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Grade 8 curriculum

A full 180-day school year in 4 subjects: English, Pre-Algebra & Algebra, Life & Physical Science and History. Every unit and lesson is listed below. Unit 1 of every course is free to try, and KidUniversity Plus unlocks the rest for your whole family.

  • 4 subjects
  • 87 units
  • 639 lessons
  • 81 unit tests

English

25 units · 155 lessons · 25 unit tests · 180 school days

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Literature: Craft and Meaning

4 lessons + unit test

How do authors create tension and meaning?
  1. Dramatic Irony and Suspense
  2. Allusion and Archetype
  3. Dialogue Reveals Character
  4. Theme Development and Objective Summary
  5. Unit 1 Test: Literature: Craft and Meaning
Unit 2

Evaluating Arguments

4 lessons + unit test

How can we tell a strong argument from a weak one?
  1. Logical Fallacies
  2. Conflicting Information
  3. Analyzing a Speech
  4. Relevant and Sufficient Evidence
  5. Unit 2 Test: Evaluating Arguments
Unit 3

Language

4 lessons + unit test

How do advanced grammar choices create effect?
  1. Verbals
  2. Active and Passive Voice
  3. Verb Mood
  4. Ellipses and Dashes
  5. Unit 3 Test: Language
Unit 4

Writing and Research

4 lessons + unit test

How do writers build a strong research-based essay?
  1. Writing a Thesis
  2. Synthesizing Sources
  3. The Research Process
  4. Formal Style and Tone
  5. Unit 4 Test: Writing and Research
Unit 5

Old Stories, New Tellings

4 lessons + unit test

How do modern stories draw on myths and traditional tales?
  1. Retellings and Their Sources
  2. Archetypal Patterns
  3. Updating the Setting
  4. Myths in Modern Stories
  5. Unit 5 Test: Old Stories, New Tellings
Unit 6

Short Story Craft

4 lessons + unit test

How do authors create suspense, humor and surprise?
  1. Point of View Creates Suspense
  2. Situational Irony
  3. Twists and Open Endings
  4. Mood Through Description
  5. Unit 6 Test: Short Story Craft
Unit 7

Nonfiction Craft

4 lessons + unit test

How do nonfiction writers inform and move readers?
  1. Paragraph Structure
  2. Analogies
  3. Tone in Nonfiction
  4. Memoir and Personal Essay
  5. Unit 7 Test: Nonfiction Craft
Unit 8

Argument Essay Workshop

4 lessons + unit test

How do writers build arguments that change minds?
  1. Precise Claims
  2. Acknowledging Alternate Claims
  3. Credible Evidence
  4. Powerful Conclusions
  5. Unit 8 Test: Argument Essay Workshop
Unit 9

Close Reading and Evidence

9 lessons + unit test

How do we prove what a text means?
  1. Strongest Text Evidence
  2. Inferences That Hold Up
  3. Explicit and Implicit Meaning
  4. Annotating Complex Texts
  5. Analyzing Key Passages
  6. Objective Summary Practice
  7. Questioning the Author
  8. Reading Between the Lines
  9. Reflective Reading Journals
  10. Unit 9 Test: Close Reading and Evidence
Unit 10

Characters, Conflict and Theme

7 lessons + unit test

How do choices shape characters and stories?
  1. Character Motivation
  2. Dialogue and Decisions
  3. Conflict and Theme
  4. Comparing Text Structures
  5. Foils and Contrasts
  6. Symbolism
  7. Writing a Literary Analysis
  8. Unit 10 Test: Characters, Conflict and Theme
Unit 11

Word Study and Vocabulary

7 lessons + unit test

How do words carry precise meaning?
  1. Greek and Latin Roots
  2. Affixes and Word Families
  3. Context Clues in Complex Texts
  4. Figurative Language
  5. Puns and Verbal Irony
  6. Connotation and Denotation
  7. Academic Vocabulary
  8. Unit 11 Test: Word Study and Vocabulary
Unit 12

Sentences With Power

7 lessons + unit test

How do sentence choices shape meaning?
  1. Gerunds and Gerund Phrases
  2. Participles and Participial Phrases
  3. Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases
  4. Punctuating Pauses and Breaks
  5. Shifts in Voice and Mood
  6. Parallel Structure
  7. Combining Sentences
  8. Unit 12 Test: Sentences With Power
Unit 13

