United States History, 5th Edition Lesson Plan Overview Day(s) Topic(s) Pages Support Materials Bible Integration Chapter 1: New and Old Worlds Meet 1 Changes in the Old World 3–8 Activity 1: Think About It! Religious Change and the Protestant Reformation 2–3 Contacts in the New World 9–17 Activity 2: First Encounter Activity 3: Map Study: Explorations of the New World Activity 4: Chapter Review “American Indian Culture” (p. 10) 4 Chapter Review 5 Chapter Test Chapter 2: Thirteen Colonies 6.0–6.5 Why the English Came 20–21 “Mapping the Colonies” (p. 20) “Chart of the Colonies” (p. 20) “Evaluating English Settlers” (p. 20) 6.5–7.5 English Settlements Made Permanent 21–25 Activity 1: Read and Heed John Smith and 2 Thessalonians 3:10 “A Christian Evaluation of the Slave Trade” (p. 24) 7.5–9.0 The New England Colonies 25–31 Activity 2: Mayflower Compact Impact Activity 3: Providence Praised “The Pilgrims and Thanksgiving Day” (p. 28) Puritan Emphasis on Work Ethic “Religious Freedom in America” (p. 30) 9.0–9.5 The Middle Colonies 31–34 “Frame of Government of Pennsylvania” (p. 33) 9.5–10.0 The Southern Colonies 34–36 Activity 4: Map Study: Settlement of the Colonies Activity 5: Chapter Review “The Wesleys in Georgia” (p. 35) 10 Chapter Review 11 Chapter Test Chapter 3: Colonial Life 12 The Rhythms of Life 39–42 “Genealogy” (p. 40) “Danger of Childbirth” (p. 40) At Home 42–45 Activity 1: Who and What “Old Deluder Satan Act” (p. 45)
Early Campaigns 106–14 “War Drill Manual” (p. 111) 33 The War in the South 114–17 Activity 3: Map Study: The War for Independence Activity 4: Treaty of Paris, 1783 Activity 5: Chapter Review 34 Chapter Review 35 Chapter Test Chapter 7: The Critical Period (1781–1789) Government by Confederation 120–26 Activity 1: Map Study: Northwest Territory Section Review Question #10 A New Charter 126–33 Activity 2: Separate Powers 39 The Struggle for Ratification 133–36 Activity 3: Federalism Activity 4: Chapter Review “The Constitution—Religious or Secular?” (p. 135) 40 Chapter Review 41 Chapter Test Chapter 8: The Federalist Years (1789–1801) 42 Launching the New Government 139–43 “First Inaugural Address” (p. 139) 43 Emerging Political Parties 143–49 Activity 1: “Washington’s Farewell Address” Activity 2: Early Political Parties “The First ‘First Lady’ ” (p. 145) “Servant/Leader” (p. 149) 44 Declining Federalist Influence 149–54 Activity 3: The Second President of the United States Activity 4: Chapter Review 45 Chapter Review 46 Chapter Test Chapter 9: The Jeffersonian Era (1801–1825) 47 “The Revolution of 1800” 159–62 Activity 1: Judicial Review “Politicians and the Bible” (p. 160) “Jefferson’s View of Religion” (p. 160) “Jefferson’s Religious Views” (p. 160) “I Am a Real Christian” (p. 160) 48 Jefferson and Foreign Affairs 162–66 Activity 2: Lewis and Clark Expedition Activity 3: Map Study: Lewis and Clark Expedition
49 Indians and the Northwest Territory 166–69 “Sir, You Have Liberty to Return to Your Own Country” (p. 168) “Expansion and Creation Mandate” (p. 166) “Hamilton’s Last Hours” (p. 166) War of 1812 169–76 Activity 4: Map Study: The War of 1812 “War Plans” (p. 173) “In God We Trust” (p. 174) The Era of Good Feelings 176–78 Activity 5: Chapter Review 52 Chapter Review 53 Chapter Test Chapter 10: The Age of Jackson (1820–1840) Crosscurrents 181–89 Activity 1: Map Study: The Missouri Compromise “Democracy and Religion” (p. 185) The Jackson Years 189–96 Activity 2: Davy Crockett’s Rules for Getting Elected 57 Party Politics Activity 3: Presidential Elections Activity 4: Chapter Review 58 Chapter Review 59 Chapter Test Chapter 11: The Growth of American Society (1789–1861) 60 