Creating America, Grades 6-8 1877 to the 21st Century

, by Holt Mcdougal

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Copyright: 12/23/2003

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Themes of American History

xxviii

UNIT 1 Colonization and the Early Republic Beginnings to 1877

Strategies for Taking Standardized Tests

(1)

Part 1: Strategies for Studying History

(4)

Part 2: Test-Taking Strategies and Practice

Geography Handbook The Landscape of America

(22)

Themes of Geography

(2)

Map Basics

(4)

Physical Geography of the United States

(6)

Human Geography of the United States

(8)

Beginnings To 1783 Colonization to Revolution

(24)

Interact with History Would you settle on a farm or in a town?

(23)

Three Worlds Meet

(5)

The English Colonies

(5)

The American Revolution

(5)

Interactive Primary Source The Declaration of Independence

(6)

1776--1791 Confederation to Constitution

(62)

Interact with History How do you form a government?

(15)

Creating the Constitution

(5)

Geography in History The Northwest Territory

(2)

Ratifying the Constitution

(6)

Constitution Handbook The Living Constitution

(38)

Seven Principles of the Constitution

(4)

Interactive Primary Source

The Constitution of the United States

(32)

Citizenship Handbook

102

(8)

The Role of the Citizen

102

(4)

Building Citizenship Skills

106

(3)

Practicing Citizenship Skills

109

(1)

1789--1853 The Growth of a Young Nation

110

(20)

Interact with History How will new inventions change your country?

111

(19)

The Early Republic

113

(5)

Jackson and Reform

118

(5)

Manifest Destiny

123

(7)

1850--1877 The Union in Peril

130

(22)

Interact with History How might a civil war be worse than other wars?

131

(21)

The Nation Breaking Apart

133

(4)

The Civil War

137

(7)

Reconstruction

144

(8)

UNIT 2 America Transformed 1860--1914

1860--1900 Growth in the West

152

(28)

Interact with History How might your life change in the West?

153

(27)

Miners, Ranchers, and Cowhands

155

(5)

Native Americans Fight to Survive

160

(6)

Life in the West

166

(4)

Interdisciplinary Challenge Stage a Wild West Show!

170

(2)

Farming and Populism

172

(2)

Economics in History Supply and Demand

174

(6)

1860--1914 An Industrial Society

180

(24)

Interact with History Would you join the strike? Why or why not?

181

(23)

The Growth of Industry

183

(5)

Railroads Transform the Nation

188

(4)

The Rise of Big Business

192

(4)

Geography in History Industry in the Midwest

196

(2)

Workers Organize

198

(6)

1880--1914 Changes in American Life

204

(30)

Interact with History How will you make a home in your new country?

205

(29)

Cities Grow and Change

207

(3)

Citizenship Today Community Service

210

(2)

The New Immigrants

212

(4)

Literature Connections Dragonwings

216

(2)

Segregation and Discrimination

218

(4)

Interactive Primary Sources Ida B. Wells, Crusade for Justice/Kee Low, Like Country Pretty Much

222

(2)

Society and Mass Culture

224

(6)

History Workshop Create an Exhibit

230

(4)

UNIT 3 Modern America Emerges 1880--1920

1890--1920 The Progressive Era

234

(20)

Interact with History How would you solve one of these problems?

235

(19)

Roosevelt and Progressivism

237

(5)

Geography in History The National Parks Movement

242

(2)

Taft and Wilson as Progressives

244

(1)

Economics in History Types of Taxes

245

(3)

Women Win New Rights

248

(6)

1880--1917 Becoming a World Power

254

(20)

Interact with History When should you get involved in the affairs of another country?

255

(19)

The United States Continues to Expand

257

(3)

The Spanish-American War

260

(2)

Citizenship Today Detecting Bias in the Media

262

(4)

U.S. Involvement Overseas

266

(3)

Technology of the Time How the Panama Canal Works

269

(5)

1914--1920 World War I

274

(30)

Interact with History How will you support the war effort?

275

(29)

War Breaks Out in Europe

277

(5)

Interdisciplinary Challenge Survive Trench Warfare

282

(2)

America Joins the Fight

284

(5)

Life on the Home Front

289

(4)

The Legacy of World War I

293

(4)

Interactive Primary Source

Woodrow Wilson, The Fourteen Points

297

(3)

History Workshop Campaign for Liberty Bonds

300

(4)

UNIT 4 Depression, War, and Recovery 1919--1960

1919--1929 The Roaring Twenties

304

(20)

Interact with History Which changes in culture or technology will affect your life the most?

305

(19)

The Business of America

307

(4)

Changes in Society

311

(3)

The Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance

314

(6)

Geography in History African-American Baseball Leagues

320

(4)

1929--1940 The Great Depression and New Deal

324

(28)

Interact with History Who do you think should help the poor?

325

(27)

Hoover and the Crash

327

(3)

Economics in History Recession and Depression

330

(2)

Roosevelt and the New Deal

332

(5)

Life During the Depression

337

(5)

Literature Connections Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

342

(2)

The Effects of the New Deal

344

(6)

History Workshop Paint a WPA Mural

350

(2)

1931--1945 The Rise of Dictators and World War II

352

(32)

Interact with History Would you risk your life to fight against dictators?

353

(31)

Steps to War

355

(6)

War in Africa and Europe

361

(6)

Interactive Primary Source

Elie Wiesel, A Voice from the Holocaust

367

(1)

War in the Pacific

368

(4)

The Home Front

372

(2)

Citizenship Today Writing to Government Officials

374

(2)

Interdisciplinary Challenge Build Morale on the Home Front

376

(2)

The Legacy of the War

378

(6)

1945--1960 The Cold War and the American Dream

384

(24)

Interact with History What is the American Dream to you?

385

(23)

Peacetime Adjustments and the Cold War

387

(6)

The Korean War and McCarthyism

393

(5)

The Fifties

398

(4)

Geography in History Route 66

402

(6)

UNIT 5 Tensions at Home and Abroad 1954--Present

1954--1975 The Civil Rights Era

408

(22)

Interact with History How would you stop injustice in society?

409

(21)

Origins of the Civil Rights Movement

411

(5)

Kennedy, Johnson, and Civil Rights

416

(6)

The Equal Rights Struggle Expands

422

(4)

Interactive Primary Sources I Have a Dream/An Open Letter

426

(4)

1954--1975 The Vietnam War Years

430

(20)

Interact with History Would you support the war?

431

(19)

Cold War Roots of the Conflict

433

(5)

War Expands in Vietnam

438

(6)

The Vietnam War Ends

444

(6)

1969--1981 Years of Doubt

450

(18)

Interact with History How is America able to survive a crisis and move on?

451

(17)

Nixon Confronts Problems

453

(2)

Economics in History Inflation

455

(2)

Watergate Brings Down Nixon

457

(3)

Issues of the Seventies

460

(4)

Interdisciplinary Challenge Save the Environment!

464

(4)

1981--Present Entering a New Millennium

468

Interact with History What can you contribute to the future?

469

(21)

Conservatives Reshape Politics

471

(7)

Technological and Economic Changes

478

(2)

Technology of the Time The Computer Revolution

480

(3)

The New Americans

483

(5)

History Workshop Make a Time Capsule

488

(2)

Special Report: Terrorism and the War in Iraq

490

(6)

Historic Decisions of the Supreme Court

496

Rand McNally World Atlas

(1)

REFERENCE SECTION

Skillbuilder Handbook

(33)

Facts About the States

(2)

Presidents of the U.S.

(3)

Gazetteer

(4)

Glossary

(9)

Spanish Glossary

(9)

Index

(16)

Acknowledgments

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