Grade 11 – US H&G
I: Establishing America
Review the founding of the colonies from the European explorers to the establishment of the Atlantic Coast.
II: Road to War
Explore the policies King George III enacted on the colonists and why independence was the final choice.
IV: Foundations of American Government
Find resources to develop a better understanding of the backbone of America - The United States Constitution. Complete with web lessons and interactive notes.
V: Principles of the Constitution
What does the Constitution REALLY say about state rights, federal powers, and individual liberties? Has popular media distorted the truth?
VII: The Civil War
More American casualties occurred in the Civil War than any other conflict the United States has ever been involved with. What were they fighting for? Slavery? Economic growth? Social opportunities?
X: America's Industrial Revolution
From child labor to monopolies and labor unions to factories, learn more about the growth of American industry at the turn of the century.
XI: The Progressive Era
In a time of political and economic corruption, learn how Americans changed their destiny and made progress through social change by way of media and popular choice.
XII: Great Depression and New Deal
Was it FDR's New Deal or the onset of World War I that pulled America out of the Depression? From Boom to Bust learn what was at stake in America during the early 1900's.
XIII: World War I
Find out how America's involvement in the Great War changed domestic and foreign policies as well as America's position as a world power.
XIV: World War II
Important resources to learn about some landmark cases that will be useful on the NYS Regents' Exam in June.
XV: The Cold War
The post WWII era was full of nuclear tension and the space race. Find out more about the United States' stance during these troubling times.
XVI: Domestic Policy: 1945-1989
Following World War II the United States role in the global theater would drastically increase.
XVII: Civil Rights Movement
Learn more about Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, The NAACP, and the Black Panthers among other individuals and groups that fought for racial equality.
XVIII: Post Cold War - Y2K
From the Fall of the Berlin Wall, to Clinton's scandals, the Bush eras, and the worries of Y2K.
- 1.a – Establishing America
- 2.a – Path to Independence
- 2.b – Foundations of American Government
- 2.c – Principles of the Constitution
- Expansion, Nationalism, Sectionalism
- Civil War and Reconstruction
- Industrialism and Urbanization
- The Gilded Age
- The Populist Era
- American Progress
- World War I (USHG)
- Great Depression & New Deal
- World War II
- The Cold War Begins
- America From 1945-1980
- Civil Rights Movement
- The Modern Era
- Twenty First Century Issues
- Landmark Cases
- NYSFramework