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8th Grade U.S. History

12 Plans

The Civil War: Causes & Conflict

Reading: How Did the Nation Move Closer to Civil War?

The Constitution: Compromises & Structure of Government

The American Revolution: Causes & Independence

The Early Industrial Revolution: Inventions & Transportation

Reform Movements: Abolition, Women's Rights & the Struggle for Democracy

Reading: Reform Movements in the 1800s: Trying to Improve American Society

Westward Expansion & Manifest Destiny

The Vietnam War

Financial Scams Coming Soon

Industrialization Coming Soon

Analyzing Columbus

1st Amendment and the Flag

Separation of Powers

View All U.S. History I Standards 7 strands · 26 standards · Full curriculum map

Read the Story: Reform Movements in the 1800s Story Reader · Abolition, women's rights, education, labor

Read the Story: How Did the Nation Move Closer to Civil War? Story Reader · Kansas-Nebraska, Dred Scott, John Brown

10th Grade World History

7 Plans

The Enlightenment & Age of Revolution

The Renaissance: Rebirth of Art & Learning

The Rise & Spread of Islam

Ancient Greece: The Birth of Democracy

The Neolithic Revolution

The Pinochet File

Chile in the Cold War

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11th Grade U.S. History II

6 Plans

The Civil Rights Movement: Strategies & Struggles

The Great Depression & the New Deal

World War I: The Great War & the American Home Front

The Progressive Era: Muckrakers & Reform

The Industrial Revolution & the Rise of Big Business

Reading: Big Bob vs. Little Bob — The Rubin–Reich Feud (1996)

Reading: Were Labor Unions Justified in Using Strikes to Demand Change?

Immigration & Urbanization in the Gilded Age

View All U.S. History II Standards 6 strands · 22 standards · Full curriculum map

The Iraq War & WMDs Controversial History entry

Read the Story: Industrial Revolution Story Reader · Labor Unions & Strikes debate

Financial Literacy

4 Plans

House Hacking

Taxes & Retirement

Credit

Financial Scams Coming Soon

World Geography

7 Plans

Cities & Urban Land Use

Agriculture & Rural Land Use

Political Geography

Cultural Patterns & Processes

Population & Migration

The Pinochet File

Chile in the Cold War

U.S Government

4 Plans

Voting Rights & Elections: The Ongoing Struggle for the Ballot

How a Bill Becomes a Law: The Legislative Branch

The Bill of Rights: Civil Liberties in Everyday Life

The Constitution: Separation of Powers & Checks and Balances

Psychology

5 Plans

Mental & Physical Health Coming Soon

Social & Personality

Deindividuation

Social Influence

Development & Learning Coming Soon

Cognition Coming Soon

Biological Coming Soon

NBCT Study Standards

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NBCT Standards Ages 7-10

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Digital Literacy

5 Plans

Astroturfing: When 'The People' Are Actually a PR Campaign

Lateral Reading: How Fact-Checkers Verify Online Information

Deepfakes and Synthetic Media: Seeing Is No Longer Believing

The Algorithmic Attention Economy: Who Decides What You See?

Iran Monitoring Civilians

Student Leaders

2 Plans

Time is power

Praise in public

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