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CoursesCG3 History and Social Sciences

AP course · CG3 History and Social Sciences

AP United States History.

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Contextualizing Period 1

Period 1: 1491–1607

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Period 1: 1491–1607
Period 2: 1607–1754
Period 3: 1754–1800
Period 4: 1800–1848
Period 5: 1844–1877
Period 6: 1865–1898
Period 7: 1890–1945
Period 8: 1945–1980
Period 9: 1980–Present

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Period 1: 1491–1607

7 lessons · 1 unit

Unit 01

Period 1: 1491–1607

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Contextualizing Period 1Lesson
Native American Societies Before European ContactLesson
European Exploration in the AmericasLesson
Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and ConquestLesson
Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonial SystemLesson
Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and AfricansLesson
Causation in Period 1Lesson

02

Period 2: 1607–1754

8 lessons · 1 unit

Unit 01

Period 2: 1607–1754

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Contextualizing Period 2Lesson
European ColonizationLesson
The Regions of British ColoniesLesson
Transatlantic TradeLesson
Interactions Between American Indians and EuropeansLesson
Slavery in the British ColoniesLesson
Colonial Society and CultureLesson
Comparison in Period 2Lesson

03

Period 3: 1754–1800

13 lessons · 1 unit

Unit 01

Period 3: 1754–1800

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Contextualizing Period 3Lesson
The Seven Years’ War (The French and Indian War)Lesson
Taxation Without RepresentationLesson
Philosophical Foundations of the American RevolutionLesson
The American RevolutionLesson
The Influence of Revolutionary IdealsLesson
The Articles of ConfederationLesson
The Constitutional Convention and Debates over RatificationLesson
The ConstitutionLesson
Shaping a New RepublicLesson
Developing an American IdentityLesson
Movement in the Early RepublicLesson
Continuity and Change in Period 3Lesson

04

Period 4: 1800–1848

14 lessons · 1 unit

Unit 01

Period 4: 1800–1848

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Contextualizing Period 4Lesson
The Rise of Political Parties and the Era of JeffersonLesson
Politics and Regional InterestsLesson
America on the World StageLesson
Market Revolution: IndustrializationLesson
Market Revolution: Society and CultureLesson
Expanding DemocracyLesson
Jackson and Federal PowerLesson
The Development of an American CultureLesson
The Second Great AwakeningLesson
An Age of ReformLesson
African Americans in the Early RepublicLesson
The Society of the South in the Early RepublicLesson
Causation in Period 4Lesson

05

Period 5: 1844–1877

12 lessons · 1 unit

Unit 01

Period 5: 1844–1877

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Contextualizing Period 5Lesson
Manifest DestinyLesson
The Mexican–American WarLesson
The Compromise of 1850Lesson
Sectional Conflict: Regional DifferencesLesson
Failure of CompromiseLesson
Election of 1860 and SecessionLesson
Military Conflict in the Civil WarLesson
Government Policies During the Civil WarLesson
ReconstructionLesson
Failure of ReconstructionLesson
Comparison in Period 5Lesson

06

Period 6: 1865–1898

14 lessons · 1 unit

Unit 01

Period 6: 1865–1898

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Contextualizing Period 6Lesson
Westward Expansion: Economic DevelopmentLesson
Westward Expansion: Social and Cultural DevelopmentLesson
The “New South”Lesson
Technological InnovationLesson
The Rise of Industrial CapitalismLesson
Labor in the Gilded AgeLesson
Immigration and Migration in the Gilded AgeLesson
Responses to Immigration in the Gilded AgeLesson
Development of the Middle ClassLesson
Reform in the Gilded AgeLesson
Controversies over the Role of Government in the Gilded AgeLesson
Politics in the Gilded AgeLesson
Continuity and Change Period 6Lesson

07

Period 7: 1890–1945

15 lessons · 1 unit

Unit 01

Period 7: 1890–1945

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Contextualizing Period 7Lesson
Imperialism: DebatesLesson
The Spanish–American WarLesson
The ProgressivesLesson
World War I: Military and DiplomacyLesson
World War I: Home FrontLesson
1920s: Innovations in Communication and TechnologyLesson
1920s: Cultural and Political ControversiesLesson
The Great DepressionLesson
The New DealLesson
Interwar Foreign PolicyLesson
World War II: MobilizationLesson
World War II: MilitaryLesson
Postwar DiplomacyLesson
Comparison in Period 7Lesson

08

Period 8: 1945–1980

15 lessons · 1 unit

Unit 01

Period 8: 1945–1980

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Contextualizing Period 8Lesson
The Cold War from 1945 to 1980Lesson
The Red ScareLesson
Economy after 1945Lesson
Culture after 1945Lesson
Early Steps in the Civil Rights Movement (1940s and 1950s)Lesson
America as a World PowerLesson
The Vietnam WarLesson
The Great SocietyLesson
The African American Civil Rights Movement (1960s)Lesson
The Civil Rights Movement ExpandsLesson
Youth Culture of the 1960sLesson
The Environment and Natural Resources from 1968 to 1980Lesson
Society in TransitionLesson
Continuity and Change in Period 8Lesson

09

Period 9: 1980–Present

7 lessons · 1 unit

Unit 01

Period 9: 1980–Present

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Contextualizing Period 9Lesson
Reagan and ConservatismLesson
The End of the Cold WarLesson
A Changing EconomyLesson
Migration and Immigration in the 1990s and 2000sLesson
Challenges of the 21st CenturyLesson
Causation in Period 9Lesson

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