Syllabus for History United States/North Carolina History
First Quarter: The Colonial Period
Topics Addressed: General US/NC Geography, Native Americans, European Exploration, Settlement, Colonization, Pre-Revolutionary Era
Second Quarter: The Revolutionary War Era
Topics Addressed: Revolutionary War, NC in a new Independent Nation, Political Systems in the US and North Carolina, and the US Constitution
Third Quarter: The Civil War Era (Pre/Post)
Topics Addressed: Life under Slavery, the Resistance Movement, Industrial Revolution, Westward Migration, Secession and the Civil War, Reconstruction
Fourth Quarter: Modern America (1900's-present)
Topics Addressed: North Carolina's Industries-Tobacco, Textiles, etc., the Wright Bros., the World Wars, the Great Depression, Civil Rights Movement, Decade Studies, Current Events and Trends