The U.S. Role in a Changing World

Students explore the history of immigration to the United States and current U.S. immigration policy in the Trump era. 

A New Nation asks students to consider the opportunities, hardships, aspirations, and questions facing people across the United States in its earliest years—from 1783-1830.

Students survey the economic issues and political developments that have shaped the outlook of policymakers in the Kremlin and Washington.

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Students explore the causes and effects of global warming and delve into questions of who is most responsible for and vulnerable to the changing climate.

Students consider the changing nature of terrorism, the motivations of terrorists, and the policy challenges for the United States.

In this lesson students learn about the design elements of a map and assess the value and limitations of using maps as sources.

Westward Expansion: A New History explores the transformation of the North American continent in the nineteenth century. Students examine this complicated and violent history through two lenses, first considering the major events and policies that accompanied U.S. westward growth, and then exploring the effects of U.S. expansion on a local level.