If you use the Prentice Hall America: History of Our Nation textbook in class, this course is a great resource to supplement your studies. The course covers the same important American history concepts found in the book, but uses short videos that make the American history lessons easier to understand and more fun to learn.
Overview
Syllabus
- Ch 1. Chapter 1: Roots of the American People (Prehistory-1500)
- Ch 2. Chapter 2: Europe Looks Outward (1000-1720)
- Ch 3. Chapter 3: Colonies Take Root (1587-1752)
- Ch 4. Chapter 4: Life in the Colonies (1650-1750)
- Ch 5. Chapter 5: The Road to Revolution (1745-1776)
- Ch 6. Chapter 6: The American Revolution (1776-1783)
- Ch 7. Chapter 7: Creating the Constitution (1776-1790)
- Ch 8. Chapter 8: Launching a New Nation (1789-1800)
- Ch 9. Chapter 9: The Era of Thomas Jefferson (1800-1815)
- Ch 10. Chapter 10: A Changing Nation (1815-1840)
- Ch 11. Chapter 11: North and South Take Different Paths (1800-1845)
- Ch 12. Chapter 12: An Age of Reform (1820-1860)
- Ch 13. Chapter 13: Westward Expansion (1820-1860)
- Ch 14. Chapter 14: The Nation Divided (1846-1861)
- Ch 15. Chapter 15: The Civil War (1861-1865)
- Ch 16. Chapter 16: Reconstruction and the New South (1863-1896)
- Ch 17. Chapter 17: The West Transformed (1860-1896)
- Ch 18. Chapter 18: Industry and Urban Growth (1865-1915)
- Ch 19. Chapter 19: Political Reform and the Progressive Era (1870-1920)
- Ch 20. Chapter 20: The United States Looks Overseas (1853-1915)
- Ch 21. Chapter 21: World War I (1914-1919)
- Ch 22. Chapter 22: The Roaring Twenties (1919-1929)
- Ch 23. Chapter 23: The Great Depression and the New Deal (1929-1941)
- Ch 24. Chapter 24: The World War II Era (1935-1945)
- Ch 25. Chapter 25: The United States in the Cold War (1945-1963)
- Ch 26. Chapter 26: The Civil Rights Era (1945-1975)
- Ch 27. Chapter 27: The Vietnam Era (1954-1976)
- Ch 28. Chapter 28: New Directions for a Nation (1977-2000)
- Ch 29. Chapter 29: Challenges for a New Century (1980-Present)