HIS 1100: U.S. History
06/01/2026 to 05/30/2027 • Modified 04/14/2026Course Description
This year-long course provides an overview of American history from early exploration to the present. It examines the development of the American republic with special attention paid to the political, intellectual, economic, and cultural influences on the development of the United States as an exceptional nation in a global context. In addition, students will analyze the founding documents and major events of American history from the perspective of a biblical worldview, with an emphasis on events such as the Great Awakening and the biblical principles that were essential to the nation’s founding.
Next Start Date*
Next Monday
Program Restrictions*
- ESD: Elementary School Diploma (ESDP-ESD-D) Excluded
- MSD: Middle School Diploma (MSDP-MSD-D) Excluded
High School Diploma Requirements*
- Contributes 1 credit to LUOA – History/Social Science, History Requirement.
Prerequisite
None
Schedule
Module 1: Colonial America
- Week 1: Exploration & Early Settlement
- Week 2: British Colonial America Grows
- Week 3: Eighteenth-Century British America
- Week 4: Slavery, Colonial Wars, & Test
Module 2: From Colonies to Nation
- Week 5: The American War for Independence
- Week 6: Assessments: The American War for Independence
- Week 7: The Foundations of American Government
- Week 8: The Jefferson & Madison Years
- Week 9: Exam: Quarter 1
Module 3: The American Republic & Manifest Destiny
- Week 10: Slavery & Democracy
- Week 11: Jacksonian America
- Week 12: Jackson, the Whigs, & Expansion
- Week 13: American Expansion & Growth
- Week 14: Religion, Family, & Reform
Module 4: The American Civil War
- Week 15: The Road to War
- Week 16: The Civil War
- Week 17: The Aftermath of the Civil War
- Week 18: Exam: Quarter 2
Module 5: The Gilded Age, Progressivism, & the Great War
- Week 19: Postbellum America
- Week 20: The Gilded Age
- Week 21: Progressivism & Imperialism
- Week 22: The Great War
- Week 23: Assessments: The Gilded Age, Progressivism, & the Great War
Module 6: The Roaring Twenties & the Great Depression
- Week 24: The Roaring Twenties
- Week 25: The Great Depression
- Week 26: The New Deal
- Week 27: Exam: Quarter 3
Module 7: World War II
- Week 28: The Outbreak of World War II
- Week 29: World War II: The Early Years
- Week 30: World War II Assessments
- Week 31: The End of World War II
Module 8: Modern America
- Week 32: The Aftermath of World War II
- Week 33: The 1960s
- Week 34: The Late Twentieth Century
- Week 35: The Turn of the Century
- Week 36: Exam: Quarter 4
