII & the Cold War
Ch. 25: WWII & the Cold War
The Rise of Dictators
World War II Begins
Allies Win the War
The Cold War
Winston Churchill
Researching on the Internet
The End of Empire
Mohandas Gandhi
Ch. 26: Building Today's World
Ch. 26: Building Today's World
Challenges in Latin America
Mexican Revolution
Africa & the Middle East
Golda Meir
The Green Movement
End of the Cold War
The World Centers a New Century
Malala Yousafzai
Barack Obama
The Presidency
American History Topics
American History Topics
Ch. 1: The First Americans
Ch. 1: The First Americans
Migration to the Americas
Drawing Inferences
Cities & Empires
Malinche
North American Peoples
Native American Languages
Dekanawidah
Ch. 2: Exploring the Americas
Ch. 2: Exploring the Americas
A Changing World
Early Exploration
Vasco da Gama
Queen Isabella
Christopher Columbus
Spain in America
Analyzing Primary Sources
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Our Spanish Heritage
Competing for Colonies
Analyzing Primary Sources
Ch. 3: Colonial America
Ch. 3: Colonial America
Roanoke & Jamestown
Analyzing Primary Sources
The New England Colonies
Plimoth Plantation
The Middle Colonies
New York City
The Southern Colonies
Ch. 4: Life in the American Colonies
Ch. 4: Life in the American Colonies
Colonial Economy
Triangular Trade
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Colonial Government
Culture & Society
Colleges & Universities
Rivalry in North America
Analyzing Primary Sources
Pontiac
Ch. 5: The Spirit of Independence
Ch. 5: The Spirit of Independence
No Taxation Without Representation
A Growing Debt
Uniting the Colonists
A Call to Arms
Patrick Henry
Making Predictions
Should the Colonies Declare Their Independence from Great Britain?
Declaring Independence
The Declaration of Independence
Ch. 6: The American Revolution
Ch. 6: The American Revolution
The War for Independence
Drawing Inferences & Conclusions
Women in the Military
The War Continues
Understanding Cause & Effect
Abigail Adams
Battlegrounds Shift
The Final Years
Predicting Consequences
Ch. 7: A More Perfect Union
Ch. 7: A More Perfect Union
The Articles of Confederation
What is Money?
Forging a New Constitution
George Washington
Should the Constitution be Ratified?
A New Plan of Government
The Bill of Rights
Ch. 8: The Constitution
Ch. 8: The Constitution
Principles of the Constitution
Understanding Cause and Effect
Government and the People
Sandra Day O'Connor
Who Can Vote?
The Constitution of the United States
Ch. 9: The Federalist Era
Ch. 9: The Federalist Era
The First President
Making Comparisons
Protective Tariffs
Early Challenges
John Jay
The First Political Parties
Analyzing Political Cartoons
Modern Political Parties
Ch. 10: The Jefferson Era
Ch. 10: The Jefferson Era
A New Party in Power
Thomas Jefferson
The Louisiana Purchase
Sacagawea
A Time of Conflict
Predicting Consequences
Imports & Exports 1800-1820
The War of 1812
Dolley Madison
Ch. 11: Growth & Expansion
Ch. 11: Growth & Expansion
A Growing Economy
Making Comparisons
Moving West
The National Road
Unity & Sectionalism
Understanding Cause & Effect
Henry Clay
Life on the Mississippi
Ch. 12: The Jackson Era
Ch. 12: The Jackson Era
Jacksonian Democracy
Andrew Jackson
Conflicts Over Land
Oklahoma's Heritage
Jackson & the Bank
Ch. 13: Manifest Destiny
Ch. 13: Manifest Destiny
The Oregon Country
The Rise & Fall of the Fur Trappers
Understanding Cause & Effect
Statehood for Florida and Texas
Davy Crockett
Was Manifest Destiny Justified?
War with Mexico
John C. Fremont
The California Bear Flag
California & Utah
Mariano G. Vallejo
Ch. 14: North & South
Ch. 14: North & South
The Industrial North
John Deere
People of the North
Child Labor Laws
Southern Cotton Kingdom
Increases in Productivity
People of the South
American Music
Harriet Tubman
Ch. 15: The Spirit of Reform
Ch. 15: The Spirit of Reform
Social Reform
The Abolitionists
Sojourner Truth
The Women's Movement
Women's Colleges
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
Ch. 16: Toward Civil War
Ch. 16: Toward Civil War
The Search for Compromise
Challenges to Slavery
Abraham Lincoln
Secession & War
Did the South Have the Right to Secede?
