US History

Quizlet Class Code

Lessons by Week

August 19-22

• First Day Welcomes & Introductions
• Course Syllabus
• Pre-Test

August 25-29

• First People in the Americas
• Native American Groups
  • Video #1  (From 1.1 Notes)
  • Map (From 1.2 Notes)

September 1-5

• NO SCHOOL MONDAY - LABOR DAY
• Early Europe, Africa, and Asia
• European Exploration  

September 8-12

• Columbian Exchange
• Unit 1 Review
• Unit 1 Test

September 15-19

• Dutch, Spanish, and French colonies in North America
• Rivalries between European colonies/countries
• Transatlantic Slave Trade
• Lost Colony of Roanoke

September 22-26

• England begins to colonize
• Jamestown
• Bacon's Rebellion

September 29-October 3

• Pilgrims & Puritans
• Mayflower Compact
• Thirteen Colonies
• Salem Witch Trials

October 6-10

• Unit 2 Review
• Unit 2 Test

October 13-17

• NO SCHOOL MONDAY - INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY
• Colonial Life
• Great Awakening & Enlightenment
• French and Indian War

October 20-24

• British Taxes
• Boston Massacre
• Boston Tea Party

October 27-November 31

• STEM projects (Tea Crates)

November 3-7

• Continental Congress
• Lexington & Concord
• Thomas Paine & Common Sense
• Declaration of Independence
• Battles of the American Revolution

November 10-14

• Unit 3 Review
• Unit 3 Test

November 17-21

• Articles of Confederation
• Shay's Rebellion
• Drafting the US Constitution
• Federalists v Antifederalists

November 24-28

• Preamble
• Bill of Rights
• NO SCHOOL WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - THANKSGIVING

December 1-5

• Preamble Practice
• Unit 4 Review
• Unit 4 Test

December 8-12

• Review for Semester Test

December 15-19

• Semester Test

January 5-9

• Washington's Presidency
• Forming of Political Parties
• Marbury v Madison

January 12-16

• Louisiana Purchase
• War of 1812
• Missouri Compromise

January 19-23

• NO SCHOOL MONDAY - MLK, Jr. DAY
• Unit 5 Review
• Unit 5 Assessment

January 26-30

• Industrial Revolution
• Jacksonian Democracy
• Indian Removal Act
• Oregon Trail

February 2-6

• Battle of the Alamo
• Mexican-American War
• California Gold Rush

February 9-13

• Unit 6 Review
• Unit 6 Assessment

February 16-20

• Effects of Industrialization
• Immigration
• Social Reform Movements

March 2-6

• The Greatest Showman
• P.T. Barnum Activity
• Unit 7 Review
• Unit 7 Assessment

March 9-13

• Cotton Kingdom
• Slavery in the South
• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850

March 16-20

• Uncle Tom's Cabin excerpts
• John Brown/Bleeding Kansas
• Dred Scott v Sanford
• Election of Abraham Lincoln
• Southern Secession

March 23-27

• Civil War Begins
• Civil War Battles

March 30-April 3

• Civil War Strategies
• Civil War Battles

April 6-10

• Reconstruction
• 40 Acres and a Mule
• The "New South"

April 13-17

• Introduction of Civil War and Reconstruction Projects
• Civil War and Reconstruction Projects
• NO SCHOOL FRIDAY - GOOD FRIDAY

April 20-24

• NO SCHOOL MONDAY - EASTER MONDAY
• Civil War and Reconstruction Projects

April 27-May 1

• Civil War and Reconstruction Projects
• Civil War and Reconstruction Project Presentations

April 4-8

• Civil War and Reconstruction Project Presentations
• Semester 2 Review

May 11-15

• Semester 2 Assessment

May 18-22

• Semester 2 Assessment Make-ups