6th Grade American History Since 1865 Online
The second half of a detailed two-year survey of the history of the United States, this course takes students from the westward movement of the late 1800s to the present. Lessons integrate topics in geography, civics, and economics. The course guides students through critical episodes in the story of America. Students examine the effect of the settlement of the American West; investigate the social, political, and economic changes that resulted from industrialization; explore the changing role of the United States in international affairs from the late nineteenth century through the end of the Cold War; and trace major events and trends in the United States from the Cold War through the first decade of the twenty-first century.
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Wall Map Set
SEMESTER 1
Unit 1: Changing and Growing
- Introduction
- Westward Ho!
- A Cowboy’s Life
- Rails
- Homesteading
- Losing a Way of Life
- Sorrow
Unit 2: Crusaders, Newcomers, and Innovators
- Corruption and Crusaders
- Mark His Words
- New Arrivals
- Barring the Doors
- Wyoming Wins
- Don’t Citizens Vote?
- Finding and Organizing Information
- Writing the Essay
- Separate But Unequal
- Courage
- Differing Views
Unit 3: Politics, Power, and the People
- Getting and Giving
- Mountains of Money
- How Much Is Too Much?
- Building Up
- In Office
- A Third Party
- Money Matters
- Money Debates
- A Grand Campaign
- All Americans?
Unit 4: Making Things Better
- Changes at Work
- Samuel Gompers
- Mother Jones
- Raking Muck
- Tackling Trusts
- Citizen of the Earth
- Woman of Peace
- How Close Are We?
- Progressing
Unit 5: Writing an Essay
- Choosing a Topic
- Choosing a Position
- Writing the Essay
Unit 6: Entering a New Century
- Born to Run
- Wanting War
- Wanting More
- Our Youngest President
- Our Biggest President
- Professor President
- Entangled in War
- Ending War
Unit 7: A Fascinating Era
- Amending Behavior
- Doubling Voters
- Seeing Red
- The Twenties
- The Jazz Age
- More Jazz
- Jazzing Things Up
- Tell Us What It Means
- Boom and Bust
- Suffering
- Democracy in Danger
SEMESTER 2
Unit 8: Hard Times
- Young Franklin
- A Woman of Courage
- Polio and Politics
- A Powerful President
- The Government Grows
- Choosing a Topic
- Forming a Thesis
- Completing the Essay Outline
- Writing the First Draft
- Writing the Final Draft
Unit 9: The Second World War
- Dictating Disaster
- Hatred in Action
- Why War?
- War
- Who Was Who?
- Democracy Defended
- Democracy Denied
- Strategies
- The Beginning of the End
- Closing In
- End of an Era
- End of War
- A Beginning
Unit 10: Recovery, Reaction, Reform
- New Challenges
- New Leadership
- Fighting Bad Ideas
- Despite the Polls
- Seeing Red Again
- Hunting Reds
- The Nifty Fifties
- New Ways of Live
- Trouble Abroad
- Playing for Change
- Breaking Barriers
- Champions of Change
- Child Champions
Unit 11: A Turbulent Time
- JFK
- Crises
- Time to Act
- A Tragic Transition
- The Great Society
- Still Not Equal
- More Guns Than Butter
- Conflict Within Conflict
- Women Speak Out
- Moving North
- Migrants
- Hope and Hatred
- Victories and Violence
Unit 12: Not So Long Ago
- Marching to a Different Beat
- The Nixon Era
- Writing Wrongs