History curriculum

A history course centered on chronology, causation, primary-source analysis, historical argument, and U.S. history depth.

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History curriculum

A history course centered on chronology, causation, primary-source analysis, historical argument, and U.S. history depth.

Pacing

8 units, 24-32 weeks self-paced

Units

8 unit sequence

Practice

16 checked answers

Support

Self-paced or tutor-guided

Outcomes

Build historical arguments from evidence instead of memorized timelines.
Analyze primary and secondary sources for context, audience, purpose, and limits.
Explain continuity and change across major periods.

Unit sequence

Built for independent progress first, then tutor support where the student gets stuck.

01
Historical thinking
- Use sourcing, context, corroboration, causation, and periodization.
- Separate claim, evidence, and interpretation.
Practice: Analyze two primary sources with author, audience, purpose, and historical situation.
Original practice checks
Answer in PeerTutor, then use the explanation or bring the miss to a tutor.
2 checked answers
Unit readiness
Which target best matches the History unit "Historical thinking"?
Trace regional differences.Explain Indigenous societies, colonization, slavery, and imperial conflict.Use sourcing, context, corroboration, causation, and periodization.Separate claim, evidence, and interpretation.
Practice artifact
Which practice artifact should you produce for "Historical thinking" before asking a tutor for help?
Skip the unit and start a new subject.Analyze two primary sources with author, audience, purpose, and historical situation.Memorize vocabulary without checking any examples.Watch videos without writing or solving anything.
02
Colonial worlds and early America
- Explain Indigenous societies, colonization, slavery, and imperial conflict.
- Trace regional differences.
Practice: Compare two colonial regions using economy, labor, and culture.
Original practice checks
Answer in PeerTutor, then use the explanation or bring the miss to a tutor.
2 checked answers
Unit readiness
Which target best matches the History unit "Colonial worlds and early America"?
Trace regional differences.Use sourcing, context, corroboration, causation, and periodization.Separate claim, evidence, and interpretation.Explain Indigenous societies, colonization, slavery, and imperial conflict.
Practice artifact
Which practice artifact should you produce for "Colonial worlds and early America" before asking a tutor for help?
Memorize vocabulary without checking any examples.Watch videos without writing or solving anything.Skip the unit and start a new subject.Compare two colonial regions using economy, labor, and culture.
03
Revolution and Constitution
- Analyze causes and consequences of revolution.
- Explain constitutional debates and early republic politics.
Practice: Write a thesis about whether the Revolution was radical.
Original practice checks
Answer in PeerTutor, then use the explanation or bring the miss to a tutor.
2 checked answers
Unit readiness
Which target best matches the History unit "Revolution and Constitution"?
Analyze causes and consequences of revolution.Explain Indigenous societies, colonization, slavery, and imperial conflict.Use sourcing, context, corroboration, causation, and periodization.Separate claim, evidence, and interpretation.
Practice artifact
Which practice artifact should you produce for "Revolution and Constitution" before asking a tutor for help?
Watch videos without writing or solving anything.Memorize vocabulary without checking any examples.Write a thesis about whether the Revolution was radical.Skip the unit and start a new subject.
04
Expansion, reform, and sectional conflict
- Explain market revolution, reform movements, expansion, and slavery.
- Connect ideology to conflict.
Practice: Build a causation map for the Civil War.
Original practice checks
Answer in PeerTutor, then use the explanation or bring the miss to a tutor.
2 checked answers
Unit readiness
Which target best matches the History unit "Expansion, reform, and sectional conflict"?
Separate claim, evidence, and interpretation.Use sourcing, context, corroboration, causation, and periodization.Explain Indigenous societies, colonization, slavery, and imperial conflict.Connect ideology to conflict.
Practice artifact
Which practice artifact should you produce for "Expansion, reform, and sectional conflict" before asking a tutor for help?
Watch videos without writing or solving anything.Memorize vocabulary without checking any examples.Build a causation map for the Civil War.Skip the unit and start a new subject.
05
Civil War and Reconstruction
- Analyze war aims, emancipation, Reconstruction, and backlash.
- Use primary sources to evaluate competing claims.
Practice: Write a source-based paragraph on Reconstruction's successes and failures.
Original practice checks
Answer in PeerTutor, then use the explanation or bring the miss to a tutor.
2 checked answers
Unit readiness
Which target best matches the History unit "Civil War and Reconstruction"?
Separate claim, evidence, and interpretation.Explain Indigenous societies, colonization, slavery, and imperial conflict.Analyze war aims, emancipation, Reconstruction, and backlash.Use sourcing, context, corroboration, causation, and periodization.
Practice artifact
Which practice artifact should you produce for "Civil War and Reconstruction" before asking a tutor for help?
Memorize vocabulary without checking any examples.Skip the unit and start a new subject.Write a source-based paragraph on Reconstruction's successes and failures.Watch videos without writing or solving anything.
06
Industrialization and empire
- Explain immigration, labor, urbanization, Populism, Progressivism, and overseas expansion.
- Connect economic change to politics.
Practice: Compare two reform movements and their limits.
Original practice checks
Answer in PeerTutor, then use the explanation or bring the miss to a tutor.
2 checked answers
Unit readiness
Which target best matches the History unit "Industrialization and empire"?
Use sourcing, context, corroboration, causation, and periodization.Connect economic change to politics.Separate claim, evidence, and interpretation.Explain Indigenous societies, colonization, slavery, and imperial conflict.
Practice artifact
Which practice artifact should you produce for "Industrialization and empire" before asking a tutor for help?
Skip the unit and start a new subject.Watch videos without writing or solving anything.Memorize vocabulary without checking any examples.Compare two reform movements and their limits.
07
Twentieth-century change
- Analyze world wars, depression, New Deal, Cold War, civil rights, and social change.
- Track federal power and rights debates.
Practice: Create a continuity-and-change timeline across 1900-1980.
Original practice checks
Answer in PeerTutor, then use the explanation or bring the miss to a tutor.
2 checked answers
Unit readiness
Which target best matches the History unit "Twentieth-century change"?
Analyze world wars, depression, New Deal, Cold War, civil rights, and social change.Use sourcing, context, corroboration, causation, and periodization.Explain Indigenous societies, colonization, slavery, and imperial conflict.Separate claim, evidence, and interpretation.
Practice artifact
Which practice artifact should you produce for "Twentieth-century change" before asking a tutor for help?
Skip the unit and start a new subject.Watch videos without writing or solving anything.Memorize vocabulary without checking any examples.Create a continuity-and-change timeline across 1900-1980.
08
Modern America and capstone
- Explain globalization, polarization, technology, and recent policy debates.
- Construct a historical argument with sources.
Practice: Complete a document-based essay using contextualization and sourcing.
Original practice checks
Answer in PeerTutor, then use the explanation or bring the miss to a tutor.
2 checked answers
Unit readiness
Which target best matches the History unit "Modern America and capstone"?
Use sourcing, context, corroboration, causation, and periodization.Construct a historical argument with sources.Separate claim, evidence, and interpretation.Explain Indigenous societies, colonization, slavery, and imperial conflict.
Practice artifact
Which practice artifact should you produce for "Modern America and capstone" before asking a tutor for help?
Watch videos without writing or solving anything.Skip the unit and start a new subject.Memorize vocabulary without checking any examples.Complete a document-based essay using contextualization and sourcing.