Government
Purposes of government The Legislative Branch
The Executive Branch
The Judicial Branch Checks and balances
State and local government
The Constitution
The Constitution: structure and principles
The Constitution: amendments
The Constitution: interpretation
The Bill of Rights
The legal system
Laws and courts
Citizenship
Citizenship and the naturalization process
Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship
Basic economic principles
What is economics?
Costs and benefits
Opportunity cost
Trade and specialization
What is a market?
Banking and finance
Banks
Supply and demand
Understand quantity supplied and quantity demanded
Understand overall supply and demand
Create and use supply and demand curves
Identify shortage and surplus
Identify shortage and surplus with graphs
Identify shortage and surplus with data
Early Modern Europe
Renaissance origins
Italian Renaissance: achievements in literature and art
The Reformation
The Enlightenment: origins and natural rights
The Enlightenment: influences on government
Age of Exploration
The Age of Exploration: origins
Portuguese and Spanish expeditions
French and English expeditions
The Columbian Exchange
Colonial America
Life as a colonist
Identify the Thirteen Colonies
Select the Thirteen Colonies
Name the Thirteen Colonies
New England Colonies: founding and government
New England Colonies: economy and interactions with Native Americans
Middle Colonies: founding and government
Middle Colonies: economy and society
Southern Colonies: founding and government
Southern Colonies: economy and slavery
The American Revolution
Causes of the American Revolution: the French and Indian War
Causes of the American Revolution: introduction to mercantilism and the Navigation Acts Causes of the American Revolution: new taxes and colonial response
The Revolutionary War: preparing for war
The Revolutionary War: struggle for independence
The Revolutionary War: turning the tide of war
The Revolutionary War: conclusion and aftermath
Source analysis: the Boston Massacre
Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence
The Early Republic
The Articles of Confederation
The Constitutional Convention
Washington’s presidency:
The first party system: Federalists and Democratic-Republicans The Marshall Court
The Louisiana Purchase
The Jacksonian period
Jacksonian Democracy
Tariff, nullification, and bank war Indian
Removal and the Trail of Tears
The Antebellum period
Industrial and Transportation Revolutions
Comparing the North and the South
Antebellum reform movements
Antebellum immigration
Slavery in the South
The abolitionists
Texas independence and annexation
The U.S.-Mexican War
Causes of the Civil War: Missouri Compromise to Bleeding Kansas
Causes of the Civil War: Dred Scott to secession
The Civil War
The Civil War: the beginning of the war
The Civil War: Bull Run to the Emancipation Proclamation
The Civil War: Gettysburg to the election of 1864
The Civil War: the conclusion of the war
Source analysis: the Gettysburg Address
Reconstruction
Radical Reconstruction
The end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow
The Gilded Age
Industrialization in the Gilded Age
Social studies skills
Identify primary and secondary sources
Identify facts and opinions
Reading and creating timelines with BCE and CE
Physical Geography
Oceans and continents
The Americas: society and environment
Region profile: South America
The Americas: geography
Identify and select countries of Northern and Central America
Name countries of Northern and Central America
Identify and select countries of the Caribbean
Name countries of the Caribbean
Identify and select countries of South America
Name countries of South America
Europe: society and environment
Region profile: Europe
Europe: geography
Identify and select countries of Europe
Name countries of Europe
Africa: society and environment
Region profile: West and Central Africa
Africa: geography
Identify and select countries of Africa
Name countries of Africa
The Middle East: society and environment
Region profile: the Middle East
Asia: society and environment
Region profile: East Asia
Country profile: China
Asia: geography
Identify and select countries of Asia
Name countries of Asia
Oceania: geography
Identify and select countries of Oceania
Name countries of Oceania
