Unit: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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

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