One of the things I struggled with the most as a new teacher was pacing. I wasn’t sure how many days I should spend on each subject or what to teach within those days. This was especially true as there were no real useable resources for high school history readily available at the time. I am often asked by first-year teachers in U.S. History Since 1877 what my pacing schedule is for the year. So here you go, I hope this helps you plan for your year! Be sure to check back for lesson ideas in future blog posts. I plan to post lesson ideas for each unit of study within the coming year.
August-September
Unit 1 – Early America – 4 days
Unit 2 – Westward Expansion – 3 Days
Units 1 and 2 Review and Test – 2 Days
Unit 3 – Industrial and Gilded Ages – 11 Days
Unit 3 Review and Test – 2 Days
October
Unit 4 – The Progressive Era – 7 Days
Unit 4 Review and Test – 2 Days
Unit 5 – American Expansion – 7 Days
Unit 5 Review and Test – 2 Days
November
Unit 6 – World War I – 8 Days
Unit 6 Review and Test – 2 Days
Unit 7 – The Roaring Twenties – 6 Days
Unit 7 Review and Test – 2 Days
November/December
Unit 8 – Great Depression and New Deal – 8 Days
Unit 8 Review and Test – 2 Days
January
Unit 9 – World War II – 9 Days
Unit 9 Review and Test – 2 Days
Unit 10 – The Cold War Begins – 4 Days
Unit 11 – America in the 1950s – 3 days (Civil Rights comes later)
Units 10 and 11 Review and Test – 2 Days
February
Unit 12 – The New Frontier and a Great Society – 6 Days
Unit 12 Review and Test – 2 Days
Unit 13 – The Vietnam War – 8 Days
Unit 13 Review and Tes – 2 Days
March
Unit 14 – The Civil Rights Movements – 9 Days
Unit 14 Review and Test – 2 Days
Unit 15 – America in the 1970s and 1980s – 6 Days
Unit 15 Review and Test – 2 Days
April
Unit 16 – America in the 1990s to Present – 5 Days
Unit 16 Quiz – 1 Day
U.S. STAAR Review (Our State End of Course Assessment) – 12 Days
May
End of the Year Projects etc. – 8 Days
Final Review – 2 Days
Final – 1 Day
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