Informational Text Analysis

7 lessons + unit test

How do authors develop and support ideas?
  1. Central Idea Development
  2. Author's Point of View
  3. Responding to Conflicting Views
  4. Word Choice and Tone
  5. Comparing Mediums
  6. Historical Documents
  7. Evaluating Claims in Texts
  8. Unit 13 Test: Informational Text Analysis
Unit 14

Poetry Deep Dive

7 lessons + unit test

How do poets pack big meaning into few words?
  1. Elements of Poetry
  2. Sonnets and Odes
  3. Figurative Language in Poems
  4. Sound and Rhythm
  5. Speaker and Voice
  6. Theme in Poetry
  7. Comparing Poems
  8. Unit 14 Test: Poetry Deep Dive
Unit 15

Drama on Stage and Screen

6 lessons + unit test

How do plays and films tell stories?
  1. Reading a Script
  2. Stage Directions and Staging
  3. Dramatic Structure
  4. Soliloquies and Asides
  5. Comedy and Tragedy
  6. Film Versus Text
  7. Unit 15 Test: Drama on Stage and Screen
Unit 16

Informative Writing Workshop

6 lessons + unit test

How do writers explain complex topics?
  1. Planning an Explanatory Essay
  2. Organizing Ideas
  3. Developing With Evidence
  4. Domain-Specific Vocabulary
  5. Transitions Between Ideas
  6. Strong Conclusions
  7. Unit 16 Test: Informative Writing Workshop
Unit 17

Narrative Writing Workshop

6 lessons + unit test

How do writers craft powerful stories?
  1. Establishing Point of View
  2. Engaging the Reader
  3. Narrative Techniques
  4. Pacing and Reflection
  5. Signaling Shifts in Time
  6. Meaningful Endings
  7. Unit 17 Test: Narrative Writing Workshop
Unit 18

Novel Study

7 lessons + unit test

What makes a novel memorable?
  1. Setting and Context
  2. Tracking Characters
  3. Plot Development
  4. Conflict and Climax
  5. Themes in the Novel
  6. Literary Devices in the Novel
  7. Novel Response Essay
  8. Unit 18 Test: Novel Study
Unit 19

Speaking and Listening

7 lessons + unit test

How can we communicate ideas with confidence?
  1. Collaborative Discussions
  2. Preparing With Research
  3. Asking Probing Questions
  4. Qualifying Your Views
  5. Evaluating a Speaker's Reasoning
  6. Analyzing Media Messages
  7. Presenting Findings
  8. Unit 19 Test: Speaking and Listening
Unit 20

Grammar and Usage Clinic

7 lessons + unit test

How do careful writers avoid common mistakes?
  1. Subject-Verb Agreement
  2. Pronoun Clarity
  3. Verb Tense Shifts
  4. Commonly Confused Words
  5. Comma Rules
  6. Semicolons and Colons
  7. Capitalization
  8. Unit 20 Test: Grammar and Usage Clinic
Unit 21

Quarter 4 Review 1

8 lessons + unit test

How much do you remember from this year?
  1. Review Day 1
  2. Review Day 2: Reread "Two Openings"
  3. Review Day 3: Reread "The Tryout List"
  4. Review Day 4
  5. Review Day 5
  6. Review Day 6
  7. Review Day 7: Reread "Last Bus Home"
  8. Review Day 8: Reread "The River Road"
  9. Unit 21 Test: Quarter 4 Review 1
Unit 22

Quarter 4 Review 2

8 lessons + unit test

How much do you remember from this year?
  1. Review Day 9
  2. Review Day 10: Reread "The Audition (Scene 1)"
  3. Review Day 11: Reread "Chapter 1: Port Avery, 1957"
  4. Review Day 12: Reread "Wings"
  5. Review Day 13: Reread "Two Conclusions for an Essay on Coral Reefs"
  6. Review Day 14: Reread "The Paper Cranes"
  7. Review Day 15: Reread "The Old Desk"
  8. Review Day 16: Reread "The Science Rivals: A Plot Map"
  9. Unit 22 Test: Quarter 4 Review 2
Unit 23