Ch. 17: The Civil War
Ch. 17: The Civil War
The Two Sides
Early Years of the War
Robert E. Lee
Life During the Civil War
Analyzing & Interpreting Information
Across Five Aprils
The Stain of War
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson
African American Soldiers
The War's Final Stages
Ulysses S. Grant
Ch. 18: The Reconstruction Era
Ch. 18: The Reconstruction Era
Planning Reconstruction
Analyzing Primary Sources
The Radicals Take Control
The Fourteenth Amendment
The South During Reconstruction
The Post-Reconstruction Era
The Election of 2000
Industry in the New South
Ch. 19: Opening the West
Ch. 19: Opening the West
Mining & Railroads in the West
Railroad Trains
Ranchers & Farmers
Native American Struggles
Sitting Bull
Geronimo
Farmers - A New Political Force
Farmers' Organizations
Ch. 20: The Industrial Age
Ch. 20: The Industrial Age
Railroads Lead the Way
Analyzing Primary Sources
Inventions Change Society
An Age of Big Business
Workers in the Industrial Age
Samuel Gompers
Mary Harris Jones
Ch. 21: An Urban Society
Ch. 21: An Urban Society
The New Immigrants
Should Immigration Be Limited?
Moving to the City
Clara Barton
A Changing Culture
Ch. 22: The Progressive Era
Ch. 22: The Progressive Era
The Movement Begins
Counting on Grace
Women & Progressives
Voter Turnout for Women
Presidents of the Progressive Era
The Federal Income Tax
Excluded From Reform
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Du Bois
Ch. 23: Rise to World Power
Ch. 23: Rise to World Power
Seeking New Frontiers
Imperialism in the Pacific
China's Economy
War with Spain
Distinguishing Fact from Opinion
Latin American Policies
John Hay
Ch. 24: World War I
Ch. 24: World War I
War in Europe
Drawing Inferences & Conclusions
America's Road to War
Jeannette Rankin
Americans Join the Allies
The War at Home
The Great Migration
Searching for Peace
Ch. 25: The Jazz Age
Ch. 25: The Jazz Age
Time of Turmoil
Analyzing Primary Sources
Desire for Normalcy
Third Parties
A Booming Economy
Economic Change in the 1920s
The Roaring Twenties
Charles Lindbergh
Ch. 26: The Depression & the New Deal
Ch. 26: The Depression & the New Deal
The Great Depression
Unemployment in the Great Depression
The New Deal
Eleanor Roosevelt
Analyzing Political Cartoons
Was the New Deal an Abuse of Government Power?
Living through the Depression
The Grapes of Wrath
Effects of the New Deal
Ch. 27: America & World War II
Ch. 27: America & World War II
War Clouds Gather
A Modern Dictatorship
World War II Begins
Predicting Consequences
On the Home Front
The European Theater of War
Audie Murphy
Ruby Bradley
Drawing Inferences & Conclusions
Night
The War in the Pacific
Ira Hayes
Suicide Bombers
Nagasaki
Ch. 28: The Cold War Era
Ch. 28: The Cold War Era
Roots of the Cold War
The Berlin Airlift
Early Cold War Politics
The GI Bill
Margaret Chase Smith
The Korean War
Life in the 1950s
Hank Williams
Dawn of the Computer Age
Ch. 29: The Civil Rights Era
Ch. 29: The Civil Rights Era
The Civil Rights Movement
A Resident of Little Rock
Rosa Parks
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry
Kenney & Johnson
Presidential Firsts
Civil Rights in the 1960s
Other Groups Seek Rights
Women's Pay
Herman Badillo
Roberto Clemente
Ch. 30: The Vietnam Era
Ch. 30: The Vietnam Era
Kennedy's Foreign Policy
Drawing Inferences & Conclusions
The Vietnam War
The Ho Chi Minh Trail
The Vietnam Years at Home
Analyzing & Interpreting Information
Walter Cronkite
Vietnam in the Nixon Years
Ch. 31: A Troubled Nation
Ch. 31: A Troubled Nation
The Nixon Administration
Henry Kissinger
Watergate & its Aftermath
Barbara Jordan
Oil & the Economy
The Reagan Revolution
Analyzing Political Cartoons
The First President Bush
Toward a New Century
Colin Powell
Ch. 32: New Challenges
Ch. 32: New Challenges
The Global War on Terror
Additional Resources to Improve Skills
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