Everything Everywhere AP US History Curriculum

For Teachers: How to Everything Everywhere Daily in the Classroom

Unit 1: Pre-Columbian Societies and European Contact

ca. 1491–1607

  1. Native American Societies before European Contact
  2. European Exploration in the Americas
  3. Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and Conquest
  4. Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonial System
  5. Cultural Interactions between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans

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

Unit 3: The American Revolution

ca. 1754–1800

  1. The Seven Years’ War and British Policy
  2. Colonial Resistance and Rebellion
  3. The Road to Independence
  4. The American Revolution
  5. The Influence of Revolutionary Ideals
  6. Articles of Confederation
  7. The Constitution
  8. The Bill of Rights
  9. Shaping a New Republic

Unit 4: The Early Republic and Antebellum America

ca. 1800–1848

  1. The Rise of Political Parties
  2. Politics and Regional Interests
  3. America on the World Stage
  4. Market Revolution
  5. Reform Movements
  6. Expansion and Native American Removal

Unit 5: Civil War and Reconstruction

ca. 1844–1877

  1. Manifest Destiny
  2. Causes of the Civil War
  3. The Civil War
  4. Reconstruction
  5. Failure of Reconstruction

Unit 6: The Gilded Age and Industrialization

ca. 1865–1898

  1. Westward Expansion
  2. The New South
  3. Technological Innovation
  4. Industrial Capitalism
  5. Labor and Immigration
  6. The Politics of the Gilded Age

Unit 7: Progressivism and Imperialism

ca. 1890–1945

  1. The Progressive Era
  2. American Imperialism
  3. World War I
  4. The Roaring Twenties
  5. The Great Depression
  6. The New Deal
  7. World War II

Unit 8: The Cold War and Postwar America

ca. 1945–1980

  1. The Cold War
  2. The Red Scare
  3. The Economy after 1945
  4. The Civil Rights Movement
  5. The Liberal Consensus
  6. Vietnam and Foreign Policy
  7. Social Movements of the 1960s and 1970s

Unit 9: Modern America

ca. 1980–Present

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