Social studies · 2018 framework

Lessons

1. 01Use primary and secondary sources to examine an event from multiple perspectives and defend a positionExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
2. 02Explain why Europeans explored and colonized a North America already inhabited by American Indian nationsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
3. 03Explain how competition for territory and resources led to conflicts among colonizing powers, including the French and Indian WarExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
4. 04Explain how race-based slavery forced the migration of Africans to the colonies and how their labor, knowledge, skills and traditions shaped colonial developmentExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
5. 05Explain how Enlightenment ideas and dissatisfaction with colonial rule led colonists to write the Declaration of IndependenceExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
6. 06Explain how key events and significant figures influenced the course and outcome of the American RevolutionExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
7. 07Explain the outcomes of the Revolution and how problems under the Articles of Confederation led to debate over the ConstitutionExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
8. 08Explain how early presidential administrations built a strong federal government, transferred power peacefully and repelled a foreign invasionExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
9. 09Explain how the United States added territory through treaties and purchasesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
10. 10Explain how westward expansion drove economic development, sectional debate, war with Mexico and the displacement of American IndiansExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
11. 11Trace how disputes over federalism and sectional issues, including slavery, led to secession and the Civil WarExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
12. 12Explain how key events and significant figures influenced the course and outcome of the Civil WarExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
13. 13Explain how Reconstruction changed the Constitution, affirmed federal authority and left lingering differencesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
14. 14Use maps and geographic tools to explain how natural resources and movement shaped American expansionExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
15. 15Explain how a national identity based on democratic ideals grew alongside biases, stereotypes and prejudicesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
16. 16Explain how active participation in social and civic groups leads to individual and public goalsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
17. 17Explain how media and communication technology influenced public opinion in the early United StatesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
18. 18Explain how the Constitution established a federal republic with elected representatives, separation of powers and checks and balancesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
19. 19Explain how the Constitution protects citizens' rights by limiting the powers of governmentExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
20. 20Analyze how choices by individuals, businesses and governments have both present and future consequencesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
21. 21Explain how the Industrial Revolution changed the means of production through technology, power, interchangeable parts and factory workExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
22. 22Explain how governments impact markets through spending, regulations, taxes and trade barriersExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→

Social studies · 2026 framework

Lessons

1. 01Present and defend a position with credible primary and secondary sources from multiple perspectives, and revise it as new questions are asked and new evidence is introducedExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
2. 02Read the Declaration of Independence for its purpose, its grievances, its natural rights and the powers it claims for the new nationExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
3. 03Explain how the Civil War transformed the United States politically, socially and economically, and how key events and figures shaped those outcomesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
4. 04Explain how push and pull factors drove United States expansion and population growth, and their environmental, economic, political and social impactsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→
5. 05Explain how political, economic and social divisions over slavery pulled the North and South apart and led to the Civil WarExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers→