Everything Everywhere AP US History Curriculum

For Teachers: How to Use Everything Everywhere Daily in the Classroom

Unit 1: Pre-Columbian Societies and European Contact

ca. 1491–1607

1. Native American Societies before European Contact
   • Human Migration to the Americas
   • The Great Dying of the Americas
   • The Clovis First Hypothesis
2. European Exploration in the Americas
3. Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and Conquest
   1. The Columbian Exchange
4. Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonial System
5. Cultural Interactions between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans

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Unit 2: Colonial America

ca. 1607–1754

1. European Colonization in North America
2. The Regions of British Colonies
3. Transatlantic Trade
4. Interactions between American Indians and Europeans
5. Slavery in the British Colonies
6. Colonial Society and Culture

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Unit 3: The American Revolution

ca. 1754–1800

1. The Seven Years’ War and British Policy
   • World War Zero
2. Colonial Resistance and Rebellion
3. The Road to Independence
   1. John Dickenson: The Reluctant Revolutionary
4. The American Revolution
   • The Battle of Trenton
   • The Battle of Yorktown
5. The Influence of Revolutionary Ideals
   • Alexander Hamilton
6. Articles of Confederation
7. The Constitution
8. The Bill of Rights
   1. The Third Amendment
9. Shaping a New Republic
   • The Quasi-War
   • The Election of 1788
   • America’s First Law

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Unit 4: The Early Republic and Antebellum America

ca. 1800–1848

1. The Rise of Political Parties
   • The Election of 1824
2. Politics and Regional Interests
3. America on the World Stage
   1. The Mexican-American War
   2. The War of 1812
4. Market Revolution
5. Reform Movements
6. Expansion and Native American Removal
   • The Trail of Tears
   • The Louisiana Purchase

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Unit 5: Civil War and Reconstruction

ca. 1844–1877

1. Manifest Destiny
   • A Brief History of Texas
   • The Monroe Doctrine
   • The Pig War
2. Causes of the Civil War
   • The Election of 1860
   • John Brown
   • The Origins and History of the Abolitionist Movement
   • The Underground Railroad
   • The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
   • Frederick Douglas
3. The Civil War
   • The Battle of Fort Sumter
   • The Anaconda Plan
   • The Battle of Gettysburg
   • The Battle of Vicksburg 
   • The Battle of Antietam
   • Sherman’s March to the Sea
   • Andersonville Prison
   • The Election of 1864
   • The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
   • How the US Civil War Really Ended
   • The Gettysburg Address
4. Reconstruction
   • The Sultana Steamboat Disaster
   • The 13th Amendment
   • Juneteenth
   • Robert Smalls
5. Failure of Reconstruction

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Unit 6: The Gilded Age and Industrialization

ca. 1865–1898

1. Westward Expansion
   • The Donner Party
   • The Mormon Migration
   • Mountain Men
   • The Battle of the Little Bighorn
2. The New South
3. Technological Innovation
   1. The Origins of Baseball
4. Industrial Capitalism
   1. The History of Whaling
5. Labor and Immigration
   1. German Americans
6. The Politics of the Gilded Age
   1. The Statue of Liberty

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Unit 7: Progressivism and Imperialism

ca. 1890–1945

1. The Progressive Era
   • The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
   • The Creation of the Federal Reserve
   • Women’s Suffrage
   • Jack Johnson
   • Yosemite National Park
   • Buffalo Soldiers
   • The Federal Bureau of Investigation
   • The Creation of the Federal Reserve
2. American Imperialism
   • The Mahan Doctrine
   • The Spanish-American War
3. World War I
   1. The Zimmermann Telegram
4. The Roaring Twenties
   • The 1919 Chicago Black Sox Scandal
   • The Legend of Babe Ruth
   • Charles Ponzi and His Scheme
   • The Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre 
   • The Scopes Monkey Trial
   • The 1921 Tulsa Massacre
   • The Harlem Renaissance
5. The Great Depression
   • The Five Families and Their Influence on New York
6. The New Deal
7. World War II
   1. Did the US Have Advanced Knowledge of the Attack on Pearl Harbor?
   2. The Plan Dog Memorandum
   3. The US Occupation of Japan
   4. Rosie the Riveter
   5. The Manhattan Project

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Unit 8: The Cold War and Postwar America

ca. 1945–1980

1. The Cold War
   • The Marshall Plan 
   • A History of NATO
   • The B-52
   • Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
   • The Long Telegram
2. The Red Scare
3. The Economy after 1945
   • The Interstate Highway System
   • The Bretton Woods Agreement
4. The Civil Rights Movement
   • The Extraordinary Life of Josephine Baker
   • The Little Rock Nine
5. The Liberal Consensus
6. Vietnam and Foreign Policy
   • The Origins of the Vietnam War 
   • The Gulf of Tonkin Incident 
7. Social Movements of the 1960s and 1970s
   1. The Hippie Movement

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Unit 9: Modern America

ca. 1980–Present

1. The Reagan Era
2. Globalization
   1. The History of the Shipping Container
3. Political and Cultural Polarization
4. The United States in the 21st Century