Quarter 4 Review 3

8 lessons + unit test

How much do you remember from this year?
  1. Review Day 17
  2. Review Day 18: Reread "The Last Practice"
  3. Review Day 19: Reread "Two Descriptions of a Wildfire"
  4. Review Day 20: Reread "Two Climbers"
  5. Review Day 21
  6. Review Day 22: Reread "Why Octopuses Puzzle Scientists"
  7. Review Day 23
  8. Review Day 24
  9. Unit 23 Test: Quarter 4 Review 3
Unit 24

Quarter 4 Review 4

8 lessons + unit test

How much do you remember from this year?
  1. Review Day 25: Reread "Thunderstorm"
  2. Review Day 26
  3. Review Day 27
  4. Review Day 28: Reread "The Four-Day Week Experiment"
  5. Review Day 29
  6. Review Day 30: Reread "The Basement"
  7. Review Day 31: Reread "The Storm Shelter (Scene 3)"
  8. Review Day 32: Reread "A Discussion Transcript"
  9. Unit 24 Test: Quarter 4 Review 4
Unit 25

Quarter 4 Review 5

8 lessons + unit test

How much do you remember from this year?
  1. Review Day 33
  2. Review Day 34
  3. Review Day 35: Reread "From Aiden's Reading Journal"
  4. Review Day 36
  5. Review Day 37: Reread "Why Sleep Matters for Teens"
  6. Review Day 38
  7. Review Day 39
  8. Review Day 40
  9. Unit 25 Test: Quarter 4 Review 5

Pre-Algebra & Algebra

14 units · 166 lessons · 14 unit tests · 180 school days

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Rigid Transformations and Congruence

16 lessons + unit test
  1. Rigid Transformations
  2. Translations
  3. Rotations
  4. Reflections
  5. Transformations on a Coordinate Grid
  6. Properties of Rigid Transformations
  7. Lengths and Angles Stay the Same
  8. Sequences of Transformations
  9. Congruence
  10. What Makes Shapes Congruent?
  11. Prove Congruence with Moves
  12. Angles in a Triangle
  13. Triangle Angle Sum
  14. Parallel Lines and Transversals
  15. Let's Put It to Work Project
  16. Design with Rigid Motions
  17. Unit 1 Test: Rigid Transformations and Congruence
Unit 2

Dilations, Similarity, and Introducing Slope

13 lessons + unit test
  1. Dilations
  2. Center and Scale Factor
  3. Dilations with Coordinates
  4. Similarity
  5. Similar Figures
  6. Similar Triangles
  7. Angle-Angle Similarity
  8. Slope
  9. Slope from Similar Triangles
  10. Slope of a Line
  11. Write an Equation from Slope
  12. Let's Put It to Work Project
  13. Shadows and Similar Triangles
  14. Unit 2 Test: Dilations, Similarity, and Introducing Slope
Unit 3

Linear Relationships

15 lessons + unit test
  1. Proportional Relationships
  2. Graphs of Proportional Relationships
  3. Unit Rate as Slope
  4. Representing Linear Relationships
  5. Linear Relationships with a Start Value
  6. Slope and Vertical Intercept
  7. Finding Slopes
  8. Slope from Two Points
  9. Horizontal and Vertical Lines
  10. Linear Equations
  11. y = mx + b
  12. Graph from an Equation
  13. Write an Equation from a Graph
  14. Let's Put it to Work Project
  15. Phone Plans and Lines
  16. Unit 3 Test: Linear Relationships
Unit 4

Linear Equations and Linear Systems

14 lessons + unit test
  1. Puzzle Problems
  2. Write Equations for Puzzles
  3. Linear Equations in One Variable
  4. Variables on Both Sides
  5. Distribute and Combine
  6. One, None, or Infinitely Many Solutions
  7. Equations with Fractions and Decimals
  8. Systems of Linear Equations
  9. Graph a System
  10. Intersecting Lines
  11. Solve Systems by Substitution
  12. System Word Problems
  13. Let's Put It to Work Project
  14. Ticket Sales Systems
  15. Unit 4 Test: Linear Equations and Linear Systems
Unit 5

