U.S. History America Through the Lens, Updated Student Edition

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National Geographic Learning's NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC U.S. HISTORY: AMERICA THROUGH THE LENS, UPDATED STUDENT EDITION, views history as the study of identity, connecting the physical environment and historical events to students’ lives and fostering empathy for diverse peoples, cultures and ideas. This edition is available in two different configurations: "1877 to the Present" and "Beginnings to the Present" (a survey edition). Each includes Archaeology in U.S. History, American Stories, Curating History Museum lessons, American Voices, American Explorer lessons and American Places activities.

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Table of Contents

Unit I: SETTLING A NEW WORLD (BEGINNINGS-1763).
1. The Atlantic World.
2. Colonizing North America.
3. The Colonies Mature.
Unit II: REVOLUTION AND A NEW NATION (1764–1814).
4. The American Revolution.
5. Forging a New Government.
6. The Early Republic.
Unit III: EXPANDING THE NEW NATION (1814–1854).
7. Regional and National Growth.
8. The Jackson Era.
9. An Age of Reform.
10. Westward Expansion.
Unit IV: THE DEEPEST CRISIS (1846–1877).
11. Tensions Between North and South.
12. The Civil War.
13. Reconstruction.
Unit V: GROWTH AND REFORM (1877–1920).
14. Expansion & Conflict in the West.
15. Industrial America.
16. The Progressive Era and Expansionism.
Unit VI: FROM THE GREAT WAR TO THE NEW DEAL (1914–1940).
17. The Great War.
18. The Jazz Age and Mass Culture.
19. The Great Depression.
20. The New Deal.
Unit VII: A NEW WORLD POWER (1931–1960).
21. A Threatening World.
22. America in World War II.
23. The Cold War and Korea.
24. Postwar Prosperity.
Unit VIII: YEARS OF TURBULENCE (1954–1975).
25. The Civil Rights Movement.
26. Reform in the 1960s.
27. The Vietnam War.
28. Changes in Society.
Unit IX: CHALLENGES OF A NEW CENTURY (1968–Present).
29. Presidential Successes and Failures.
30. The Conservative Revolution.
31. America in a Global Society.
32. Politics of Polarization and Engagement.
Student References:
The Declaration of Independence.
Federalist Papers.
The U.S. Constitution.
Citizenship and You.

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