A Christ-centered exploration of American history from westward expansion through the modern era, integrated with geography, civics, and economics. Students examine God's providence in American history, develop historical thinking skills, and learn to apply biblical principles to historical events and current issues.
Understand major events, people, and movements in American history from westward expansion through the present day
Analyze historical events from multiple perspectives and recognize God's providence throughout history
Develop geographic literacy and understand how geography has influenced American development
Understand constitutional government, civic responsibilities, and how Christians can engage as salt and light
Apply economic concepts and personal finance skills through a biblical stewardship lens
Build critical thinking skills by analyzing primary sources and making connections between past and present
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Introduction to westward expansion and the concept of Manifest Destiny. Students explore why Americans felt called to move west and what they hoped to find.
Identifying historical motivationsdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Thomas Jefferson's purchase of Louisiana Territory in 1803 and how it changed America's future. Students map the territory and calculate the incredible deal.
Map analysis and geographic understandinghands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The Corps of Discovery expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory. Students follow their route and learn about Sacagawea's crucial role.
Following routes on maps and sequencing eventsproject📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Major westward trails including the Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail, and California Trail. Students compare routes, challenges, and destinations.
Comparing and contrasting historical routeshands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Biblical perspective on westward expansion: examining both the opportunities and the moral challenges. Students discuss God's sovereignty and human responsibility.
Applying biblical worldview to historydiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭What pioneers could and couldn't take west in their covered wagons. Students make decisions about essential items with weight limits.
Decision-making with constraintsgame📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Daily routine of a wagon train journey using primary source diaries. Students calculate distances, time, and understand the grueling pace.
Analyzing primary sourcesworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Challenges pioneers faced including weather, disease, river crossings, and accidents. Students read real accounts and discuss survival strategies.
Understanding cause and effectdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How pioneers established farms and communities in new territories. Students explore sod houses, log cabins, and early frontier architecture.
Understanding adaptation to environmenthands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The role of faith in pioneer life, circuit-riding preachers, and how churches formed community centers. Students read accounts of frontier worship.
Recognizing faith's role in historydiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Overview of Native American tribes living in the West before expansion, their diverse cultures, and ways of life.
Understanding cultural diversitydiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Indian Removal Act and the forced relocation of Cherokee and other tribes. Students examine the injustice and suffering through primary accounts.
Analyzing historical injusticeworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Conflicts between settlers and Native Americans over land, resources, and ways of life. Students examine both perspectives.
Multiple perspective analysisdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The reservation system and how Native Americans lost their lands. Students map territorial changes over time.
Analyzing change over time with mapshands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How should Christians respond to historical injustice? Students explore biblical principles of justice, repentance, and reconciliation.
Applying biblical principles to historydiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Major landforms of the United States and how they influenced settlement patterns. Students identify and map key geographic features.
Identifying and mapping landformshands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Major river systems and their role in transportation, commerce, and settlement. Students trace the Mississippi, Missouri, and other key rivers.
Understanding geographic influence on historyworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How climate varies across America and affects agriculture, lifestyle, and economy. Students create climate zone maps.
Analyzing climate and human activityhands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Distribution of natural resources (gold, timber, oil, minerals) and how they drove westward expansion and economic development.
Connecting resources to historical eventsdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Biblical principles of caring for creation and how Americans have both used and misused natural resources. Students discuss responsible stewardship.
Applying biblical stewardship principlesdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Contrasting economies, cultures, and societies of the North and South before the Civil War. Students create comparison charts.
Comparing and contrasting regionsworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The Southern economy's dependence on cotton and enslaved labor. Students examine the economic factors that entrenched slavery.
Understanding economic systemsdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Northern industrialization, factory systems, and waves of immigration. Students explore how the North's economy differed from the South's.
Analyzing economic developmenthands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Growing tensions over slavery's expansion into new territories. Students examine the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850.
Understanding political compromisediscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The constitutional debate over states' rights and federal authority that underlaid sectional tensions.
Understanding constitutional issuesdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The brutal realities of slavery in America. Students learn about the daily life, family separation, and dehumanization enslaved people endured.
Understanding historical injusticediscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Reading firsthand accounts from formerly enslaved people like Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs. Students analyze primary sources.
Analyzing slave narrativesworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The network of people who helped enslaved individuals escape to freedom. Students learn about Harriet Tubman and other conductors.
Understanding resistance and couragehands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The abolitionist movement and key figures like William Lloyd Garrison, Sojourner Truth, and John Brown. Students examine different approaches to ending slavery.
Analyzing reform movementsdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Biblical teaching on human dignity and equality. Students explore how Christians were on both sides of the slavery debate and examine Scripture.