Functions and Volume

19 lessons + unit test
  1. Inputs and Outputs
  2. What Is a Function?
  3. Representing and Interpreting Functions
  4. Graphs of Functions
  5. Tables and Equations of Functions
  6. Describe a Graph's Story
  7. Compare Two Functions
  8. Linear Functions and Rates of Change
  9. Linear Functions
  10. Rate of Change
  11. Initial Value
  12. Nonlinear Functions
  13. Cylinders and Cones
  14. Volume of a Cylinder
  15. Volume of a Cone
  16. Dimensions and Spheres
  17. Volume of a Sphere
  18. Let's Put It to Work Project
  19. Fill a Tank
  20. Unit 5 Test: Functions and Volume
Unit 6

Associations in Data

12 lessons + unit test
  1. Does This Predict That?
  2. Scatter Plots
  3. Outliers
  4. Associations in Numerical Data
  5. Positive and Negative Association
  6. Fit a Line to Data
  7. Interpret Slope and Intercept in Data
  8. Associations in Categorical Data
  9. Two-Way Tables
  10. Relative Frequency Tables
  11. Let's Put It to Work Project
  12. Class Survey Study
  13. Unit 6 Test: Associations in Data
Unit 7

Exponents and Scientific Notation

15 lessons + unit test
  1. Exponent Review
  2. Powers of Ten
  3. Evaluate Powers
  4. Exponent Rules
  5. Multiply Powers
  6. Divide Powers
  7. Power of a Power
  8. Zero Exponents
  9. Negative Exponents
  10. Scientific Notation
  11. Write Large Numbers in Scientific Notation
  12. Write Small Numbers in Scientific Notation
  13. Multiply and Divide in Scientific Notation
  14. Let's Put It to Work Project
  15. Sizes of the Universe
  16. Unit 7 Test: Exponents and Scientific Notation
Unit 8

Pythagorean Theorem and Irrational Numbers

18 lessons + unit test
  1. Side Lengths and Areas of Squares
  2. Square Roots
  3. Estimate Square Roots
  4. The Pythagorean Theorem
  5. Pythagorean Theorem Explained
  6. Find the Hypotenuse
  7. Find a Missing Leg
  8. Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem
  9. Distance on the Coordinate Plane
  10. Side Lengths and Volumes of Cubes
  11. Cube Roots
  12. Solve x² = p and x³ = p
  13. Decimal Representation of Rational and Irrational Numbers
  14. Repeating Decimals
  15. Fractions from Repeating Decimals
  16. Rational or Irrational?
  17. Let's Put it to Work Project
  18. Ladders and Ramps
  19. Unit 8 Test: Pythagorean Theorem and Irrational Numbers
Unit 9

Putting It All Together

4 lessons + unit test
  1. Tessellations Project
  2. Tessellation Patterns
  3. The Weather Project
  4. Weather Data Patterns
  5. Unit 9 Test: Putting It All Together
Unit 10

Quarter 4 Review 1

8 lessons + unit test
  1. Review Day 1
  2. Review Day 2
  3. Review Day 3
  4. Review Day 4
  5. Review Day 5
  6. Review Day 6
  7. Review Day 7
  8. Review Day 8
  9. Unit 10 Test: Quarter 4 Review 1
Unit 11

Quarter 4 Review 2

8 lessons + unit test
  1. Review Day 9
  2. Review Day 10
  3. Review Day 11
  4. Review Day 12
  5. Review Day 13
  6. Review Day 14
  7. Review Day 15
  8. Review Day 16
  9. Unit 11 Test: Quarter 4 Review 2
Unit 12

Quarter 4 Review 3

8 lessons + unit test
  1. Review Day 17
  2. Review Day 18
  3. Review Day 19
  4. Review Day 20
  5. Review Day 21
  6. Review Day 22
  7. Review Day 23
  8. Review Day 24
  9. Unit 12 Test: Quarter 4 Review 3
Unit 13

Quarter 4 Review 4

8 lessons + unit test
  1. Review Day 25
  2. Review Day 26
  3. Review Day 27
  4. Review Day 28
  5. Review Day 29
  6. Review Day 30
  7. Review Day 31
  8. Review Day 32
  9. Unit 13 Test: Quarter 4 Review 4
Unit 14

