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Lessons at a Glance

• Chapter 1
  • Lesson 1: The American Land
  • Lesson 2: European Exploration and Settlement
  • Lesson 3: Europeans and Native Peoples
  • Lesson 4: Life in the English Colonies
  Chapter 2
  • Lesson 1: An Emerging American Identity
  • Lesson 2: Growing Conflict with England
  • Lesson 3: Fighting the American Revolution
  • Lesson 4: Fighting the War at Home
  Chapter 3
  • Lesson 1: Roots of Government
  • Lesson 2: The Articles of Confederation
  • Lesson 3: The Crisis of Confederation
  Chapter 4
  • Lesson 1: The Constitutional Convention
  • Lesson 2: The Ratification Debate
  • Lesson 3: The Bill of Rights
  Chapter 5
  • Lesson 1: Internal Conflict
  • Lesson 2: Jefferson and the Republicans
  • Lesson 3: The United States and the World
  Chapter 6
  • Lesson 1: Republicanism and Culture
  • Lesson 2: The First Western President
  • Lesson 3: How Others Saw Us
  Chapter 7
  • Lesson 1: Life Changes Along the Atlantic Seaboard
  • Lesson 2: The Trans-Appalachian Frontier
  • Lesson 3: The Changing World of American Indians
  • Lesson 4: The Next Wave of Immigrants
  Chapter 8
  • Lesson 1: Exploring Beyond the Mississippi
  • Lesson 2: Achieving Manifest Destiny
  • Lesson 3: Settling the West
  • Lesson 4: Surviving on the Frontier
  Chapter 9
  • Lesson 1: The Industrial Revolution
  • Lesson 2: The Urban North
  • Lesson 3: Seeking a Better Way
  Chapter 10
  • Lesson 1: The Cotton Kingdom
  • Lesson 2: Life on the Plantation
  • Lesson 3: The Other Souths
  Chapter 11
  • Lesson 1: The Sectional Conflict
  • Lesson 2: The Antislavery Movement
  • Lesson 3: The Road to Bleeding Kansas
  • Lesson 4: The House Divided
  Chapter 12
  • Lesson 1: North Versus South
  • Lesson 2: A Nation at War
  • Lesson 3: War on the Home Front
  • Lesson 4: The Long March to Surrender
  Chapter 13
  • Lesson 1: A Time for Reconciliation
  • Lesson 2: Radical Reconstruction
  • Lesson 3: Southern Life Under Reconstruction
  Chapter 14
  • Lesson 1: A Time of Change
  • Lesson 2: Culture of the Plains Indians
  • Lesson 3: Indian Lands Lost
  • Lesson 4: Resettlement of the Land
  Chapter 15
  • Lesson 1: Building the American Dream
  • Lesson 2: Moving into Industrial Cities
  • Lesson 3: The Workers' Changing World
  • Lesson 4: Destination: America
  Chapter 16
  • Lesson 1: The Politics of Corruption
  • Lesson 2: The Reforming Impulse
  • Lesson 3: The Populist Revolt
  Chapter 17
  • Lesson 1: The Shame of the Cities
  • Lesson 2: Progressive Reform
  • Lesson 3: Competing Crusades
  Chapter 18
  • Lesson 1: International Expansion
  • Lesson 2: Conflict and Conquest
  • Lesson 3: America at War
  • Lesson 4: Impact of the War
  Chapter 19
  • Lesson 1: A Land of Immigrants
  • Lesson 2: America's Many Cultures
  • Lesson 3: The Gates Reopened
  Chapter 20
  • Lesson 1: A Government of Citizens
  • Lesson 2: Putting the Constitution to Work
  • Lesson 3: Making a Difference

Unit Activities and Resources

• Unit 1: A Land of Promise
  • Activity: Understanding Primary Sources: Spread the News!: July 4, 1776
  • Activity: The Ships That Changed the Map
  • Internet Resources
  Unit 2: The Constitution of the United States
  • Activity: Understanding Primary Sources: Real-Life Rights
  • Activity: Constitutional Questions
  • Internet Resources
  Unit 3: Establishing a New Nation
  • Activity: Understanding Primary Sources: Indian Removal
  • Activity: The Immigrant Experience
  • Internet Resources
  Unit 4: The Development of America's Regions
  • Activity: Understanding Primary Sources: The Erie Canal
  • Activity: The Disease, the Cure
  • Internet Resources
  Unit 5: The Nation Divides and Reunites
  • Activity: Understanding Primary Sources: A Hall of Heroes
  • Activity: Battles of the Civil War
  • Internet Resources
  Unit 6: A Time of Transformation
  • Activity: Understanding Primary Sources: Daily Life of the Poor in Industrial Cities
  • Activity: Parallel Inventions
  • Internet Resources
  Unit 7: The Promise Continues
  • Activity: Understanding Primary Sources: A Civil Rights Profile
  • Activity: What's News?
  • Internet Resources

From My Class to Yours -

Try these teacher-created activities to support and extend activities in Houghton Mifflin Social Studies textbook program. Activities A Closer Look - Add to your investigation of historical and cultural clues by visiting Internet sites on these topics. The Colonial Farm The Federalist Papers The Battle of New Orleans Cities -- Old and New The Battle of the Alamo Appalachian Crafts Civil War Technology The Rebuilding of Richmond Plains Indian Culture Ellis Island Immigrants Gilded Age Elections Sweatshops Building the Panama Canal The March on Washington A Moment in Time -Get your passport ready! Continue your travel through time to meet fascinating people and visit far away places on the Internet. A Minuteman A China-bound Sailor A Cherokee Mother and Son A Telegraph Operator A Quaker Abolitionist A Chicago Newsboy A Hmong Woman Home School Connection Unit 1 Letter: A Land of Promise Unit 2 Letter: The Constitution of the United States Unit 3 Letter: Establishing the New Nation Unit 4 Letter: The Development of America's Regions Unit 5 Letter: The Nation Divides and Reunites Unit 6 Letter: A Time of Transformation Unit 7 Letter: The Promise Continues Literature Activity Masters -Just click on a book title below to go to the literature activity masters that support that title. Please note that Before Reading activities should be completed before reading the book and Read and Respond activities should be completed during or after reading the book. Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Russell Freedman The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Linclon, illustrated by Michael McCurdy A Young Patriot by Jim Murphy The Underground Railroad by Raymond Bial An Enemy Among Them by Deborah DeFord and Harry S. Stout On the Long Trail Home by Elisabeth J. Stewart Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor by Russell Freedman, photos by Lewis Hine Tae's Sonata by Haemi Balgassi Bibliography Primary Sources on the Web

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