Our Nation

by Banks, James A.; Boehm, Richard G.; Colleary, Kevin P.; Contreras, Gloria; Goodwin, A. Lin; McFarland, Mary A.

• ISBN13: 9780021503162
• ISBN10: 0021503168
• Edition: Student
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-02
• Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub

Table of Contents

Introduction Land and People of the United States	2	(8)
Geography Skills Using Latitude and Longitude Maps	10	(6)
Reading and Thinking Skills Problem Solving	16	(8)
Study Skills Writing an Outline	24	(8)
Introduction Review	32	(2)
Literature The Groundhog Dance, a Cherokee legend	34	(2)
Unit 1 The First Americans	36	(56)
Peopling the Western Hemisphere	38	(16)
Lesson 1 Early Cultures	40	(6)
Study Skills Reading Time Lines	46	(2)
Lesson 2 Aztec and Inca	48	(4)
Chapter 1 Review	52	(2)
Native Americans	54	(38)
Lesson 1 Native Americans of the Southwest	56	(6)
Lesson 2 Native Americans of the Woodlands	62	(6)
Reading and Thinking Skills Identifying Cause and Effect	68	(2)
Lesson 3 Native Americans of the Plains	70	(6)
Lesson 4 Native Americans of the West	76	(6)
Being a Good Citizen • Preserving Tradition	82	(2)
Chapter 2 Review	84	(4)
Unit 1 Review/Test Preparation	86	(2)
Literature The Log of Christopher Columbus	88	(4)
Unit 2 Worlds Meet	92	(84)
The Age of Exploration	94	(20)
Lesson 1 Europe and Marco Polo	96	(6)
Study Skills Reading Graphs	102	(2)
Lesson 2 The Expansion of Trade	104	(4)
Lesson 3 The Search for New Trade Routes	108	(4)
Chapter 3 Review	112	(2)
Contact and Exploration	114	(34)
Lesson 1 Europeans Come to the Americas	116	(10)
Points of View • Should Columbus Day Be Celebrated as a National Holiday?	126	(2)
Lesson 2 Explorers and Conquerors	128	(8)
Geography Skills Using Historical Maps	136	(2)
Lesson 3 The Spanish Build an Empire	138	(8)
Chapter 4 Review	146	(2)
The Settlement of North America	148	(28)
Lesson 1 The Search for a Northwest Passage	150	(6)
Reading and Thinking Skills Decision Making	156	(2)
Lesson 2 Roanoke and Jamestown	158	(6)
Lesson 3 The Plymouth Colony	164	(6)
Chapter 5 Review	170	(4)
Unit 2 Review/Test Preparation	172	(2)
Literature The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce, a Pilgrim Boy	174	(2)
Unit 3 Colonization and Conflict	176	(82)
Establishment of the 13 English Colonies	178	(20)
Lesson 1 New England	180	(6)
Geography Skills Using Elevation Maps	186	(2)
Lesson 2 Middle Colonies	188	(4)
Lesson 3 Southern Colonies	192	(4)
Chapter 6 Review	196	(2)
Life in the Colonies	198	(34)
Lesson 1 The Colonists and Why They Came	200	(4)
Lesson 2 The Colonial Way of Life	204	(6)
Lesson 3 Slavery in the Colonies	210	(6)
Lesson 4 The Colonial Economies	216	(6)
Study Skills Summarizing	222	(2)
Lesson 5 Colonial Governments	224	(6)
Chapter 7 Review	230	(2)
European Rivalries in North America	232	(26)
Lesson 1 Spanish Settlements Spread North	234	(6)
Lesson 2 New France Expands	240	(4)
Reading and Thinking Skills Making Generalizations	244	(2)
Lesson 3 The French and Indian War	246	(4)
Citizenship Being a Good Citizen • Working Together to Work Things Out	250	(2)
Chapter 8 Review	252	(4)
Unit 3 Review/Test Preparation	254	(2)
Literature ``Paul Revere's Ride''	256	(2)
Unit 4 The Fight for Independence	258	(84)
Breaking Ties with Great Britain	260	(26)
Lesson 1 The Colonists Protest British Rule	262	(6)
Study Skills Reading Political Cartoons	268	(2)
Lesson 2 The Revolution Begins	270	(6)
Lesson 3 The Declaration of Independence	276	(8)
Chapter 9 Review	284	(2)
The American Revolution	286	(24)
Lesson 1 American Strengths and Weaknesses	288	(6)
Lesson 2 From Defeat to Victory	294	(6)
Lesson 3 The War Ends	300	(6)
Geography Skills Comparing Maps at Different Scales	306	(2)
Chapter 10 Review	308	(2)