Quarter 4 Review 5

8 lessons + unit test
  1. Review Day 33
  2. Review Day 34
  3. Review Day 35
  4. Review Day 36
  5. Review Day 37
  6. Review Day 38
  7. Review Day 39
  8. Review Day 40
  9. Unit 14 Test: Quarter 4 Review 5

Life & Physical Science

23 units · 163 lessons · 17 unit tests · 180 school days

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Contact Forces

4 lessons

Why do collisions cause damage, and how can we prevent it?
  1. Equal and Opposite Forces
  2. Mass and Motion
  3. Speed and Damage
  4. Designing Protection
Unit 2

Sound Waves

4 lessons

What is sound, and how can it make things move?
  1. Vibrations
  2. Waves Need a Medium
  3. Pitch and Loudness
  4. Sound Carries Energy
Unit 3

Forces at a Distance

4 lessons

How can things push or pull without touching?
  1. Fields
  2. Magnetic Forces
  3. Electric Forces
  4. Gravity
Unit 4

Earth in Space

4 lessons

What causes the patterns we see in the sky?
  1. Moon Phases
  2. Eclipses
  3. Seasons
  4. The Solar System
Unit 5

Genetics

4 lessons

Why are living things different from one another?
  1. Genes and Proteins
  2. Inheritance
  3. Sexual and Asexual Reproduction
  4. Mutations
Unit 6

Natural Selection & Common Ancestry

4 lessons

How are living things today related to life long ago?
  1. The Fossil Record
  2. Natural Selection
  3. Common Ancestry
  4. Artificial Selection
Unit 7

Speed and Motion

8 lessons + unit test

How do we describe how things move?
  1. Position and Reference Points
  2. Distance and Displacement
  3. Speed
  4. Velocity
  5. Acceleration
  6. Distance-Time Graphs
  7. Speed-Time Graphs
  8. Relative Motion
  9. Unit 7 Test: Speed and Motion
Unit 8

Newton's Laws

8 lessons + unit test

What rules explain how forces change motion?
  1. Inertia
  2. Net Force
  3. Force, Mass and Acceleration
  4. Action and Reaction
  5. Friction
  6. Air Resistance and Terminal Velocity
  7. Rockets
  8. Balloon Car Challenge
  9. Unit 8 Test: Newton's Laws
Unit 9

Kinetic and Potential Energy

8 lessons + unit test

How does energy change between motion and storage?
  1. Kinetic Energy
  2. Mass, Speed and Kinetic Energy
  3. Gravitational Potential Energy
  4. Elastic Potential Energy
  5. Energy Conversions
  6. Roller Coasters
  7. Stored Energy in Systems
  8. Design a Roller Coaster
  9. Unit 9 Test: Kinetic and Potential Energy
Unit 10

Energy Transfer and Conservation

8 lessons + unit test

Where does energy go when something changes?
  1. Energy Is Conserved
  2. Work and Energy
  3. Heat as Energy Transfer
  4. Temperature and Mass
  5. Specific Heat
  6. Efficiency
  7. Energy Loss to Heat
  8. Designing an Insulated Container
  9. Unit 10 Test: Energy Transfer and Conservation
Unit 11

Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum

8 lessons + unit test

What kinds of light can't we see?
  1. Light as a Wave
  2. The Electromagnetic Spectrum
  3. Radio Waves
  4. Microwaves
  5. Infrared
  6. Ultraviolet
  7. X-Rays and Gamma Rays
  8. Refraction and Lenses
  9. Unit 11 Test: Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
Unit 12

Digital Signals

8 lessons + unit test

Why do we send information as digital signals?
  1. Analog vs. Digital
  2. Binary Code
  3. Encoding Images
  4. Encoding Sound
  5. Signal Noise
  6. Fiber Optics
  7. Wireless Communication
  8. Design a Signal System
  9. Unit 12 Test: Digital Signals
Unit 13

Electromagnets and Motors

8 lessons + unit test

How can electricity and magnetism work together?
  1. Electric Current
  2. Magnetic Field of a Wire
  3. Building an Electromagnet
  4. Electromagnet Strength
  5. Electric Motors
  6. Generators
  7. Speakers and Microphones
  8. Build a Simple Motor
  9. Unit 13 Test: Electromagnets and Motors
Unit 14

