(3rd ed.) Lesson Plan Overview Day(s) Topic Pages Support Materials Bible Integration Introduction xi–xv Biblical reasons for studying history American core values that will be evaluated biblically throughout the book Chapter 1: Discovery of a 1 The 1–4 CD material Activity 1: American Indian Cultures God’s providence Man created in God’s image: Critique of animism 2 The Finds the New 5–6 What if News of Had Reached in AD 1000? God’s providence 3 The Claims the New 6–9 Activity 2: Explorers of a The of God The “Rediscovery” of God’s Word Religious reasons for migrating to the 4 The English Come to Stay 10–13 CD material Activity 3: Captain John Smith’s Account of the Founding of Jamestown II Thess. and laziness The Christian basis for laws in the new colonies 5 Chapter 1 Review 6 Chapter 1 Test Chapter 2: Settling the Thirteen Colonies 7 Coming to the Colonies 16–19 CD material Activity 1: Founding Your Own Colony Religious freedom Biblical evaluation of American core values 8 The Colonies 19–26 CD material Activity 2: Selection from William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation Pilgrims and the Gospel Religion in Pilgrims and What if the Pilgrims had landed in of God’s providence Thanksgiving and Deut. 26:10 Bible verses on hard work 9 The Middle Colonies 26–29 The Pennsylvania Dutch Why does the fall of matter? Quakers and their beliefs 10 The Southern Colonies 30–33 Activity 3: Map Study: The Original Colonies Lack of religious freedom in and religious toleration in 11 Chapter 2 Review 12 Chapter 2 Test Chapter 3: Expansion and Establishment 13 Colonial Diversity 35–38 CD material Activity 1: The Population of the Colonies The Middle Passage 14 Colonial Economy 38–43 CD material Activity 2: Early Colonial Differences Growth for God’s Glory The growing economy example
29 The Colonies Unite for Action 82–84 Activity 5: The Shot Heard ‘Round the World CD material Was war inevitable?—God’s control of history 30 Chapter 5 Review 31 Chapter 5 Test Chapter 6: for the Colonies 32 Moving Toward 89–91 Activity 1: Map Study: The War for CD material 33 Debating 92–94 Activity 2: Major Battles Attitude of Christians—Christian perspective on the War for Scripture for Loyalists and Patriots Biblical reasons advanced by the colonists for independence Judging Thomas Paine’s views toward Christianity Reasons why Loyalists supported the crown 34–35 Battling for 94–100 CD material Activity 4: The Bad Winter Differences between the French and American Revolutions 36 Winning 100–103 CD material Activity 5: A Young Recruit on the Frontlines in Critical Thinking: Christian views on seeking freedom from 37 Chapter 6 Review 38 Chapter 6 Test Chapter 7: Confederation and Constitution 39 Organization and Achievements of Confederation 106–9 CD material Review the Need for Government Chapter Motivation: Prov. and how the Constitution encouraged righteousness Need for government 40–41 Weaknesses of Confederation 110–14 Activity 1: Write Your Own Encyclopedia Entry 42 Building a Constitution 114–20 Activity 2: The Need for a Constitution CD material Roger Sherman, of a Christian statesman 3/5 Compromise and the image of God God and the Federal System 43 The Success of the Constitution 121–22 Activity 3: What God Says About Government CD material What God says about government Religious rights in the Bill of Rights Biblical principles in the Constitution 44–46 The Constitution of the 122–39 CD material Activity 5: The Powers of Government Review Questions: Biblical principles in the Constitution 47 Chapter 7 Review 48 Chapter 7 Test Chapter 8: Establishment of the New Government
84–85 Settling , , and 247–51 Activity 3: Diary Bible study on lottery and instant riches Sinfulness of modern American icons and culture 86–87 Fighting for the Southwest 251–55 Activity 4: Map Study: Mexican War and Western Expansion CD material Viewpoints on the Mexican War Biblical view of Manifest Destiny “Gospel” of American civil religion 88 Increasing Sectional Rivalry 255–56 CD material Activity 5: Chapter Review 89 Chapter 13 Review 90 Chapter 13 Test Chapter 14: Storm Clouds over the Nation 91 Differences Between the North and the South 261–64 CD material Activity 1: Differences Between the North and the South Chapter Motivation: American values Core Values: Biblical view of freedom, antebellum slavery, and forms of government Submission to government vs. social contract theory 92 Slavery in Antebellum 264–71 Activity 3: Frederick Douglass’s Escape from Slavery How pro-slavery arguments misinterpret the Bible Biblical view of civil disobedience The Bible’s Role in the Slavery Debate 93 The Slavery Issue Intensifies 271–74 CD material Activity 4: Differing Viewpoints: The Sumner-Brooks Episode Literature and the road to war Rom. and John Brown’s actions 94 The Election of 1860 and Secession 275–77 CD material Activity 5: Map Work: The Divided Nation 95 and War 277–81 CD material Activity 6: Account of the Firing on Lk. 14:31–32 and counting the cost for war Critical Thinking: Biblical crisis over the slavery question 96 Chapter 14 Review 97 Chapter 14 Test Chapter 15: The States at War 98 Gearing Up for War 284–88 CD material Activity 1: Comparing Lincoln and Davis Chapter Motivation: Approaching this subject from a Christian worldview and crisis of faith 99 Marching into 288–91 CD material Activity 2: Major Battles of the War Between the States 100 Controlling the Waters 291–93 Activity 4: Soldiers’ Accounts of the War 101 Continuing the War in the East 294–97 CD material Activity 5: ’s Gettysburg Address
102 Waging Total War 297–301 CD material Activity 6: ’s Second Inaugural Address Biblical evaluation of total war 103 Ending the War 301–4 CD material Activity 8: Chapter Review Difficulty of determining whose side God supports in a war The mysteries of providence God’s providence in war and history 104 Chapter 15 Review 105 Chapter 15 Test Chapter 16: Reconstruction 106 Reconstruction and the South 307–8 Activity 1: Lee and Johnson: Their Attitudes 107 Presidential Reconstruction 308–11 CD material Activity 2: Major Events of Reconstruction (time line) Obstinacy and soft words Radical Reconstruction 311–17 CD material Activity 4: Interpreting a Reconstruction-Era Political Cartoon Good and bad reputation 110 Bourbon Reconstruction 317–19 Discussion of Elections and the Electoral College CD material Contrasting aftermaths of violent events in the Bible and in history 111 Recovery in the South 319–22 CD material Activity 8: Chapter Review Deut. 15:12–14 and whether or not the government should have given the freedmen land 112 Chapter 16 Review 113 Chapter 16 Test Chapter 17: Industrialism 114 Resources and People 327–32 CD material Activity 1: Emma Lazarus’s Most Famous Poem Immigration, Good or Bad? Immigrants and Religious Pluralism Reason for the rise of religious pluralism and secularism 115 Transportation and Technology 332–36 CD material Activity 2: Eyewitness Tells of “Last Spike” Driving Creation mandate Confidence in science 116 New Ways of Doing Business 336–38 Activity 4: Andrew Carnegie: The Gospel of Wealth I Tim. 5:8 and responsibility for provision The World’s Richest People Effects of Industrial Expansion 338–43 CD material Activity 5: Chapter Review Lk. 10:7 and man’s sin in capitalism Gen. 1:26–27 and James 3:9, man in God’s image The Dangers of Materialism Christian Principles Critical Thinking: Dangers of Materialism 119 Chapter 17 Review 120 Chapter 17 Test
The Bubble Bursts 432–38 Activity 1: Crash! Dangers of Credit Spiritual questions The Great Depression—Judgment for Sin? FDR and the New Deal 438–43 CD material Activity 3: ’s First Inaugural Address 161 The New Deal Faces Opposition 443–46 Activity 5: Huey Long’s Plan to “Share the Wealth” CD material 162 Consequences of the New Deal 446–47 CD material Activity 8: Chapter Review 163 Chapter 23 Review 164 Chapter 23 Test Chapter 24: World War II 165 Storm Clouds Gather 450–52 Activity 1: Prelude to World War II War Erupts 452–56 CD material Activity 2: The War Begins: Chronological Order : Providential control over history Enters the War and Turns the Tide 456–62 CD material Activity 4: Life for a Japanese-American Internee Wins in the Pacific 463–68 Activity 8: A Marine’s Journal from CD material Look Ahead 172 Chapter 24 Review 173 Chapter 24 Test Chapter 25: Recovery, Cold War, and Coexistence 174 Home from the War 473–79 CD material Activity 1: Jackie Robinson Breaks Baseball’s Color Barrier, 1945 Chapter Motivation: Looking for God’s control in the events of the fifties and sixties Recording industry Religion in the 1940s and 1950s 175 The Postwar World 479–82 Activity 2: Understanding the United Nations A Christian Perspective of the United Nations Lasting world peace under Jesus 176 Cold War Crises 482–87 Activity 4: Two Views of the Firing of General MacArthur CD material 177 The Eisenhower Era 487–90 CD material Activity 5: Chapter Review Critical Thinking: Why should Christians oppose Communism? 178 Chapter 25 Review 179 Chapter 25 Test Chapter 26: The Sixties—Nation in Crisis
195 Domestic Difficulties of the Second Term 549–52 Activity 4: Ending the Welfare State Through the Power of Private Action CD material 196 Foreign Policy in the Administration 552–56 Activity 6: Chapter Review Biblical response to UN and NATO 197 Chapter 28 Review 198 Chapter 28 Test Chapter 29: A New Millennium 199 The Bush Administration 559–66 CD material Activity 1: “Let’s Roll!” The Story of the Passengers of United Flight 93 Why Did it Happen? 200 in the New Millennium 567–76 Activity 2: The Faith of George W. Bush Immigration: Balancing Law and Obligation Intelligent Design, Creationism, and Evolution Marriage and the Family Popular Culture Activities The Growing Problem of an Obese Society Christian use of technology Christians and the Environment 201 and the World 577–82 Activity 3: Katrina: A True Story of Grace CD material Love and I Cor. 13 Christian view of natural disaster 202 Chapter 29 Review 203 Chapter 29 Test