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US History	World History	World Geography	Government
US History AP	World History AP	World Geography Pre-AP	Economics

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US HISTORY
1st Six Weeks	2nd Six Weeks	3rd Six Weeks	4th Six Weeks	5th Six Weeks	6th Six Weeks
Unit One Lesson One: Growing Pains – Gilded Age 1877-1898	Unit Four Lesson One: Emergence as a World Power: Spanish American and First World War	Unit Six: Economic Bust – The Great Depression 1929-1939	Unit 8: Differing Ideologies – Cold War 1945-1970s	Unit 11: A New Century Turns – History During Our Own Lives 1990-Present
Unit One Lesson Two: Growing Pains – Gilded Age 1877-1898	Unit Four Lesson Two: Emergence as a World Power: Spanish American and First World War	Unit Seven: Total War – Second World War 1939-1945	Unit 09: Liberty and Justice for All – Civil Rights Movement 1945-1970s	Unit 12: Ever Changing America
Unit One Lesson Three: Growing Pains – Gilded Age 1877-1898	Unit Five: Boom Time – America in the 1920s		Unit 10: A Growing World Presence – New National Directions 1970-1990
Unit One Lesson Four: Growing Pains – Gilded Age 1877-1898
Unit Two: Celebrate Freedom Week
Unit Three: Reforming America – Progressive Era 1898-1920



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US History Scope and Sequence

US HISTORY AP
1st Six Weeks	2nd Six Weeks	3rd Six Weeks	4th Six Weeks	5th Six Weeks	6th Six Weeks
Unit One Lesson One: AP Skills & Colonial History	Unit Three Lesson Two: Federalists & Republicans	Unit Four Lesson Two: Civil War & Reconstruction	Unit Five Lesson Two: American Imperialism & WWI	Unit Seven Lesson One: The 50s & 60s	Unit Nine: APUSH EXAM REVIEW
Unit Two Lesson One: American Revolution & Early Republic	Unit Four Lesson One: Jackson Era & Expanding America	Unit Five Lesson One: The Gilded Age	Unit Six Lesson One: The Roaring 20s & Great Depression	Unit Seven Lesson Two: The Civil Rights Movement	Unit Ten: Post-Exam End of the Year Unit
Unit Three Lesson One: Constitution			Unit Six Lesson Two: World War II	Unit Eight Lesson One: Vietnam & Post Vietnam Era




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WORLD HISTORY
1st Six Weeks	2nd Six Weeks	3rd Six Weeks	4th Six Weeks	5th Six Weeks	6th Six Weeks
Unit One Lesson One, Two, & Three	Unit 4: Medieval Rebuilding & Reconsolidation 600-1450	Unit 6: An Expanding World Unit 7: Ideas Change the World	Units 8 & 9: Political Revolutions, Industrialization, & Imperialism 1750-1914	Unit Ten: Between the Wars 1917-1939	Unit 13: Early Man, Civilizations, & Empire Development Review
				Unit Eleven: World War II – Cold War	Unit 14: Later Empires Review
				Unit Twelve: The Modern World	Unit 15: The Middle Ages Review
					Unit 16: The Modern World 1914-Present
					Unit 16 Lesson Two: The Modern World 1914-Present
					Unit 17: Full Year Review

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World History Scope and Sequence

WORLD GEOGRAPHY
1st Six Weeks	2nd Six Weeks	3rd Six Weeks	4th Six Weeks	5th Six Weeks	6th Six Weeks
Unit One: Physical Patterns and Processes	Unit Three: Celebrate Freedom Week	Unit 5 Lesson 1 Latin America	Unit 7 Lesson 1 Russia	Unit 9 Lesson 1 Africa	Unit 11 Lesson 1 East & Southeast Asia
Unit Two: Human Geography	Unit Four: U.S.A. and Canada	Unit 6 Lesson 1 Europe	Unit 8 Lesson 1 Southwest Asia	Unit 10 Lesson 1 South Asia	Unit 12 Lesson 1 Oceania






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World Geography Scope and Sequence

WORLD GEOGRAPHY PRE-AP
1st Six Weeks	2nd Six Weeks	3rd Six Weeks	4th Six Weeks	5th Six Weeks	6th Six Weeks
Unit One: Physical Processes and Patterns	Unit Three: Celebrate Freedom Week	Unit 5 Lesson 1 Latin America	Unit 7 Lesson 1 Russia	Unit 9 Lesson 1 Africa	Unit 11 Lesson 1 East & Southeast Asia
Unit Two: Human Geography	Unit Four: U.S.A. and Canada	Unit 6 Lesson 1 Europe	Unit 8 Lesson 1 Southwest Asia	Unit 10 Lesson 1 South Asia	Unit 12 Lesson 1 Oceania





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World Geography Scope and Sequence

GOVERNMENT (SEMESTER COURSE)
1st/4th Six Weeks	2nd/5th Six Weeks	3rd/6th Six Weeks
Unit 01: Political Philosophy: Governments Are Instituted Among Men	Unit 03: A Federalist System: A More Perfect Union	Unit 05: Governmental Policies: Establishing Justice and Promoting the General Welfare
Unit 02: The U.S. Constitution: The Blessings of Liberty	Unit 04: The Branches of Government: Of the People, By the People, For the People	Unit 06: The Political Process: We the People








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US Government Scope and Sequence

ECONOMICS (SEMESTER COURSE)
1st/4th Six Weeks	2nd/5th Six Weeks	3rd/6th Six Weeks
Unit One: Fundamentals of Economics	Unit Three: Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth	Unit Four: Public Policy and the Economy
Unit Two: The Market and Trade		Unit Five: Personal Financial Decisions





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Economics Scope and Sequence

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