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DiscoveringOurPast:
AHistoryoftheUnitedStates
DiscoveringOurPast:
AHistoryoftheUnitedStates:EarlyYears
Appleby • Brinkley • Broussard • McPherson • Ritchie
DiscoveringOurPast:AHistoryoftheUnitedStates brings the people, issues, and events of yesterday to life for
today’s students with the first truly integrated print and digital Middle School U.S. History curriculum. Networks
combines print resources grounded in solid pedagogy with a full suite of teaching and learning tools for a flexible,
customized learning experience.
Focus on the big ideas with an accessible student
text built around Essential Questions, enduring
ideas, and NCSS Standards
Build critical thinking and historical analysis skills
with Thinking Like a Historian, It Matters Because,
What Do You Think, and Connections to Today
Put students in the middle of the action with The
Story Matters chapter openers, Biography features,
Step Into Place maps, and Step Into Time timelines
Customize the learning experience with
differentiated instruction, leveled reading,
customizable assessments and worksheets, and
flexible online learning tools
Maximize comprehension with the Reading
Help Desk in each lesson to assist students with
reading strategies, note-taking activities, graphic
organizers, and vocabulary support
Bring American history to life with high-interest,
cumulative Hands-On Chapter Projects that
provide authentic performance assessment.
Each project includes an additional Technology
Extension activity.
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Table of Contents
and Components
DiscoveringOurPast:
DiscoveringOurPast:
AHistoryoftheUnitedStates:EarlyYears
AHistoryoftheUnitedStates
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
The First Americans
Exploring the Americas
Colonial America
Life in the American
Colonies
The Spirit of
Independence
The American Revolution
A More Perfect Union
The Constitution
The Federalist Era
The Jefferson Era
Growth and Expansion
The Jackson Era
Manifest Destiny
North and South
The Spirit of Reform
Toward Civil War
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
The Civil War
The Reconstruction Era
Opening the West
The Industrial Age
An Urban Society
The Progressive Era
Rise to World Power
World War I
The Jazz Age
The Depression and
the New Deal
America and
World War II
The Cold War Era
The Civil Rights Era
The Vietnam Era
A Troubled Nation
New Challenges
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
The First Americans
Exploring the Americas
Colonial America
Life in the American
Colonies
The Spirit of
Independence
The American Revolution
A More Perfect Union
The Constitution
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
The Federalist Era
The Jefferson Era
Growth and Expansion
The Jackson Era
Manifest Destiny
North and South
The Spirit of Reform
Toward Civil War
The Civil War
The Reconstruction Era
Components
Student Materials
Student Edition
Student Suite, 6-year subscription
Student Suite, 1-year subscription
Student Learning Center, 6-year subscription
Student Learning Center, 1-year subscription
Complete Classroom Sets
Print and Digital, 6-year subscription
Print and Digital, 1-year subscription
Print
Digital, 6-year subscription
Digital, 1-year subscription
Teacher Materials
Teacher Edition
Teacher Suite, 6-year subscription
Teacher Suite, 1-year subscription
Teacher Lesson Center, 6-year subscription
Teacher Lesson Center, 1-year subscription
Reading
Reading Essentials and Study Guide,
Student Workbook
Reading Essentials and Study Guide,
Answer Key
Spanish Materials
Spanish Reading Essentials and Study Guide,
Student Workbook
Spanish Reading Essentials and Study Guide,
Answer Key
Complete Classroom Sets
• Complete Classroom Set, Print: Classroom Set of 30 Print Student Editions with Print Teacher Edition
• Complete Classroom Set, Digital: Classroom Set of 30 Student Learning Center subscriptions + Teacher Lesson Center
• Complete Classroom Set, Print & Digital: Classroom Set of 30 Print Student Editions + 30 Student Learning Center subscriptions with Print Teacher Edition + Teacher Lesson Center
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