This course helps learners develop a basic understanding of US and World History, Economics, and Geography. Learners read and analyze texts, graphs, charts and maps to improve their reading and writing skills.maps. Each unit contains multi-paragraph texts with questions, as well as charts, graphs, maps, and/or tables to critically examine. Its overall objective is to propel learners to a 5th grade reading level upon course completion. This course is also useful for advanced ESL learners (BEST Plus score of 7+) looking for more reading and writing practice.
Unit 1: Native American History
Read and analyze maps and texts to examine the consequences of the arrival of Europeans for American Indigenous people. Identify key leaders in Native American history and the modern Native American experience.
Unit 2: Colonial American History
Read and analyze key documents to make inferences about the Founding Fathers and the lack of representation of BIPOC and women. Defi ne key words in the documents of early American history. Apply the amendments to modern-day scenarios.
Unit 3: The West
Read and analyze texts and paintings to examine the consequences for American Indigenous people as white settlers moved west in the westward expansion of 1800-1900.. Distinguish between fact and opinion and identify opinion words in texts and quotes.
Unit 4: Slavery and the Civil War
Identify the main idea of paragraphs in texts about key people and places of the Civil War era and the Underground Railroad, the modern-day effects of discrimination and police brutality against Black people, and the creation of Black Lives Matter.
Unit 5: Workers’ Rights and Immigration
Analyze historical photographs, maps, and texts to explore the history of the Industrial Revolution, workers’ rights and immigration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the reasons behind a shift in population from rural to urban areas, and people and events of the farmworkers’ rights movement of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Unit 6: Money and the Economy
Read and analyze charts and graphs and texts to examine basic economic concepts, such as supply and demand, in modern scenarios, including pay disparity.
Unit 7: The Ancient World and Today
Summarize main ideas in multi-paragraph texts to explore ancient civilizations of the Egyptians, Mayas, and Greeks. Examine how contributions of these civilizations infl uence modern society.