Exploring the Solar System

8 lessons + unit test

How do we learn about worlds we can't visit?
  1. Rocky Planets
  2. Gas Giants
  3. Ice Giants
  4. Moons of the Solar System
  5. Space Probes
  6. Rovers on Mars
  7. Data From Space
  8. Searching for Life
  9. Unit 14 Test: Exploring the Solar System
Unit 15

More on Heredity

8 lessons + unit test

How can we predict which traits offspring will have?
  1. Genes and Alleles
  2. Dominant and Recessive
  3. Punnett Squares
  4. Probability in Genetics
  5. Chromosomes
  6. Beneficial, Harmful and Neutral Mutations
  7. Traits and Environment
  8. Genetic Variation
  9. Unit 15 Test: More on Heredity
Unit 16

Biotechnology

8 lessons + unit test

How are people using genetics to change living things?
  1. What Is Biotechnology?
  2. Selective Breeding Today
  3. Genetic Engineering
  4. Gene Therapy
  5. GMO Crops
  6. DNA Evidence
  7. Ethics of Biotechnology
  8. Biotech in Medicine
  9. Unit 16 Test: Biotechnology
Unit 17

People and Earth's Future

9 lessons + unit test

How do growing populations affect Earth's systems?
  1. Human Population Growth
  2. Resource Consumption
  3. Land Use
  4. Water Demand
  5. Waste and Pollution
  6. Monitoring Earth From Space
  7. Hazard Forecasting Technology
  8. Sustainable Cities
  9. Engineering for Sustainability
  10. Unit 17 Test: People and Earth's Future
Unit 18

Engineering for Safety

10 lessons + unit test

How do engineers optimize designs to keep people safe?
  1. Defining a Safety Problem
  2. Criteria and Constraints Revisited
  3. Evaluating Competing Designs
  4. Systematic Testing
  5. Combining the Best Features
  6. Optimizing a Design
  7. Crash Test Data
  8. Helmet Design
  9. Egg Drop Challenge
  10. Bridge Load Challenge
  11. Unit 18 Test: Engineering for Safety
Unit 19

Quarter 4 Review 1

8 lessons + unit test

How much do you remember from this year?
  1. Review Day 1
  2. Review Day 2
  3. Review Day 3
  4. Review Day 4
  5. Review Day 5
  6. Review Day 6
  7. Review Day 7
  8. Review Day 8
  9. Unit 19 Test: Quarter 4 Review 1
Unit 20

Quarter 4 Review 2

8 lessons + unit test

How much do you remember from this year?
  1. Review Day 9
  2. Review Day 10
  3. Review Day 11
  4. Review Day 12
  5. Review Day 13
  6. Review Day 14
  7. Review Day 15
  8. Review Day 16
  9. Unit 20 Test: Quarter 4 Review 2
Unit 21

Quarter 4 Review 3

8 lessons + unit test

How much do you remember from this year?
  1. Review Day 17
  2. Review Day 18
  3. Review Day 19
  4. Review Day 20
  5. Review Day 21
  6. Review Day 22
  7. Review Day 23
  8. Review Day 24
  9. Unit 21 Test: Quarter 4 Review 3
Unit 22

Quarter 4 Review 4

8 lessons + unit test

How much do you remember from this year?
  1. Review Day 25
  2. Review Day 26
  3. Review Day 27
  4. Review Day 28
  5. Review Day 29
  6. Review Day 30
  7. Review Day 31
  8. Review Day 32
  9. Unit 22 Test: Quarter 4 Review 4
Unit 23

Quarter 4 Review 5

8 lessons + unit test

How much do you remember from this year?
  1. Review Day 33
  2. Review Day 34
  3. Review Day 35
  4. Review Day 36
  5. Review Day 37
  6. Review Day 38
  7. Review Day 39
  8. Review Day 40
  9. Unit 23 Test: Quarter 4 Review 5

