2009-10

• US History Yearly Overview
• 1st Six Weeks Conceptual Overview
• 1st Six Weeks IPG

Login to AIMS
and select the IPG tab

to locate suggested lessons
and accompanying resources.

2010-11

• United States History Yearly Itinerary
• United States History Curriculum Roadmap
• United States History GPS

Texas Knowledge and Skills
(TEKS)
for U.S. History

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* Professional Development on the new TEKS
is scheduled for Spring/Summer 2011.

Implementation of new TEKS for Social Studies
will be in the 2011-12 school year.

• Project-Based Learning Unit of Study:"Nations within America, 1840-1898 CE" (.doc) (an Asia Society Curriculum Framewrks Project)

Classroom resources gathered on PBS' The West [1996] site are designed for use not only with this Web site but also other material on the Internet along with each of The West episodes for a study of the United States' westward expansion in the Nineteenth Century. This multidisciplinary unit of lessons addresses a variety of subject areas, including history, language arts, fine arts, and science.

"Manifest Destiny & Westward Expanison ".doc
[Lesson designed by Austin High teacher Melinda Lemke; M.Ed., as part of the NEH Landmarks in American History & Culture Seminar, July 2008.]

• Photo story.mpg
• Photo story references.doc

• Andrew Carnegie: The Richest Man in the World

PBS Documentary w/ Teacher Guide.

19th century Immigration & Industrialization
[Teaching Project and Lesson Plans Developed by Participants in a Teaching American History Grant project]

1880 - 2000: Immigration to America interactive map (NY Times)

Educating About Immigration (CRF)

Immigration During the Gilded Age
- Lesson authored by Melissa M. Allen, TCSS 2008 High School Teacher of the Year, published in the Fall/Winter 2008 issue of The Social Studies Texan.

The Roots of American Democracy Quiz

Constitution Day / Celebrate Freedom Week

2009 list of additional resources

Unit: Progression of Political Movements
[Lesson plans in this unit developed by Participants in Teaching American History Grant project, Defining U.S.]