Applying biblical principles to injusticediscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel and its impact on Northern attitudes toward slavery. Students explore how literature influences society.
Understanding cultural influencediscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Violent conflicts over whether Kansas would be free or slave. Students examine how popular sovereignty led to bloodshed.
Analyzing cause and effectworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The Supreme Court case that declared African Americans couldn't be citizens. Students analyze this unjust decision and its consequences.
Understanding judicial impactdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The famous debates over slavery's expansion. Students read excerpts and compare Lincoln's and Douglas's positions.
Analyzing political argumentsworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Lincoln's election in 1860 and Southern states' decision to secede. Students examine the final breaking point.
Understanding political crisisdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The attack on Fort Sumter that began the Civil War. Students examine why this event triggered four years of conflict.
Identifying turning pointsdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How the Civil War divided families, friends, and communities. Students read accounts of families split by the conflict.
Understanding war's human costdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Comparing the Union and Confederacy's strengths and weaknesses in population, industry, resources, and military leadership.
Analyzing comparative advantagesworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The First Battle of Bull Run and how it shattered illusions of a quick war. Students examine early Confederate victories.
Understanding expectations vs. realityhands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Daily life in Union and Confederate armies through soldiers' letters and diaries. Students explore camp life, food, and conditions.
Analyzing primary sourcesworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The Battle of Antietam and its significance as the war's bloodiest single day. Students examine the battle's strategic importance.
Understanding military significancediscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Lincoln's decision to make the war about ending slavery. Students analyze the proclamation's text and its limited but crucial scope.
Analyzing historical documentsworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The 54th Massachusetts and other African American regiments who fought for the Union. Students learn about their courage and sacrifice.
Understanding diverse contributionsdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The three-day Battle of Gettysburg and why it marked the war's turning point. Students map the battle and examine Pickett's Charge.
Identifying turning pointshands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Lincoln's famous speech and its vision for America. Students memorize and analyze key phrases about equality and democracy.
Analyzing influential speechesdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Women's roles during the Civil War as nurses, spies, and managers of farms and businesses. Students learn about Clara Barton and others.
Understanding changing social rolesdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭General Sherman's march through Georgia and the strategy of total war. Students debate the ethics of this approach.
Evaluating military strategiesdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The final campaigns and Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House. Students examine the generous surrender terms.
Understanding reconciliationworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Calculating the Civil War's devastating toll: 620,000 dead, economic destruction, and social upheaval. Students create infographics.
Analyzing data and consequenceshands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How God worked through the Civil War to end slavery and preserve the Union. Students reflect on God's sovereignty in tragedy.
Recognizing God's providencediscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Lincoln's vision for bringing Southern states back into the Union with malice toward none. Students examine his Second Inaugural Address.
Understanding reconciliation approachesdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Lincoln's assassination and its impact on Reconstruction. Students explore how his death changed America's trajectory.
Understanding historical impactdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments that abolished slavery, guaranteed citizenship, and protected voting rights. Students analyze the texts.
Understanding constitutional changesworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Efforts to help formerly enslaved people with education, land, and jobs. Students examine both successes and limitations.
Evaluating government programsdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How Reconstruction's promise was betrayed through segregation laws and violence. Students learn about the beginning of systematic racism.
Understanding injustice continuationdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The Constitution's preamble and the idea of government by the people. Students examine the document's biblical influences.
Understanding constitutional principlesdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How the Constitution divides power among legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Students create visual diagrams.
Understanding separation of powershands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How each branch can limit the others' power. Students role-play scenarios showing checks and balances.
Applying constitutional conceptsgame📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The first ten amendments and the freedoms they protect. Students examine each right and discuss its importance.
Understanding constitutional rightsworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭What it means to be a responsible citizen: voting, jury duty, obeying laws, and serving the community.
Understanding civic dutydiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Key inventions like the telegraph, telephone, light bulb, and their impact on daily life. Students research inventors.
Understanding technological impacthands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The Transcontinental Railroad and how railroads transformed commerce, communication, and settlement. Students map rail networks.
Understanding infrastructure impacthands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How industrialization changed where and how Americans worked. Students compare farm life to factory work.
Comparing economic systemsworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Rapid urbanization and the growth of American cities. Students examine both opportunities and problems of city life.
Analyzing urban developmentdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Business leaders like Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Vanderbilt. Students debate whether they were heroes or villains.
Evaluating historical figuresdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The great waves of immigration in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Students map where immigrants came from and where they settled.