History

25 units · 155 lessons · 25 unit tests · 180 school days

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Founding the Nation

4 lessons + unit test

What ideas founded the United States, and who did they include?
  1. Causes of the Revolution
  2. The Constitution and Its Compromises
  3. The Bill of Rights
  4. Ideas of the Declaration
  5. Unit 1 Test: Founding the Nation
Unit 2

The Young Republic

4 lessons + unit test

How did the young nation grow, and at what cost?
  1. Washington and the First Parties
  2. Expansion and Manifest Destiny
  3. Indian Removal
  4. Expanding Democracy
  5. Unit 2 Test: The Young Republic
Unit 3

A Nation Divided

4 lessons + unit test

Why did the nation split, and how was it reunited?
  1. Slavery and Abolition
  2. The Road to War
  3. The Civil War
  4. The Women's Rights Movement
  5. Unit 3 Test: A Nation Divided
Unit 4

Reconstruction and a Changing Nation

4 lessons + unit test

How did America rebuild and transform after the Civil War?
  1. Reconstruction Amendments
  2. Industrialization
  3. Immigration and Cities
  4. The Progressive Era
  5. Unit 4 Test: Reconstruction and a Changing Nation
Unit 5

North and South Before the War

4 lessons + unit test

How did different economies drive the North and South apart?
  1. Industry in the North
  2. Canals and Railroads
  3. The Cotton South
  4. Sectionalism
  5. Unit 5 Test: North and South Before the War
Unit 6

The West After the Civil War

4 lessons + unit test

How did westward expansion change the land and its peoples?
  1. Settling the Plains
  2. Cattle Drives and Cowboys
  3. Conflict on the Plains
  4. Assimilation Policies
  5. Unit 6 Test: The West After the Civil War
Unit 7

The Constitution in Action

4 lessons + unit test

How has the Constitution been interpreted and changed?
  1. Federalism
  2. Landmark Supreme Court Cases
  3. Amending the Constitution
  4. Expanding Rights
  5. Unit 7 Test: The Constitution in Action
Unit 8

Thinking Like a Historian

4 lessons + unit test

How do historians analyze evidence from the past?
  1. Sourcing
  2. Contextualizing
  3. Corroborating
  4. Reading Political Cartoons
  5. Unit 8 Test: Thinking Like a Historian
Unit 9

Colonial Foundations

7 lessons + unit test

Why did people come to the American colonies?
  1. Native Peoples Before Contact
  2. Jamestown
  3. Plymouth and the Pilgrims
  4. The New England Colonies
  5. The Middle Colonies
  6. The Southern Colonies
  7. Colonial Self-Government
  8. Unit 9 Test: Colonial Foundations
Unit 10

Life in Colonial America

7 lessons + unit test

How did colonists live, work and govern?
  1. Colonial Economies
  2. Mercantilism and Trade
  3. The Triangular Trade
  4. Enslaved Africans in the Colonies
  5. The Great Awakening
  6. Colonists and Native Nations Clash
  7. The French and Indian War
  8. Unit 10 Test: Life in Colonial America
Unit 11

The Road to Revolution

7 lessons + unit test

How did colonists move from protest to independence?
  1. The Stamp Act
  2. The Boston Massacre
  3. The Boston Tea Party
  4. The Intolerable Acts
  5. The First Continental Congress
  6. Lexington and Concord
  7. Common Sense
  8. Unit 11 Test: The Road to Revolution
Unit 12

The War for Independence

7 lessons + unit test

How did the colonies win the war?
  1. Patriots and Loyalists
  2. Washington's Leadership
  3. Saratoga
  4. Help From France
  5. Women in the Revolution
  6. African Americans in the Revolution
  7. Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris
  8. Unit 12 Test: The War for Independence
Unit 13

Creating the Constitution

7 lessons + unit test

How did the founders build a lasting government?
  1. The Articles of Confederation
  2. The Northwest Ordinance
  3. The Constitutional Convention
  4. Federalists and Anti-Federalists
  5. The Federalist Papers
  6. Separation of Powers
  7. Checks and Balances
  8. Unit 13 Test: Creating the Constitution
Unit 14