The Constitution of the United States	310	(32)
Lesson 1 The Articles of Confederation	312	(4)
Lesson 2 The Constitutional Convention of 1787	316	(6)
Reading and Thinking Skills Recognizing Points of View	322	(2)
Lesson 3 The Constitution	324	(4)
Lesson 4 Ratifying the Constitution	328	(6)
Citizenship Points of View • How Should the President Be Elected?	334	(2)
Chapter II Review	336	(4)
Unit 4 Review/Test Preparation	338	(2)
Literature Big Men, Big Country: Davy Crockett Teaches the Steamboat a Leetle Patriotism	340	(2)
Unit 5 A New Nation	342	(64)
The Young United States	344	(22)
Lesson 1 Beyond the Appalachians	346	(4)
Lesson 2 The Louisiana Purchase	350	(6)
Geography Skills Comparing Maps	356	(2)
Lesson 3 The War of 1812	358	(6)
Chapter 12 Review	364	(2)
The Nation Grows	366	(40)
Lesson 1 The Industrial Revolution	368	(8)
Lesson 2 The Presidency of Andrew Jackson	376	(6)
Citizenship Being a Good Citizen • Saving Our Canal	382	(2)
Lesson 3 Moving West	384	(6)
Reading and Thinking Skills • Distinguishing Fact from Opinion	390	(2)
Lesson 4 Texas and the War with Mexico	392	(8)
Chapter 13 Review	400	(4)
Unit 5 Review/Test Preparation	402	(2)
Literature North Star to Freedom: The Story of the Underground Railroad	404	(2)
Unit 6 Slavery and Emancipation	406	(64)
Slavery Divides the Nation	408	(24)
Lesson 1 ``King Cotton'' and the Spread of Slavery	410	(6)
Lesson 2 Speaking Out Against Slavery	416	(6)
Study Skills Analyzing the News	422	(2)
Lesson 3 Heading Toward War	424	(6)
Chapter 14 Review	430	(2)
The Civil War and Reconstruction	432	(38)
Lesson 1 The Nation Divided by War	434	(6)
Geography Skills Using Special Purpose Maps: Distribution Maps	440	(2)
Lesson 2 The Union Moves Toward Victory	442	(6)
Lesson 3 The War Ends	448	(6)
Reading and Thinking Skills Drawing Inferences	454	(2)
Lesson 4 Reconstruction and After	456	(6)
Citizenship Point of View • How Did Lincoln's Death Affect Reconstruction?	462	(2)
Chapter 15 Review	464	(4)
Unit 6 Review/Test Preparation	466	(2)
Literature ``Kiansis''	468	(2)
Unit 7 The Nation Changes	470	(66)
The Changing West	472	(30)
Lesson 1 The Transcontinental Railroad	474	(6)
Geography Skills Reading Time Zone Maps	480	(2)
Lesson 2 The Cattle Kingdom	482	(4)
Lesson 3 Settling on the Plains	486	(6)
Reading and Thinking Skills Frame of Reference	492	(2)
Lesson 4 The Plains Wars	494	(6)
Chapter 16 Review	500	(2)
The Nation Is Industrialized	502	(34)
Lesson 1 Big Business	504	(6)
Lesson 2 The Growth of Cities	510	(6)
Study Skills Using Primary and Secondary Sources	516	(2)
Lesson 3 The United States Gains Territories	518	(4)
Lesson 4 The Rough Rider President	522	(6)
Citizenship Points of View • When Should the Government Break Up Monopolies?	528	(2)
Chapter 17 Review	530	(4)
Unit 7 Review/Test Preparation	532	(2)
Literature Through My Eyes	534	(2)
Unit 8 The Modern Era	536	(72)
Good Times and Hard Times	538	(38)
Lesson 1 World War I	540	(6)
Lesson 2 Good Times	546	(6)
Lesson 3 The Great Depression	552	(6)
Lesson 4 World War II	558	(8)
Lesson 5 The Postwar Years	566	(6)
Reading and Thinking Skills Drawing Conclusions	572	(2)
Chapter 18 Review	574	(2)
A Changing World	576	(32)
Lesson 1 The Civil Rights Movement	578	(6)
Lesson 2 The Great Society	584	(4)
Citizenship Being a Good Citizen • Finding Common Ground	588	(2)
Lesson 3 The Cold War Ends	590	(8)
Study Skills Using Reference Sources and Databases	598	(2)
Lesson 4 New Challenges	600	(4)
Chapter 19 Review	604	(4)
Unit 8 Review/Test Preparation	606	(2)
Unit 9 Our Neighbors in the Western Hemisphere	608
Part 1 Canada	610	(6)
Part 2 Mexico	616	(6)
Part 3 Central America and the Caribbean	622	(6)
Part 4 South America	628	(6)
Unit 9 Review/Test Preparation	634