Analyzing immigration patternshands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The immigration process at Ellis Island. Students follow an immigrant's journey from arrival to entry or rejection.
Understanding historical processesworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Challenges immigrants faced including language barriers, discrimination, and hard work. Students read immigrant letters and diaries.
Analyzing primary sourcesdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How immigrants enriched American culture, economy, and society. Students research contributions from various ethnic groups.
Recognizing diverse contributionshands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Biblical perspective on immigration and how Christians should view newcomers. Students explore Acts 17:26 and hospitality commands.
Applying biblical principlesdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How supply and demand determine prices in a market economy. Students participate in a classroom market simulation.
Understanding market forcesgame📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The American economic system based on private property, competition, and profit. Students examine benefits and challenges.
Understanding economic systemsdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Personal finance basics: how to earn money, save for goals, and make wise spending decisions. Students create budgets.
Applying financial literacyworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Understanding credit, interest, and why debt can be dangerous. Students calculate how interest accumulates over time.
Understanding debt and interestworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Biblical principles of money management: God owns it all, we are stewards, and we're called to generous giving.
Applying biblical stewardshipdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Journalists who exposed corruption and social problems. Students read excerpts from Upton Sinclair and Ida Tarbell.
Analyzing investigative journalismworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The labor movement and efforts to improve working conditions, wages, and hours. Students examine both sides of labor disputes.
Understanding labor historydiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The suffrage movement and leaders like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Students examine arguments for and against women's voting.
Understanding women's rights movementdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭President Roosevelt's efforts to regulate big business and conserve natural resources. Students examine his progressive policies.
Understanding presidential leadershipworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How Christians led many reform movements. Students explore the Social Gospel movement and faith-based activism.
Recognizing faith's role in reformdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Causes of World War I in Europe and why America initially stayed neutral. Students map alliances and examine the war's outbreak.
Understanding international conflicthands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Events that drew America into WWI including the Lusitania and the Zimmermann Telegram. Students analyze why neutrality ended.
Analyzing cause and effectdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭American soldiers' experiences in WWI. Students read letters from the trenches and learn about trench warfare.
Understanding war experiencesworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How Americans at home supported the war through rationing, Liberty Bonds, and factory work. Students examine propaganda posters.
Analyzing propagandahands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The Treaty of Versailles and Wilson's Fourteen Points. Students examine why his vision for lasting peace failed.
Evaluating peace effortsdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Cultural changes in the 1920s including new music, dance, and entertainment. Students explore how America became more modern.
Understanding cultural changediscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How women's roles changed after gaining the vote: flappers, working women, and new social freedoms.
Analyzing social changediscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The flowering of African American culture in literature, music, and art. Students learn about Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, and others.
Understanding cultural movementshands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Economic prosperity of the 1920s, the stock market boom, and growing consumerism. Students examine economic data.
Analyzing economic trendsworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The 18th Amendment banning alcohol and why Prohibition failed. Students examine unintended consequences of the law.
Understanding policy outcomesdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The 1929 stock market crash and how it triggered the Great Depression. Students examine causes of the crash.
Understanding economic collapsediscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How the Depression affected ordinary Americans: unemployment, poverty, hunger, and homelessness. Students analyze photographs and accounts.
Understanding human impactworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The environmental catastrophe on the Great Plains and the migration of Dust Bowl refugees. Students read accounts and view photographs.
Understanding environmental crisisdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Franklin Roosevelt's programs to provide relief, recovery, and reform. Students examine major New Deal programs.
Understanding government responsehands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How faith, family, and community helped people endure the Depression. Students explore stories of resilience and God's provision.
Recognizing faith during crisisdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Hitler, Mussolini, and the rise of fascism in Europe. Students examine how dictators came to power and threatened freedom.
Understanding totalitarianismdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and how it brought America into WWII. Students examine FDR's famous speech.
Understanding turning pointsworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How America rapidly built up its military and transformed its economy for war production. Students examine the mobilization effort.
Understanding total wardiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭America's strategy of fighting in both Europe and the Pacific. Students map major battles and campaigns.
Understanding military strategyhands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How Americans at home supported the war through rationing, victory gardens, and war work. Students examine home front contributions.
Understanding civilian participationworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The Allied invasion of Normandy and the liberation of Europe. Students examine the planning and courage of D-Day.
Understanding military operationshands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The Nazi genocide of six million Jews and others. Students learn about this horror and why we must never forget.
Understanding genocide and evildiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of the war in Europe. Students examine the final campaigns and Germany's surrender.
Understanding war's conclusionworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Truman's decision to use atomic bombs on Japan. Students examine arguments for and against this controversial choice.
