SOCIAL STUDIES PLANS FOR 2006 - 2007

A Young Nation Adventures in Time and Place
Copyright 1999 McGraw-Hill  ISBN 0-02-148283-7

Unit One Americans and Our Environment

Chapter 1 Life in the United States (Not tested)
    Lesson 1 Americans Today
    Lesson 2 Our Country’s Government
    Lesson 3 Our Country’s History

Chapter 2 Geography of the United States (Not tested)
    Lesson 1 The American Land
    Lesson 2 Our Country’s Climate
    Lesson 3 Our Country’s Natural Resources

Unit Two Culture West and East

Chapter 3 Early Peoples of the Western Hemisphere
    Lesson 1 The Maya
    Lesson 2 The Aztec
    Lesson 3 The Anasazi

Chapter 4 Native Americans of North America
    Lesson 1 Native Americans of the West
    Lesson 2 Native Americans of the Southwest
    Lesson 3 Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands

Chapter 5 Life in the Eastern Hemisphere (Not tested)
    Lesson 1 Asian Emperors and Traders
    Lesson 2 African Kingdoms
    Lesson 3 Europe’s Age of Exploration

Unit Three Contact and Exploration

Chapter 6 Contact: East Meets West
    Lesson 1 Europeans Come to the Americas
    Lesson 2 Explorers and Conquerors
    Lesson 3 The Spanish Build an Empire

Chapter 7 Early European Settlements of North America
    Lesson 1 Early European Settlements
    Lesson 2 The Search for a Northwest Passage
    Lesson 3 The Jamestown Colony
    Lesson 4 They Plymouth Colony

Unit Four Colonization and Conflict

Chapter 8 The English Establish 13 Colonies
    Lesson 1 The New England Colonies
    Lesson 2 The Middle Colonies
    Lesson 3 The Southern Colonies

Chapter 9 Life in the 13 English Colonies
    Lesson 1 Why They Came
    Lesson 2 The Colonial Economy
    Lesson 3 Slavery in the Colonies
    Lesson 4 The Colonial Way of Live

Chapter 10 The Struggle for North America
    Lesson 1 Spanish Missions
    Lesson 2 The French in North America
    Lesson 3 The French and Indian War

Unit Five Independence and New Government

Chapter 11 Breaking Ties with Great Britain
    Lesson 1 The Road to Self-Government
    Lesson 2 The 13 Colonies Rebel
    Lesson 3 The Revolution Begins

Chapter 12 The American Revolution
    Lesson 1 The Declaration of Independence
    Lesson 2 The Continental Army
    Lesson 3 Independence at Last

Chapter 13 The Constitution of the United States
    Lesson 1 The Articles of Confederation
    Lesson 2 The Constitutional Convention
    Lesson 3 How the Constitution Works
    Lesson 4 Ratifying the Constitution

Unit Six Expansion and Change

Chapter 14 A Young United States
    Lesson 1 Geography of the Young Country
    Lesson 2 Jefferson Plans for Growth
    Lesson 3 The War of 1812
    Lesson 4 The Times of Andrew Jackson

Chapter 15 A Changing Country (Not tested)
    Lesson 1 The Industrial Revolution
    Lesson 2 Roads, Rivers, and Rails
    Lesson 3 Moving to Texas
    Lesson 4 War with Mexico
    Lesson 5 Western Trails

Unit Seven Slavery and Emancipation

Chapter 16 The Time of Slavery
    Lesson 1 Slavery Divides the Country
    Lesson 2 The Fight for Equality
    Lesson 3 The Nation Heads for War

Chapter 17 The Civil War and Reconstruction
    Lesson 1 The War Between the States
    Lesson 2 The Union Moves Toward Victory
    Lesson 3 The Union Stands
    Lesson 4 Reconstruction