| Election | debate, research, non-fiction writing | vocab, comparing issues | school-wide election & Movie: Electoral College (election years) | candidate research paper |
| Thirteen Colonies/3 | team building | | colonial fair | Open book quiz |
| Toward Independence/5 | Excel chart, debate | Excel spreadsheet | Town meeting/debate | Quiz |
| Declaration of Independence/6 | note-taking, analyzing primary sources | Slavery and the Declaration worksheet; Analyzing excerpts | Children's book | Quiz |
| American Revolution/7 | using metaphors to analyze historical events | | choice of trading cards, PowerPoint, or broadside (newspaper) | Quiz |
| Creating the Constitution/8 | debate | vocab cards | Constitutional Convention reenactment | teacher-made Quiz |
| The Constitution/9 | note-taking | vocab cards; 3 branches chart; separation of powers worksheet | 3 branches checks game | teacher-made Quiz |
| Bill of Rights/10 | group work, using evidence to support opinion | vocab cards; Bill of Rights hypothetical situations | review Supreme Court cases | teacher-made Quiz and District Constitution Test |
| IL Constitution and Government- supplemental materials | research and citations; compare/contrast | citation & research practice | | 4 Corner Poster |
| Progressive Era/26 | debate | | Debate | Quiz |
| World War I/27 | analyzing political cartoons; note-taking; map skills | Pro/Con situations; Lusitania primary source | | Quiz |
| 1920's & Great Depression/28 | economics; supporting opinions | slang terms; Pro/Con situation; stock market worksheet | | Quiz |
| World War II/29 | analyzing primary sources; map skills; supporting opinions | Pro/Con situation; Women in the War & Japanese Internment primary sources | map lab | Quiz |
| Cold War/30 | map skills; supporting opinions | Pro/Con situation; Cold War kids; | | Quiz |
| Civil Rights/31 | analyzing primary sources | Little Rock primary source; MLK letter primary source | Movie: The Long Walk Home | Quiz |
| Contemporary America/32 | interviewing | | Decade project | presentation |