Advanced Placement U.S. History, Book 1, is a college-level unit for high school students. Part 1 studies the evolution of American society over a period of 150 years until the Peace of Paris at the end of the French and Indian War. Lessons include From Authority to Individualism and The Colonies in 1763: A New Society. Part 2 analyzes the break with Britain and the creation of a new government and society. Lessons in this section include The Path to Revolution: 1763–1776 and The Role of the Judiciary in the Creation of the National State. Part 3 evaluates the changing political, economic, and social climate in the new nation and how the westward movement and slavery raised issues that split the nation. Lessons include The Evolution of Democracy from Jefferson to Jackson, The End of Homespun: The Early Industrial Revolution, and Abolition: The Role of the Individual in Effecting Change. Part 4 demonstrates how industrialization reshaped the nation-state and created a climate for exploitation that resulted in protests and demands for change. Lessons include The Philosophy of the Industrialists, The Populist Movement: The Value of Third Parties, and Divergent Paths to Equality for African Americans. Part 5 explores the concerns of the early twentieth century: imperialism, isolationism, and progressivism. Lessons in this section include A Foreign Policy for a New Age and The Jungle: Support for a Political Agenda.Lessons are not designed to accompany a specific textbook. They are flexible to meet the needs of a variety of teaching goals, but mainly aim to prepare students for the Advanced Placement examination.

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Students use a wide variety of sources, including maps, graphs, charts, cartoons, and readings. Several lessons incorporate models to help students develop skills needed to analyze a document, read a historical monograph, and write an organized essay. Other lessons focus on the philosophies that shaped the nation and how they altered to meet the changing needs of the American people. Students learn the historian’s skills in processing American history.