Madeley Ranch Elementary School

1st Nine Weeks Focus:

• Geography of the United States
• Free Enterprise System
• Celebrate Freedom Week
• European Exploration
• Early English Settlements
• Colonial Regions
• Tension in the Colonies
• French & Indian War

2nd Nine Weeks Focus:

• Colonists Rebel
• Road to Independence
• American Revolution: Early Battles
• American Revolution: Winning Independence
• Articles of Confederation
• Constitutional Convention
• Bill of Rights
• Government

3rd Nine Weeks Focus:

• Looking to the West
• The War of 1812
• Industrial Revolution
• Westward Expansion
• Causes of the Civil War: Slavery, Reform, and Compromises
• Life During the Civil War
• Reconstruction
• Expansion of the United States

4th Nine Weeks Focus:

• Economic Growth and Immigration
• Reforms and World War I
• Roaring 20s, Great Depression, and New Deal
• World War II: European Front
• World War II: Holocaust and Pacific Front
• Cold War and Civil Rights Movement
• Modern Era