The unique two-part Core/Extend lesson organization makes this Social Studies Student Book flexible, yet comprehensive. Each Core lesson delivers standards-based content, and the Extend lessons provide the opportunity to dig deeper for greater understanding.
CONTENTS
Unit 1: Our Land and First People CHAPTER 1: America’s Land - Lesson 1: Land and Climate - Lesson 2: Our Nation’s Resources - Lesson 3: Regions of the United States - Lesson 4: People and the Land CHAPTER 2: The First Americans - Lesson 1: Ancient Americans - Lesson 2: Peoples of the Northwest - Lesson 3: Peoples of the Southwest - Lesson 4: Peoples of the Plains - Lesson 5: Peoples of the East
Unit 2: Exploration and Settlement CHAPTER 3: Age of Exploration - Lesson 1: World Travel and Trade - Lesson 2: New Ideas in Europe - Lesson 3: Europeans Arrive in the Americas - Lesson 4: Conquest of the Americas - Lesson 5: New Spain CHAPTER 4: European Settlements - Lesson 1: A Northwest Passage - Lesson 2: Roanoke and Jamestown - Lesson 3: New England Settlements - Lesson 4: Dutch and French Colonies
Unit 3: The English Colonies CHAPTER 5: New England Colonies - Lesson 1: Geography of the Colonies - Lesson 2: New England - Lesson 3: Life in New England CHAPTER 6: Middle and Southern Colonies - Lesson 1: The Middle Colonies - Lesson 2: Life in the Middle Colonies - Lesson 3: The Southern Colonies - Lesson 4: Life in the South
Unit 4: The American Revolution CHAPTER 7: Causes of the Revolution - Lesson 1: The French and Indian War - Lesson 2: Early Conflicts with Britain - Lesson 3: Conflicts Grow - Lesson 4: War Begins CHAPTER 8: The War for Independence - Lesson 1: Declaring Independence - Lesson 2: Life During the War - Lesson 3: The War in the North - Lesson 4: Winning the War CHAPTER 9: Creating a Nation - Lesson 1: A New Nation - Lesson 2: Constitutional Convention - Lesson 3: The Constitution - Lesson 4: President Washington
Unit 5: The New Nation CHAPTER 10: The Early Republic - Lesson 1: People on the Move - Lesson 2: The Nation Grows - Lesson 3: The War of 1812 - Lesson 4: Age of Jackson CHAPTER 11: A Growing Country - Lesson 1: The Industrial Revolution - Lesson 2: Immigrants and Reformers - Lesson 3: Texas and the Mexican War - Lesson 4: Moving West
Unit 6: The Civil War CHAPTER 12: Causes of the Civil War - Lesson 1: Worlds Apart - Lesson 2: The Struggle For Freedom - Lesson 3: Compromise and Conflict - Lesson 4: Civil War Begins CHAPTER 13: Civil War and Reconstruction - Lesson 1: A Nation at War - Lesson 2: The Human Face of War - Lesson 3: The War Ends - Lesson 4: Reconstruction - Lesson 5: The Challenge of Freedom
Unit 7: Transforming the Nation CHAPTER 14: Changes on the Plains - Lesson 1: Linking East and West - Lesson 2: Life on the Great Plains - Lesson 3: Cattle Ranchers - Lesson 4: Conflicts on the Plains CHAPTER 15: Big Business and Big Cities - Lesson 1: The Rise of Big Business - Lesson 2 Immigrants in America - Lesson 3: Growing Cities - Lesson 4: Time of Reform
Unit 8: The Twentieth Century CHAPTER 16: Becoming a World Power - Lesson 1: New Territories - Lesson 2: World War I - Lesson 3: The 1920s - Lesson 4: The Great Depression - Lesson 5: World War II CHAPTER 17: Americans Face Changes - Lesson 1: The Cold War - Lesson 2: Life in the 1950s - Lesson 3: Civil Rights - Lesson 4: Life in the 1960s
Unit 9: Linking to the Present CHAPTER 18: Our Nation and the World - Lesson 1: Challenges of the 1970s - Lesson 2: The 1980s - Lesson 3: Life in the1990s - Lesson 4: Twenty-first Century Begins CHAPTER 19: America Today and Tomorrow - Lesson 1: Neighbors in North America - Lesson 2: United States Today - Lesson 3: Citizenship and Democracy
References - Citizenship Handbook - Pledge of Allegiance - Character Traits - Historical Documents - The Mayflower Compact, 1620 - Speech Against the Stamp Act, William Pitt, 1766 - Speech to Parliament on Conciliation with America, Edmund Burke, 1775 - The Declaration of Independence, 1776 - The Constitution of the United States, 1789 - from The Federalist, No.10, 1787 - “The Star-Spangled Banner,” 1814 - from President John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, 1961 - “I Have a Dream” Speech, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1963 - Presidents of the United States - History Makers - Biographical Dictionary - Facts to Know - The 50 United States