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Social Studies Beyond Books brings immediacy and relevance to the study of history by challenging the student to recognize and evaluate the complex issues that have faced people through time, and to appreciate and value cultures globally. Students learn to think critically by examining primary sources and through completing process-based assignments. Jump to: American History | Government | European History | World Cultures | Geography

AMERICAN HISTORY
This suite represents one year's worth of material for 11th-grade U.S. history students. Any part of the suite may be used for advanced students at the 8th, 9th and 10th grade levels.
	From British Arrival through British Departure covers United States history from the pre-Columbian era to the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War.
		Outline/Info		Live Tour: "Britain in the New World" (Unit 2)
	The Creation of a New Nation explores the critical period in our history following the Revolutionary War and leading up to the writing of the Constitution. It finishes with a look at the early Presidents.
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	Jackson through Reconstruction begins in the Jacksonian Era and looks at the rise of the common man, the development of the frontier, and the people, ideas, and events that led to Civil War and its immediate aftermath.
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	The Gilded Age to the Depression covers the years 1876 to 1930, starting with the lavish wealth of the robber barons and ending with the Roaring '20s and the grinding poverty of the Great Depression.
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	From the Depression to the New Millennium brings American history up to the present.
		Outline/Info		Live Tour: "The 1950s: Happy Days" (Unit 6)
GOVERNMENT
	American Government starts with the forces that were instrumental in leading America's founders to develop a unique form of government and proceeds to its current form and function. This program designed for high-school seniors represents one semester's worth of material.
		Outline/Info		Live Tour: "The Judicial Branch" (Unit 9)
EUROPEAN HISTORY
The two European History programs constitute one year's worth of material at the 11th or 12th grade level.
	Early Modern Europe covers the Italian Renaissance through the French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon.
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	Modern European History explores European history from 1815 to the present.
		Outline/Info		Live Tour: "Nationalism and Unification" (Unit 2)
WORLD CULTURES
	Ancient Civilizations is a comprehensive survey of many of the world's great cultures, with an emphasis on how civilizations developed and contributed to today's world. The program covers one year's worth of material at the 6th and 7th grade level, but can serve as introductory material at any level.
		Outline/Info		Live Tour: "Ancient Egypt" (Unit 3)
GEOGRAPHY
	Culture and Geography is an exploration of the people of the world, how they live, and how they interact with their environments. The program covers one year's worth of material at the 9th and 10th grade level, but can be used to supplement any high-school social-studies course.
		Outline/Info		Live Tour: "South Asia" (Unit 3)