Course Outline Ongoing: SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS: STUDY THE DIFFERENT TOOLS USED BY GEOGRAPHERS AND HISTORIANS, INCLUDING

MAPS, CHARTS, GRAPHS, AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS. RESEARCH SKILLS: LEARN AND PUT INTO PRACTICE RESEARCH METHODS INVOLVING SEEKING, LOCATING AND SYNTHESIZING INFORMATION September October ENGLISH COLONIZATION: Roanoke, Jamestown, Pilgrims, The 13 Original Colonies COLONIAL GROWTH: Colonial Life, Colonial Government, French and Indian War ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE: British Taxation, British Acts, Declaration of Independence November December THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR: George Washington, Redcoats, Boston, Yorktown BUILDING A NEW COUNTRY: Articles of Confederation, The Constitution, The First Presidents, Political Parties, Early Struggles CIVICS: Constitution, Bill of Rights, Civic Responsibility, Supreme Court Cases January February WESTWARD EXPANSION: Thomas Jefferson, Louisiana Purchase, War of 1812, Lewis and Clark THE JACKSON ERA: Jacksonian Democracy, Conflict Over the National Bank, Manifest Destiny ROAD TO THE CIVIL WAR: Economic Differences, Political Differences, Slavery, Cotton, Abolition, Womens Rights March April THE CIVIL WAR: Secession, The Two Sides, Battles, Life During the War, Union Victory RECONSTRUCTION: Plans, Carpetbaggers, Muckrakers, Changes in the South STAAR TEST: Prepare for and administer the STAAR TEST May June MODERN US HISTORY: WWI, WWII, 911, Global Markets WORLD GEOGRAPHY PREP CUMULATIVE US HISTORY PROJECT THIS OUTLINE IS TO BE USED AS A GUIDE AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR