Welcome to Our Expansion, Independence, and War Homeschool History Curriculum

Getting Started with Our Expansion, Independence, and War Homeschool History Curriculum

Our Expansion, Independence, and War homeschool history curriculum covers both American and world history. Students will learn about major conflicts in American history, spanning from the French and Indian War to the September 11 terror attacks, as well as the founding documents of the United States and major inventors, reformers, and missionaries. Major global conflicts and concerns from the establishment of Russia in AD 862 to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East are also covered, including the French Revolution, the Communist revolutions in Russia and China, apartheid in South Africa, British colonization around the world, and child labor and human trafficking. Each week explores a topic from history through a variety of reading, research, writing, and geography activities.

Course Outline for Our Expansion, Independence, and War Homeschool History Curriculum

• Week One: French and Indian War
• Week Two: American Revolution
• Week Three: Early American Documents
• Week Four: War of 1812
• Week Five: Westward Expansion
• Week Six: Native American Tribes
• Week Seven: Industrial Revolution
• Week Eight: Battle of the Alamo
• Week Nine: Causes of the Civil War
• Week Ten: American Civil War
• Week Eleven: American Immigration
• Week Twelve: Equal Rights Movement
• Week Thirteen: Reformers
• Week Fourteen: Inventors
• Week Fifteen: World War I
• Week Sixteen: The Great Depression and the New Deal
• Week Seventeen: Midterm Project
• Week Eighteen: World War II
• Week Nineteen: World War II
• Week Twenty: Cold War and Korean War
• Week Twenty-One: From Eisenhower to Space!
• Week Twenty-Two: Vietnam War
• Week Twenty-Three: War in the Middle East
• Week Twenty-Four: Australia and South Pacific
• Week Twenty-Five: French History
• Week Twenty-Six: Karl Marx and Marxism
• Week Twenty-Seven: Russian History
• Week Twenty-Eight: Missionaries
• Week Twenty-Nine: British Empire
• Week Thirty: Israel
• Week Thirty-One: Significant World Events
• Week Thirty-Two: End of the Cold War
• Week Thirty-Three: South Africa
• Week Thirty-Four: Central and South America
• Week Thirty-Five: Problems Today
• Week Thirty-Six: Final Project