Evaluating difficult decisionsdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭WWII's devastating toll and how it changed the world. Students reflect on war's cost and God's sovereignty through darkness.
Analyzing consequencesdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Reviewing world geography basics and locating major features. Students demonstrate mastery of world map skills.
Applying geographic knowledgehands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Understanding America's geographic advantages: natural resources, ocean barriers, diverse climates, and strategic location.
Analyzing geographic advantagesdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How global trade connects America to the world. Students map major trade routes and understand economic interdependence.
Understanding global tradehands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Geographic and environmental issues facing America and the world. Students examine challenges like climate, resources, and pollution.
Analyzing environmental issuesdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Biblical principles of environmental stewardship. Students explore how Christians should care for the earth God created.
Applying stewardship principlesdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How the US and Soviet Union became rivals after WWII. Students learn about Churchill's Iron Curtain speech and the division of Europe.
Understanding ideological conflictdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Comparing American democracy and capitalism with Soviet communism. Students examine the fundamental differences in these systems.
Comparing political systemsworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How America saved West Berlin from Soviet blockade. Students examine this early Cold War crisis and American resolve.
Understanding crisis responsediscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The development of nuclear weapons and the fear of atomic war. Students examine how the arms race shaped the Cold War.
Understanding military competitionworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭America's first major Cold War conflict. Students learn about the war to defend South Korea from communist invasion.
Understanding Cold War conflictsdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Post-war prosperity, growing families, and the move to suburbs. Students examine how American life changed in the 1950s.
Understanding demographic changediscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The rise of television and its impact on culture, politics, and family life. Students examine early TV shows and advertising.
Understanding media influencehands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Eisenhower's massive highway building project and how it transformed America. Students map the interstate system.
Understanding infrastructure impacthands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The emergence of rock and roll music and youth culture. Students explore how music reflected social change.
Understanding cultural changediscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The Soviet launch of Sputnik and America's response. Students examine how the space race became part of Cold War competition.
Understanding technological competitionworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The reality of segregation in America under Jim Crow laws. Students examine how 'separate but equal' was unjust.
Understanding systemic injusticediscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The Supreme Court case that declared school segregation unconstitutional. Students analyze the decision's significance.
Understanding judicial impactworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How Rosa Parks' courage sparked a movement. Students examine the successful boycott and emergence of Martin Luther King Jr.
Understanding protest movementsdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Young people's courage in challenging segregation through nonviolent protest. Students examine various civil disobedience tactics.
Understanding nonviolent resistancehands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech at the March on Washington. Students read, analyze, and memorize portions of the speech.
Analyzing influential speechesworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The march from Selma to Montgomery and the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Students examine how voting rights were secured.
Understanding legislative changediscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Alternative approaches to civil rights including Malcolm X and the Black Power movement. Students compare different strategies.
Comparing movement strategiesdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination and the ongoing struggle for equality. Students reflect on unfinished work.
Understanding continuing challengesdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How faith motivated civil rights leaders and how Christians were on both sides. Students examine the biblical call to justice.
Understanding faith's rolediscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Applying Micah 6:8 to racial justice today. Students discuss how Christians should work for justice and reconciliation.
Applying biblical principlesdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭President Kennedy's vision for America and his inspiring leadership. Students examine his famous inaugural address.
Understanding presidential leadershipworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The closest the world came to nuclear war. Students examine how Kennedy navigated this dangerous crisis.
Understanding crisis managementdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Kennedy's assassination and its impact on America. Students explore how this tragedy affected the nation.
Understanding historical impactdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭President Johnson's ambitious programs to fight poverty and inequality. Students examine major Great Society initiatives.
Understanding domestic policyworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭America's controversial involvement in Vietnam and growing opposition to the war. Students examine multiple perspectives.
Understanding controversial conflictsdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How to evaluate news sources and identify bias, misinformation, and reliable reporting. Students practice source evaluation.
Evaluating information sourcesworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How to research and understand complex civic issues. Students choose an issue and research multiple perspectives.
Researching civic issueshands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How elections work and why voting matters. Students participate in a mock election and learn about the electoral process.
Understanding electoral processgame📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Other ways citizens can make a difference: contacting representatives, peaceful protest, community service, and advocacy.
Understanding civic engagementdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How Christians can engage in civic life while maintaining biblical values. Students explore Matthew 5:13-16 in civic context.
Applying faith to citizenshipdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The Watergate scandal and Nixon's resignation. Students examine how this crisis damaged trust in government.
Understanding political scandaldiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Oil shortages and economic problems in the 1970s. Students examine how America's dependence on foreign oil created challenges.
