US Trek: Teacher's Guide

American Roots

Birth of the US

Expansion/
Reaction

Civil War/
Reconstruction

Semester 2 Topics
Progress Era

20s/ Depression WW2 to Cold War

Upheaval U.S. in Y2K

Teacher's Guide

The Teacher's Guide gives detailed information about what will be covered in the US Trek, replacing that with detailed information about what has been covered after the fact.

Note that given the K-3 emphasis on holidays and important people from history, we are providing a separate listing under each of these headings for what will be covered in the special K-6 section of the website as it relates to these holidays and people.

The content for the 4th-6th graders in the special K-6 section and for the 7th-12th graders will address the same themes and are therefore listed here together. The 4th-6th content that will be available will simply be abridged and age-appropriate.

Semester 1 - US History through Industrialization

8/15 - 10/14

In Search of
American
Roots
( - 1760)

10/18 - 10/28

The Birth
of the
United States
(1760 - 1800)

11/1 - 11/18

Expansion
and
Reaction
(1800 - 1860)

11/22 - 12/20

Civil War
and
Reconstruction
(1850 - 1890)

12/23 - 1/13

Transformation
of the
United States
(1865 - 1900)

Semester 2 - The US in the 20th Century

1/17 . 1/27

The Progressive Era

1/31 . 2/24

The Roaring 20s
and
the Great Depression

2/28 . 3/10

The World War to the Cold War

3/14 . 4/14

America in Upheaval

4/18 . 5/12

The US at the New Millennium