US History for Ages 10 to 11 Course

What you will learn in 5 lessons

1. 1

   Native American History Before 1492

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   The child describes how Native nations in different parts of North America lived, governed themselves, traded and used their land before Europeans arrived, and knows that these nations still live today.

   5 learning goals

   What you will learn

   1. 1.Learn how we know about the first peoples of North America
   2. 2.Explore the nations of the eastern woodlands
   3. 3.Explore the nations of the West
   4. 4.Compare how nations lived across the continent
   5. 5.Know that Native nations are here today
2. 2

   Thirteen Colonies

   The child explains why people founded Jamestown, Plymouth and the other English colonies, compares life in the New England, Middle and Southern colonies, and describes how colonists, Native nations and enslaved Africans lived side by side.

   6 learning goals

   What you will learn

   1. 1.Tell how the first English colonies began
   2. 2.Compare the New England, Middle and Southern colonies
   3. 3.Explain how colonists and Native nations lived side by side and why they fought
   4. 4.Explain how slavery began and how enslaved Africans lived
   5. 5.Describe daily life for colonial children and families
   6. 6.Explain how colonists began to govern themselves
3. 3

   American Revolution for Kids

   The child explains why the colonists grew angry with Britain, what the Declaration of Independence says, how the colonies won the war, and who took part on each side.

   6 learning goals

   What you will learn

   1. 1.Explain why the colonists grew angry with Britain
   2. 2.Explain how protests turned into a war for independence
   3. 3.Explain what the Declaration of Independence says and why it matters
   4. 4.Describe the people who took part on each side
   5. 5.Explain how the Americans won the war
   6. 6.Explain how the war ended and what the Revolution changed
4. 4

   US Constitution

   The child explains why the first plan of government was too weak, how leaders wrote the Constitution and agreed on compromises, and what the Bill of Rights protects.

   6 learning goals

   What you will learn

   1. 1.Explain why the first plan of government was too weak
   2. 2.Describe the Constitutional Convention and the people who wrote the Constitution
   3. 3.Explain the compromises that made the Constitution possible
   4. 4.Describe the plan of government the Constitution created
   5. 5.Explain how the Constitution was approved and the Bill of Rights added
   6. 6.Describe George Washington's leadership as the first president
5. 5

   Westward Expansion

   The child traces how the United States grew from the Appalachians to the Pacific, follows pioneers on the trails, and explains what westward growth meant for Native nations and for Mexico.

   6 learning goals

   What you will learn

   1. 1.Explain how the young nation began growing west
   2. 2.Explain how the Louisiana Purchase doubled the country and what explorers found
   3. 3.Describe how roads, boats and canals tied the growing country together
   4. 4.Explain why Native nations were forced from their homelands and what happened
   5. 5.Explain how Texas and the Southwest became part of the United States
   6. 6.Follow pioneers on the trails and to the gold fields, and see the nation in 1850