Understanding economic crisisworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭America's withdrawal from Vietnam and the fall of Saigon. Students examine this difficult chapter's conclusion.
Understanding war's enddiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Continued progress in women's rights and opportunities. Students examine changes in women's roles and ongoing debates.
Understanding social movementsdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭America's 200th birthday celebration in 1976. Students reflect on the nation's history and God's faithfulness.
Reflecting on national historyhands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Ronald Reagan's presidency and his vision of limited government and strong defense. Students examine his policies and impact.
Understanding political philosophydiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Reagan's challenge to Soviet leader Gorbachev and the push for freedom. Students examine Reagan's Berlin Wall speech.
Analyzing influential speechesworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The dramatic fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Students examine how freedom triumphed and Germany reunited.
Understanding historical turning pointshands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The end of the Soviet Union and the Cold War. Students examine how communism failed and freedom prevailed.
Understanding system collapsediscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Reflecting on God's hand in the Cold War's peaceful end. Students discuss how prayer and providence brought freedom.
Recognizing God's providencediscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How modern economies are interconnected globally. Students examine international trade, imports, and exports.
Understanding global economicshands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How computers and the internet have changed the economy and types of jobs. Students explore economic transformation.
Understanding economic changediscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How the stock market works and why it matters to the economy. Students participate in a stock market simulation.
Understanding investment basicsgame📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The gap between rich and poor in America. Students examine data and discuss causes and potential solutions.
Analyzing economic issuesdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭What the Bible teaches about wealth, poverty, work, and generosity. Students explore economic justice from a biblical perspective.
Applying biblical principlesdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How personal computers and the internet transformed American life. Students explore the rise of the digital age.
Understanding technological changediscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Economic prosperity and cultural changes in the 1990s. Students examine this decade of relative peace and growth.
Understanding recent historyworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The terrorist attacks on 9/11 and how they changed America. Students learn about this tragic day with age-appropriate sensitivity.
Understanding historical traumadiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭America's response to 9/11 including wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Students examine these complex conflicts.
Understanding modern conflictsdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The 2008 financial crisis and its impact on American families. Students examine causes and consequences of the recession.
Understanding economic crisisworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭America's growing diversity and what it means to be American today. Students examine demographic changes and cultural richness.
Understanding demographic changediscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Why Americans are increasingly divided politically. Students examine causes and consequences of polarization.
Analyzing political divisiondiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How social media and smartphones are changing society. Students discuss both benefits and concerns.
Evaluating technological impactdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Current environmental issues and debates about climate, conservation, and stewardship. Students examine multiple perspectives.
Analyzing environmental issuesdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭America's position as a world leader and debates about foreign policy. Students examine international challenges.
Understanding global leadershipdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Tracing the expansion of freedom throughout American history from slavery's end to civil rights. Students identify key moments.
Identifying historical themeshands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How American innovation and entrepreneurship drove progress. Students trace technological and economic development.
Tracing development over timeworksheet📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Major conflicts in American history and how they were resolved. Students examine patterns in conflict and peacemaking.
Analyzing conflict patternsdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How waves of immigration shaped America. Students trace immigrant contributions across different eras.
Understanding continuity and changehands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭The role of faith throughout American history. Students examine how religious freedom and Christian values influenced the nation.
Recognizing faith's rolediscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Why studying history matters and how it helps us make better decisions. Students reflect on lessons learned this year.
Reflecting on historical learningdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How young people can make a difference in their communities and nation. Students explore age-appropriate civic action.
Planning civic engagementhands-on📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Jeremiah 29:7 and what it means to work for the good of our communities. Students plan service projects.
Applying biblical commandsdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭How Christians can influence society for good while maintaining biblical values. Students discuss faithful citizenship.
Integrating faith and citizenshipdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Despite challenges, Christians have hope because God is sovereign. Students reflect on God's faithfulness through American history.
Cultivating biblical hopediscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Review major events, people, and movements from westward expansion through today. Students compete in timeline games.
Sequencing historical eventsgame📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Review geographic knowledge and civic understanding through interactive activities and challenges.
Applying geographic and civic knowledgegame📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Students present projects on topics from the year, creating a classroom museum. Parents invited if possible.
Presenting historical knowledgeproject📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Looking back at how God worked through American history. Students share what they learned about God's providence.
Theological reflection on historydiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Celebrating a year of learning and looking ahead to continued growth as informed Christian citizens.
Celebrating and goal-settingdiscussion📖 Start BibleMouse Lesson 🐭Start with Day 1 and work through at your own pace. Each lesson builds on the last!