American Technology 203–11 Activity 1: Think About It! Activity 2: Map Study: The Growth of Transportation “Creation Mandate and Technological Progress” (p. 203) “Technology and the Fall” (p. 206) “Samuel F. B. Morse” (p. 211) 61 American Culture 212–17 Activity 3: The Arts and the Reformers Horace Mann and Titus 1:15 “Biblical Rights of Women” (p. 213) “Utopia and the Bible” (p. 214) Transcendentalism and Ralph Waldo Emerson “Biblical Worldview and Romanticism” (p. 216) 62 American Slavery 217–23 Activity 4: Letter from Frederick Douglass “Sin’s Consequences” (p. 218) “The Bible and Slavery” (p. 222) “Leviticus 25 and Slavery” (p. 222) “Slavery and Love of Neighbor” (p. 223) 63 American Religion 223–29 Activity 5: Chapter Review Discussion of Deism and Deist Writings
97 Chapter Review 98 Chapter Test Chapter 17: America Expands (1850–1900) Western Expansion 362–73 Activity 1: Farming Fluctuations “Limitless Resources?” (p. 364) “Get-Rich-Quick Schemes” (p. 365) Indian Affairs 373–78 Activity 2: Sitting Bull Speaks Activity 3: Chief Joseph Speaks “Christian Influence in Chief Joseph’s Tribe” (p. 377) 103–104 International Expansion 378–86 Activity 4: McKinley on the U.S. Acquisition of the Philippines Activity 5: Chapter Review Missions Work in the Nineteenth Century “Missionaries and Culture” (p. 382) “God’s Protecting Hand” (p. 382) 105 Chapter Review Chapter Test Chapter 18: The Progressive Era (1890–1920) Progressive Movement 389–95 Activity 1: Progressive Terms “From Providential to Progressive?” (p. 389) “Christians and Democracy” (p. 390) Progressive Politics Activity 2: Progressivism: The Movement and the Politics Activity 3: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair “Justice or Law” (p. 404) Progressive Society 408–14 Activity 4: Chapter Review “Progressives’ View of Man” (p. 410) “God Gave Them to Me” (p. 411) “Secular Humanism” (p. 412) “One Made a Difference” (p. 412) “Purpose of Bible Conferences” (p. 413) “Voices of Truth” (p. 413) “Progressivism, Technology, and Religion” (p. 414) Progressivism Evaluated 414–15 “Assessment of Progressivism” (p. 414) “The Inevitability of Progress?” (p. 415) Section Review Question #2 113 Chapter Review 114 Chapter Test
Chapter 19: The Great War (1914–1920) Idealism 418–25 Activity 1: Wilson’s Call for U.S. Neutrality Activity 2: Map Study: Europe During the Great War “Moral Leadership” (p. 419) Intervention 425–34 Activity 3: Poster Propaganda “Religion and World War I” (p. 431) “Civil Religion and World War I” (p. 431) 120 Isolation 434–38 Activity 4: Chapter Review “Idealism Is Going to Save the World” (p. 437) 121 Chapter Review 122 Chapter Test Chapter 20: The Twenties (1920–1929) 123 Normalcy and Shortsightedness 443–50 Activity 1: “Silent Cal” Coolidge Activity 2: Who’s Who? “The Failure of Peace and the Cause of War” (p. 445) “Effects of Friends” (p. 447) Section Review Questions #9, 10 Culture Wars 450–58 Activity 3: The Descent of Man Activity 4: Positive or Negative Influence? “Moral Decline” (p. 452) “Morality Legislation Debate” (p. 455) “Fundamentalist vs. Modernist” (p. 456) “Defending the Fundamentals” (p. 456) “Bryan: ‘He Kept the Faith’” (p. 457) 126 From Roar to Ruin 458–62 Activity 5: Chapter Review 127 Chapter Review 128 Chapter Test Chapter 21: The Thirties (1929–1939) Hoover Gets the Blame 465–73 “I Remember” (p. 467) “Government and Poverty” (p. 466) FDR and the New Deal 473–82 Activity 1: Franklin Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address Activity 2: How the AAA “Helped” Farmers Activity 3: A Positive View of the New Deal 133 Life in the Thirties 483–88 Activity 4: Long-Term Consequences of the New Deal Activity 5: Chapter Review 134 Chapter Review
