Lesson 1: DEVELOPING ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS
8000 AD – 500BC Growth of economic and political systems from the Neolithic Revolution to the collapse of the Roman Empire; impact of spatial diffusion between Europe, Asia, and Africa resulting from conquests, trade, and major religious beliefs; correlates locations of ancient civilizations and trade routes with current geopolitical maps; economic, geographic, and political vocabulary in reading context; charts, graphs, maps, and document based questions.

Lesson 2: FROM CHAOS TO COMMERCE
500BC – 1500BC Traces the impact of economic upheaval and religious ideology on the development of social, economic, and political systems in Europe and to a lesser degree in the Middle East and Africa; growth of Feudal System, Crusades, rise of European nations / monarchies, English Court System, Magna Carta; influence of technology in India and China; Commercial Revolution, discovery of the New World, European exploration, colonization, competition for markets, trade routes, and resources; major personalities; charts graphs, maps, and document based questions

US Component

Lesson 3: THE STRUGGLE AND THE VISION 1607 – 1787
Jamestown, Virginia Charter, major English documents, colonial government, colonial grievances, civil disobedience, Declaration of Independence, Revolutionary War, Treaty of Paris, Articles of Confederation, Constitutional Convention, Federalist and Anti-Federalist, ratification, Electoral College, Bill of Rights, major personalities

Lesson 4: THE EARLY YEARS 1787 – 1820
Washington’s precedents, Hamilton’s monetary system, foreign policy, political parties, elastic clause, XYZ, Alien and Sedition Acts, Nullification, 12th Amendment, Marbury v Madison, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark, embargo, Madison, War of 1812, protective tariff, sectional economics, Missouri Compromise, Florida, Monroe Doctrine

Lesson 5: EXPANSION AND DISSENTION 1824 – 1860
Corrupt Bargain, political conventions, nullification, Force Act, national bank, Indian Removal, Second Great Awakening, abolitionist, temperance, Seneca Falls, Manifest Destiny, Texas statehood, Mexican American War, Compromise of 1850, Japan Trade Agreement, Transcontinental Railroad Debate - Gadsden Purchase, Kansas Nebraska Act, Bleeding Kansas, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Republican Party, personalities of the period

Lesson 6: THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION 1860 – 1876
Election, Session, Fort Sumter, battle strategy, transcontinental telegraph, emancipation, Gettysburg, Sherman’s March, surrender, domestic legislation, Union Ticket, assassination, 13th Amendment, Freedman’s Bureau, 14th Amendment, Military Reconstruction, Alaska, impeachment, 15th Amendment, Spoils System, Election 1876.

Lesson 7: THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION TO THE 21ST CENTURY
This lesson causes student to understand and: Trace the technological development of modern industry from 1769 – the 21st Century. Consider the impact of new technologies on world markets, resources, and people. Interpret the geopolitical impact of competing nations' domestic and foreign policies.

Lesson 8: DOCUMENT BASED QUESTIONS
(These documents are in addition to the one used in the other lessons) Each of the seven documents is designed to be a separate short lesson or quiz. These lessons help students to develop: Reading, vocabulary, and testing skills. Contextual links and inference skills.

Lesson 9: MAPS, GRAPHS, AND CHARTS
(These graphics are in addition to the ones used in the other lessons).
Each map, graph, and chart is Each graphic is designed to be a separate short lesson or quiz. These mini lessons cause students to: Understand the different types and purposes of graphics used on the TAKS. Develop the skills to analyze graphics and determine appropriate test answers.