History 121

• Introduces the history of the United States from its origins to 1877, including the European exploration, development of the American colonies and their institutions, the Revolution, major political, social and economic developments, geographical expansion, the Civil War, and Reconstruction

  • Before First Contact: Native American Societies, European Culture, West African Culture

  • First Contact: Fifteenth and Sixteenth-century contacts between the Americas and Europe, Early British Settlements in the Chesapeake and New England, Atlantic Slave Trade

  • British North American Colonies Mature

  • The American Revolution and the Early National Period

  • The Market and Communication Revolution

  • The Jacksonian Era

  • Westward Expansion: Politics of the 1820s, Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion, The Mexican War

  • The Slave South

  • The Secession Crisis

  • Civil War: Secession, The Military Aspects of the Civil War, The Home Front and Politics. The War’s End

  • Reconstruction: Emancipation, Presidential Reconstruction, Congressional (Radical) Reconstruction, The Unofficial and Official Ends of Reconstruction

History 122

• Introduces the history of the United States from 1865 to present, including major political, social and economic developments since 1865, overseas expansion, the two world wars, the Cold War and the post-Cold War era

  • Reconstruction

  • The Gilded Age: Suggested Context 

  • The Progressive Era

  • The Modern Nation

  • The Great Depression and the New Deal

  • World War II

  • The Cold War

  • A Changing American Society

  • A New World Order for America

Students will take Virginia and United States History SOL assessment to earn 1 verified credit

*The age-appropriate curriculum for this course is prescribed by College Board (Advanced Placement), International Baccalaureate (IBDP, IBCP), the Virginia Community College System (Dual Enrollment), the Virginia Department of Education Standards of Learning (SOLs), or is developed in alignment with best practices for the specialized elective course content. Instruction designed and delivered for this course is done so in alignment with standards developed by those organizations and institutions. As such, HCPS may not substitute, alter, or omit prescribed course content including that which relate(s) to human sexuality. In accordance with P7-05-008, a detailed list of assigned instructional material that contains sexually explicit content that must be taught during this course is available for parental review in advance of course enrollment. As this is an elective course and the materials may not be altered, Parents wishing to request alternative materials for their student may wish to enroll their student in a different course.