The Early Republic

6 lessons + unit test

How did the new nation find its footing?
  1. Hamilton's Financial Plan
  2. The Alien and Sedition Acts
  3. The Election of 1800
  4. Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase
  5. Lewis and Clark
  6. Marbury v. Madison
  7. Unit 14 Test: The Early Republic
Unit 15

A Nation Grows Stronger

7 lessons + unit test

How did the U.S. change after the War of 1812?
  1. The War of 1812
  2. The Monroe Doctrine
  3. The Missouri Compromise
  4. Andrew Jackson
  5. The Nullification Crisis
  6. The Trail of Tears
  7. Reform Movements
  8. Unit 15 Test: A Nation Grows Stronger
Unit 16

To the Pacific

7 lessons + unit test

Why did Americans move west, and who paid the price?
  1. The Texas Revolution
  2. The Mexican-American War
  3. The Oregon Trail
  4. The California Gold Rush
  5. Mexican Americans in the Southwest
  6. Native Nations and Expansion
  7. Effects of Expansion
  8. Unit 16 Test: To the Pacific
Unit 17

Toward Civil War

7 lessons + unit test

Why did the nation split apart?
  1. Life Under Slavery
  2. Frederick Douglass
  3. Harriet Tubman
  4. The Compromise of 1850
  5. Bleeding Kansas
  6. The Dred Scott Decision
  7. Secession
  8. Unit 17 Test: Toward Civil War
Unit 18

The Civil War in Depth

7 lessons + unit test

How did the Civil War change the nation?
  1. Fort Sumter
  2. Strengths of North and South
  3. The Emancipation Proclamation
  4. African American Soldiers
  5. Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Address
  6. The Home Front
  7. Appomattox
  8. Unit 18 Test: The Civil War in Depth
Unit 19

Reconstruction in Depth

7 lessons + unit test

Was Reconstruction a success?
  1. Presidential Reconstruction
  2. The Freedmen's Bureau
  3. Radical Reconstruction
  4. Sharecropping
  5. The Ku Klux Klan and Violence
  6. The End of Reconstruction
  7. Jim Crow Laws
  8. Unit 19 Test: Reconstruction in Depth
Unit 20

The Gilded Age

7 lessons + unit test

How did big business change America?
  1. The Transcontinental Railroad
  2. Steel and Andrew Carnegie
  3. Oil and John D. Rockefeller
  4. Monopolies and Trusts
  5. Workers and Factories
  6. Labor Unions and Strikes
  7. Child Labor
  8. Unit 20 Test: The Gilded Age
Unit 21

Quarter 4 Review 1

8 lessons + unit test

How much do you remember from this year?
  1. Review Day 1
  2. Review Day 2
  3. Review Day 3
  4. Review Day 4
  5. Review Day 5
  6. Review Day 6
  7. Review Day 7
  8. Review Day 8
  9. Unit 21 Test: Quarter 4 Review 1
Unit 22

Quarter 4 Review 2

8 lessons + unit test

How much do you remember from this year?
  1. Review Day 9
  2. Review Day 10
  3. Review Day 11
  4. Review Day 12
  5. Review Day 13
  6. Review Day 14
  7. Review Day 15
  8. Review Day 16
  9. Unit 22 Test: Quarter 4 Review 2
Unit 23

Quarter 4 Review 3

8 lessons + unit test

How much do you remember from this year?
  1. Review Day 17
  2. Review Day 18
  3. Review Day 19
  4. Review Day 20
  5. Review Day 21
  6. Review Day 22
  7. Review Day 23
  8. Review Day 24
  9. Unit 23 Test: Quarter 4 Review 3
Unit 24

Quarter 4 Review 4

8 lessons + unit test

How much do you remember from this year?
  1. Review Day 25
  2. Review Day 26
  3. Review Day 27
  4. Review Day 28
  5. Review Day 29
  6. Review Day 30
  7. Review Day 31
  8. Review Day 32
  9. Unit 24 Test: Quarter 4 Review 4
Unit 25

Quarter 4 Review 5

8 lessons + unit test

How much do you remember from this year?
  1. Review Day 33
  2. Review Day 34
  3. Review Day 35
  4. Review Day 36
  5. Review Day 37
  6. Review Day 38
  7. Review Day 39
  8. Review Day 40
  9. Unit 25 Test: Quarter 4 Review 5

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