Articles of Confederation

The “First Constitution” approved by the Second Continental Congress to establish the functions of the national government after independence from Great Britain.

Declaration of Independence

The Preamble, the Statement of Human Rights,
Charges Against Human Rights, Charges Against the King
and Parliament, and Statement of Separation and Signatures.

U.S. Constitution

Preamble, articles, amendments, and the amendment
process. Expressed, implied, and inherent powers. How it
addressed deficiencies of the Articles of Confederation.

Branches of Government

Executive, legislative, and judicial branches and
examples to illustrated and understand the system of
checks and balances.

Bill of Rights

Natural law, motives, review and analyses of the
first ten amendments.

Voting Rights Amendments

The 15th, 19th, 24th and 26th amendments.

Federal & State Powers

Supremacy clause, coin money, regulate commerce,
declare war. Exclusive and shared powers of federal and
s tate governments.

Civic & Political Participation

Rights and responsibilities of citizens, running for office and
supporting political candidates.
American History.

Early America: Colonization

Explorations and colonies established by England, Spain,
Portugal, and France. Jamestown, Massachusetts Bay.

The 13 Colonies

Economic, geographic, and religious features of the
New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.

American Revolution

The Quartering Act, Battles of Lexington and Concord,
Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre, effects of the
French & Indian War.

Westward Expansion

Manifest Destiny, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark,
Transcontinental Railroad, Trail of Tears, Treaty of Paris,
Mexican-American War.

War of 1812

America vs. Great Britain again. Induction of sailors into
British Royal Navy, economic blockades, British support
of Indian tribes

The Jacksonian Era

“Era of the Common Man.” White male suffrage,
Manifest Destiny, Indian Removal Act of 1830.

Civil War

Abolition of slavery, secession of 11 states, the
North-South economies, states’ rights.

Reconstruction

Readmission to the Union and rebuilding the South after the
Civil War. Redress of slavery, political, economic challenges.

Places & Regions

5 geographical region s of the world and regions of the U.S.,
oceans, landforms, time zones, and more.

Environment & Society

Industrialized regions, agricultural regions, how natural resources
affect local economies and business. Spatial patterns.

World in Spatial Terms

Hemispheres, latitude and longitude, equator,
prime meridian, scale measurements.

Physical Systems

Weather systems, climates, natural events. maps, charts, tables.

Human Systems

Human settlement patterns, populations, ethnicities and cultures.

Free Market Economics

Producers and consumers. Pricing, supply and demand,
equilibrium, opportunity costs. Competition and monopolies.

Economic Systems

Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism. Alternative ways
to use resources to produce and distribute goods and services.

Economic Cycles

Inflation, deflation, recession, depression. Expansion, peak,
contraction, trough.

Global Economics

Free trade, econoomic interdependence, tariffs, barriers to trade,
globalization and comparative advantage.