The United States: Making a New Nation

Unit 1 - The First Americans

Chapter 1 - Early People

• Lesson 1 - The Land and States
• Lesson 2 - Ancient Indians
• Lesson 3 - Early Civilizations

Chapter 2 - American Indians

• Lesson 1 - The Desert Southwest
• Biography Page - Luci Tapahanso
• Lesson 2 - The Pacific Northwest
• Primary Sources - Totem Poles
• Lesson 3 - The Plains
• Lesson 4 - The Eastern Woodlands
• Lesson 5 - The Arctic
• Field Trip - The Hopi Nation

Unit 2 - Cultures Meet

Chapter 3 - The Age of Exploration

• Lesson 1 - Exploration and Technology
• Primary Sources - Navigational Tools
• Lesson 2 - A Changing World 
• Lesson 3 - Spanish Explorations
• Biography Page - Extivanico
• Lesson 4 - Other Nations Explore

Chapter 4 - Building the First Colonies

• Lesson 1 - The Spanish Colonies
• Biography Page - Bartolome De La Casas
• Lesson 2 - The Virginia Colony
• Biography Page - Pocahontas
• Lesson 3 - The Phymouth Colony
• Lesson 4 - The French and the Dutch
• Field Trip - The Mission San Diege De Alcala

Unit 3 - Settling the Colonies

Chapter 5 - The New England Colonies

• Lesson 1 - Settling New England
• Biography Page - Anne Hutchinson
• Lesson 2 - Life in New England
• Lesson 3 - New England's Economy
• Primary Sources - Colonial Homes

Chapter 6 - The Middle Colonies

• Lesson 1 - Settling the Middle Colonies
• Biography Page - Tamaned
• Lesson 2 - Life in the Middle Colonies
• Lesson 3 - Busy Farms and Seaports

Chapter 7 - The Southern Colonies

• Lesson 1 - Settling the South
• Lesson 2 - Life in the South
• Biography Page - Olaudah Equiano
• Lesson 3 - The Southern Economy
• Field Trip - Colonial Williamsburg

Unit 4 - The American Revolution

Chapter 8 - The Colonies Unite

• Lesson 1 - Competition for Control 
• Lesson 2 - Colonists Speak Out
• Biography Page - Patrick Henry
• Lesson 3 - Disagreements Grow
• Lesson 4 - The Road to War
• Biography Page - Willis Wheatley
• Lesson 5 - Declaring Independence

Chapter 9 - The Revolutionary War

• Lesson 1 - Americans and the Revolution
• Biography Page - Mercy Otis Warren
• Primary Sources - Washington's Mess Chest
• Lesson 2 - Fighting for Independence
• Biography Page - Bernardo De Galvez
• Lesson 3 - Winning Independence
• Lesson 4 - The Effects of the War
• Field Trip - The Freedom Trail

Unit 5 - Governing the Nation

Chapter 10 - The Constitution

• Lesson 1 - The Articles of Confederation
• Lesson 2 - The Constitutional Convention
• Lesson 3 - Three Branches of Government
• Lesson 4 - Approval and the Bill of Rights

Chapter 11 - The American Republic

• Lesson 1 - A Constitutional Democracy
• Lesson 2 - The American Ideal
• Primary Sources - Primary Artifacts
• Lesson 3 - Preserving the Constitution
• Biography Page - Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Field Trip - The National Constitutional Convention

Unit 6 - Western Expansion

Chapter 12 - The Changing Frontier

• Lesson 1 - A Growing Population
• Lesson 2 - Pioneer Life
• Lesson 3 - Exploring the West
• Biography Page - Sacagawea
• Lesson 4 - The War of 1812
• Lesson 5 - American Indian Life Changes

Chapter 13 - Moving West

• Lesson 1 - Western Trails
• Primary Sources - Western Trail Goods
• Lesson 2 - A Growing Nation
• Biography Page - Miguel Hidalgo
• Lesson 3 - From Ocean to Ocean
• Biography Page - Yung Wing
• Lesson 4 - New People and New Ideas
• Biography Page - Harriet Tubman
• Field Trip - End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center

Discuss