Mr. Hild's History Class

Class Topics 

Class Introduction

• Graphic Organizers
• Why Study History?

Unit 1 - Different Worlds Meet

• Early Native Americans
• Latitude and Longitude
• Early Explorers

Unit 2 - Colonial Settlement

• Founding the 13 Original Colonies 
• African Slave Trade
• Colonial Life
• Salem Witch Trials
• French and Indian War

Unit 3 - Creating a Nation

• Revolutionary War
• Declaration of Independence

American Government

• U.S. Constitution
• Three Branches of Government
• Election Process
• Political Cartoons

Unit 4 - The New Republic

• Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe
• Louisiana Purchase/Lewis and Clark
• War of 1812
• Industrial Revolution

Unit 5 - The Growing Nation

• Andrew Jackson
• Indian Removal
• Manifest Destiny
• Texas Revolution
• Mexican War
• Reform Movements
• Underground Railroad

Unit 6 - Civil War and Reconstruction

• Civil War
• Reconstruction

End of the Year

• Social Studies Review
• American History EOC

Class Highlights 

 Unit 1

• Explorers Simulation
• Aztec: The Final Conquest Game

Unit 2

• First Person Narrative of a Middle Passage Voyage
• 13 Original Colonies PowerPoint Project

Unit 3

• Revolutionary War Centers
• Revolutionary War Simulation

American Government

• U.S. Constitution Power Grab Game

Unit 4

• War of 1812 Historical Theme Park Poster

Unit 5

• Oregon Trail Journey Simulation
• The Storming of the Alamo Simulation
• Mexican War Poster Map

Unit 6

• Civil War Centers
• Civil War Simulation
• Civil War Battle PowerPoint Project

End of the Year

• 10 Most Important Events Project