135 Chapter Test Chapter 22: The World at War (1939–1945) A Time of Tyrants 491–98 Activity 1: A Time of Tyrants “Preserve the Peace” (p. 495) “Divine Intervention” (p. 496) Isolation and Infamy Activity 2: FDR’s Request for Declaration of War Against Japan Section Review Question #11 The Fight for Fortress Europe 507–12 Activity 3: Map Study: The European Theater Pushing Back the Axis 512–20 Activity 4: Map Study: The Pacific Theater Activity 5: Chapter Review 144 Chapter Review 145 Chapter Test Chapter 23: The Postwar Era (1945–1963) Cold War Begins 525–37 Activity 1: Map Study: The Korean War Activity 2: How to Fight a War “The UN” (p. 526) 148 Domestic Reform 537–43 Activity 3: Eisenhower’s Farewell Address to the Nation 149 Life in Postwar America 544–50 Activity 4: Integration at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas Activity 5: Chapter Review “Debts” (p. 545) “Postwar Families” (p. 545) “Civil Disobedience” (p. 548) “Ecumenical Movement” (p. 549) 150 Chapter Review 151 Chapter Test Chapter 24: The Shattered Society (1963–1973) Johnson and the Great Society 553–59 Activity 1: The Johnson Years—Salving Society’s Ills Activity 2: Map Study: War in Vietnam “Helping the Poor and Needy” (p. 554) “Christian Vietnam Veteran” (p. 558) 154 Upheaval 560–64 Activity 3: “What the Sixties Wrought” “New Left” (p. 562) “Countering the Counterculture” (p. 563) “Counterculture Creeds” (p. 563) “Genuine Love” (p. 563) 155 1968 564–66 “Do They Remember?” (p. 565)
156 Nixon and the Silent Majority 567–71 Activity 4: Nixon Comments on His Historic Trip to China Activity 5: Chapter Review 157 Chapter Review 158 Chapter Test Chapter 25: A Nation with Challenges (1973–1980) 159 The Embattled Presidency 574–77 Activity 1: Some Personal Observations on Watergate 160 Domestic Difficulties 577–82 Activity 2: President Ford’s Call to “WIN” [Whip Inflation Now] “Environmental Concerns” (p. 578) “Legislating Equality” (p. 579) “Feminism” (p. 580) “One Can Make a Difference” (p. 581) “Homosexual Rights from a Biblical Perspective” (p. 581) 161 The Carter Years 582–87 Activity 3: Three Men and the Presidency 162 The Rising Conservative Tide 587–91 Activity 4: Chapter Review “The Political Christian” (p. 588) 163 Chapter Review 164 Chapter Test Chapter 26: Resurgence of Conservatism (1981–1992) 165 The Reagan Revolution 594–97 “Reagan Quotes” (p. 597) Reagan’s Foreign Policy Activity 1: Map Study: The Reagan Doctrine in Central America and the Caribbean 168 The Presidency of George H. W. Bush 603–10 Activity 2: Map Study: Operation Desert Storm Activity 3: Presidential Address on the Gulf War Activity 4: Chapter Review “No New Taxes” (p. 609) 169 Chapter Review 170 Chapter Test Chapter 27: Facing a New Millennium (1993–2017)
171–172 The Clinton Administration 613–21 Activity 1: The Clinton Years “Christian Foundations” (p. 614) “Talk Radio” (p. 615) “Private vs. Public Life” (p. 618) “Political Involvement” (p. 620) The George W. Bush Administration 621–29 Activity 2: George W. Bush’s First Inaugural Address The Obama Administration 629–35 Activity 3: Barack Obama’s First Inaugural Address Activity 4: Donald Trump’s Inaugural Address “Responding to the Immigration Issue” (p. 632) “Christians and the 2016 Election” (p. 634) “Religious Liberty or Freedom of Worship?” (p. 634) 178 American Culture in a New Era 636–38 Activity 5: Chapter Review “Obergefell v. Hodges and Religious Liberty” (p. 637) “Discussing LGBTQ Issues” (p. 637) “How Should Christians Respond?” (p. 637) “Exercising Religious Liberty Is Not Bigotry” (p. 638) 179 Chapter Review 180 Chapter Test