The Americans is a highly integrated program that provides teachers with a practical and motivational approach to teaching U.S. history and to helping students think critically and reflectively.
The story of America's diverse people, its varied landscape, its sturdy democracy, and its great events' told through the voices of Americans from all walks of life. As students read the narrative, they will place historical events in context and will consider the events' meaning for the future.
The Americans offers many special features that appear throughout the text to enhance and support student learning like Geography Spotlight, Primary Sources and Personal Voices, Difficult Decisions in History, Charts, Info graphics and Time Lines, Historical and Political Maps, and much more. A Reference Section, including Skillbuilder Handbook, Economics Handbook, Atlas, Facts About the States, Presidents of the United States, Glossary, Spanish Glossary, and Index, is collected at the back of the text. The content itself consists of 34 chapters divided into nine units:Unit 1:
American Beginnings to 1783Unit 2:
A New Nation Unit 3:
An Era of Growth and Disunion Unit 4:
Migration and Industrialization Unit 5:
Modern America Emerges Unit 6:
The 1920s and the Great Depression Unit 7:
World War II and Its Aftermath Unit 8:
Living with Great Turmoil Unit 9:
Passage to a New Century