Topics Covered by Grade


  • Geography of the Eastern Hemisphere

  • First Humans and the Early River Civilizations

  • Comparative World Religions

  • Comparative Classical Civilizations in the Eastern Hemisphere

  • The Mediterranean World and Interactions Across the Eastern Hemisphere


  • Native Americans, Early Encounters and Colonial Development

  • The Road to Independence

  • A New Nation: The United States Constitution

  • A Nation Grows: Expansion and Reform 1800-1860

  • A Nation Divided


  • Reconstruction

  • A Changing Society and The Progressive Era

  • The United States as an Expansionist Nation

  • WWI and The United States Between the Wars

  • The United States Assumes Worldwide Responsibilities

  • From World War II to the Present: The Changing Nature of the American People