Middle M/J United States History and Career Planning
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Number of Credits
1
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Estimated Completion Time
2 Semesters
Description
Learning about history allows people to see how far we have come and what awaits us on our path to the future. In this course, students will explore the history of the United States and analyze the cause and effect in historical events. They will investigate history by using the tools of a historian to examine the historical, geographic, political, economic, and sociological events that influenced the development of the United States. Students will imagine what it was like to live in the past by reading the stories from the people who experienced it. This course begins with the engaging stories of what brought the earliest American colonists to the New World and ends with the struggles to repair the United States following the Civil War. Engaging in this study allows students to recognize the themes of history that span across centuries and leads to a greater appreciation of the development of the United States and the resulting impact on world history.
In addition to studying history, in this course you will explore potential careers and learn how to set goals for your future career path.
Segment 1:
- Early settlement
- Colonization of America
- French and Indian War
- Historian’s Tools
- Colonial Protest to British Policies
- American Revolution
- Declaration of Independence
- Founding Fathers
- Articles of Confederation
- Constitutional Convention
- Early Challenges to the New Nation
- Louisiana Purchase
- War of 1812
Segment 2:
- Westward expansion
- Manifest Destiny
- Indian Removal
- Expansion of Slavery
- The Mexican-American War
- The Industrial Revolution
- Expansion of Democracy
- Second Great Awakening
- Transcendentalism
- Women’s Suffrage
- Abolition
- Civil War
- Reconstruction
Career Planning:
- locate, evaluate, and interpret career information
- identify a career cluster, through an interest assessment, that matches career and education goals
- develop a career and education plan that includes short and long-term goals
Courses subject to availability.
Pursuant to s. 1002.20, F.S.; A public school student whose parent makes written request to the school principal shall be exempted from the teaching of reproductive health or any disease, including HIV/AIDS, in accordance with the provisions of s. 1003.42(3). Learn more about the process and which courses contain subject matter where an exemption request can be made.
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