Ancient World History 

In this comprehensive, interactive, and activity-based course, your student will explore the rich and diverse history of America’s first-nation peoples, early European colonization, and the creation of a new nation. We will cover everything from the settlement of America, the American Revolution, the Civil War, Reconstruction, Civil Rights, and we will conclude the year by looking at America today.

​Unit 1 - Colonization

• Jamestown, Pilgrims, 13 Colonies, Mayflower Compact, Articles of Confederation

Unit 2 – Revolutionary War

• Taxation, Boston Massacre, Declaration of Independence, Revolutionary War

Unit 3 – Constitution

• 3 Branches of Government, Democratic Republic

Unit 4 - Westward Expansion

• 1801 - 1870, Louisiana Purchase, Manifest Destination, Lewis and Clark, Oregon Trail

Unit 5 - Civil War

• 1861 - 1865, Cotton gin and the increase of slavery, Abraham Lincoln, underground railroad, key battles in the war, Emancipation Proclamation, uniting the North and South and healing the wounds of separation

Unit 6 – Industrial Revolution 

• Modern machinery, factories, America becoming a world power, huge boom of inventors: Edison, Tesla, Wright Brothers, AM/FM Radio, Telephone

Unit 7 - World War 1 & 2

• World War 1, Trench Warfare & Tanks, Treaty of Versailles, Women’s Suffrage, Prohibition (1920-1933), Great Depression (1929-late 1930’s), World War 2, Pearl Harbor, Holocaust, Israel becomes a nation again

Unit 8 - Modern Age (1950’s through 1970’s)

• 50’s: Baby boomers, Suburbia, Inventions: TV, Microwave, air conditions changed where people lived, etc., Communism begins to spread

• 60’s: Korean War, Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis, British invasion, Vietnam War, Protests, Assassination of JFK (1963), Civil Rights Movement: MLKJ, Rosa Parks, Segregation

• 70’s: US involvement in Vietnam War ends in 1973, Nixon opens the door to China, Watergate and the resignation of Nixon, Disco, Cold War continues, Iran hostage crisis, Apollo landing

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Unit 9 - Modern Age (1980’s through present)

• 80’s: Challenger explosion, Ronald Reagan, Cold War at its peak, stockpiling nuclear weapons, 1988 Fall of Berlin Wall, Dismantling of Communism and the end of the Cold War

• 90’s: Iraq invaded Kuwait, Desert Storm, Bill Clinton impeached for lying under oath, internet explosion

• 21st Century: Technology keeps multiplying, 9/11 and the war on terror, the impact of the internet on society