HIS 0600: 6th Grade History & Geography

06/01/2026 to 05/30/2027 • Modified 04/13/2026
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Course Description

This year-long course will provide students with the foundational knowledge necessary to better understand how people and events shaped the United States from Reconstruction to the present. Special attention will be paid to the American presidents who shaped their eras and the accomplishments that they oversaw during their tenure in office. Students will study how politics, religion, the economy, and culture work together to shape the American national identity, all through the lens of a biblical worldview.

Next Start Date*

Next Monday

Prerequisite

None

Schedule

Module 1: American History to 1865 & Reconstruction

  • Week 1: America before 1800
  • Week 2: Early Nineteenth-Century America
  • Week 3: Reconstruction
  • Week 4: The End of Reconstruction
  • Week 5: Test: American History to 1865 & Reconstruction

Module 2: Westward Expansion

  • Week 6: Migration
  • Week 7: Changes in the West
  • Week 8: Westward Expansion and Native Americans
  • Week 9: Exam: Quarter 1

Module 3: The Industrial Revolution & American Imperialism

  • Week 10: The Industrial Revolution
  • Week 11: The Gilded Age
  • Week 12: Reform in the Gilded Age
  • Week 13: Looking at the Spanish-American War
  • Week 14: American Imperialism
  • Week 15: Test: Industrialization & the Gilded Age

Module 4: The Great War

  • Week 16: Start of the Great War
  • Week 17: Impacts of the Great War
  • Week 18: Exam: Quarter 2

Module 5: The Roaring Twenties & the Great Depression

  • Week 19: Culture of the 1920s
  • Week 20: Economics & Technology of the 1920s
  • Week 21: Assessment & Presidents of the Great Depression
  • Week 22: The Great Depression
  • Week 23: Test: The Roaring Twenties & the Great Depression

Module 6: World War II

  • Week 24: World War II Begins
  • Week 25: One War, Two Fronts
  • Week 26: Holocaust & Units of the Second World War 
  • Week 27: Exam: Quarter 3

Module 7: The Second Half of the Twentieth Century

  • Week 28: America After World War II
  • Week 29: The 1960s
  • Week 30: Cultural Change & the Civil Rights Movement
  • Week 31: The 1970s
  • Week 32: The 1980s

Module 8: Turn of the Century

  • Week 33: End of the Cold War
  • Week 34: The 1990s
  • Week 35: The Twenty-First Century
  • Week 36: Exam: Quarter 4
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*Course specifics are tentative and subject to change each year. For the most current information, please refer to the Course Registration Tool.
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