Social studies · Suggested grades 10–11

United States History
Course map.

Analyze institutions, change and contested interpretations in United States history using sources and context.

Grade ranges and the sequence below are suggestions, not graduation requirements. Choose by readiness and your school’s course plan.

Before this course

Historical sourcing and chronology.
Read short primary documents with contextual support.

Where it can lead

Connects to civics and evidence-based public discussion. This is not a complete chronological survey or a state-mandated sequence.

A suggested progression

Institutions and historical arguments
Change, conflict and interpretation
Evidence, consequences and synthesis

Six starter mini-lessons sample selected skills. This is not a full year of daily instruction, complete standards coverage, an accredited course or graduation credit. Grade placement and unit order are planning guidance, not requirements.

Unit → Lesson

Your learning path

3 units · 6 starter lessons

Unit 1: Founding Arguments and Institutions

Read founding texts with attention to purpose, origin and the limits of what their wording establishes.

Before this unit: Identify a claim, supporting reasons and a source’s date.

Read the Declaration as a Historical Argument30 minutes · RH.9-10.1
Distinguish Constitutional Purpose and Structure30 minutes · RH.9-10.2

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Unit 2: Civil War and Reconstruction

Analyze the scope of wartime and Reconstruction documents while distinguishing declaration, implementation and lived effects.

Before this unit: Identify a document’s date, purpose and qualifying language.

Read the Scope of the Emancipation Proclamation30 minutes · RH.11-12.8
Connect Reconstruction’s Text and Enforcement30 minutes · RH.11-12.9

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Unit 3: Migration and Civil Rights

Evaluate multi-causal change and connect policy records with evidence of implementation.

Before this unit: Distinguish aggregate patterns from individual motives and evaluate competing explanations.

Evaluate Explanations of the Great Migration30 minutes · RH.11-12.3
Distinguish a Civil Rights Law from Its Outcomes30 minutes · RH.11-12.9

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A course map. A practical starting point.

These 138 original mini-lessons sample 23 courses for grades 9–12. They do not provide a full year of daily lessons, complete standards coverage, accredited courses or graduation credit. Suggested grade ranges, prerequisites and unit order are planning guidance; school pathways and elective availability vary. Calculus is excluded.

Subject-content contribution identifies a selected math, English, science or world-language skill. Common Core high school math uses conceptual categories, not universally assigned courses or grades. Mapping a skill to a course is an instructional choice. (+) Additional preparation identifies standards the official source marks for advanced study.

English uses the 9–10 and 11–12 bands; there are no separate Common Core English 9, 10, 11 or 12 codes. NGSS references identify the high school band and partial performance-expectation contributions.

Supporting Common Core literacy connection applies only to an actual reading, writing or communication activity. It does not establish science, social studies or elective subject-content alignment. Unverified subject-content mappings are labeled explicitly.

Spanish uses World-Readiness language standards, identified by their official names in the current summary. Common Core does not measure Spanish proficiency. Supported lesson practice is distinct from an independently assessed proficiency rating and from the course title.

Use North Carolina’s Standard Course of Study ↗ for local planning. No NC alignment is claimed without a verified crosswalk. Each mapping links to official wording, records its verification date and explains the part practiced.