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The A+LS Social Studies curriculum is a comprehensive, completely integrated Social Studies curriculum for grade levels 4-12. A sequence of eight titles provides for an extensive, integrated solution that is fully correlated to major mastery standards and leading, adopted textbooks.
The Social Studies titles deliver knowledge using a four-step approach: Study, Practice, Test and Essay modules are utilized to define the instructional environment. The Study module provides a text and graphics based delivery of knowledge. In this module, pictures and diagrams are utilized to present and reinforce important concepts. Each of the lessons in the Study modules contain a wealth of content and graphic support. The graphic images all magnify to full screen size to concisely present and reinforce these concepts. The Practice module provides the student an opportunity, in a non-scored and non-graded environment, to practice skills acquired through studying. Engaging, interactive feedback prompts the student to right answers when wrong answers to questions are entered, and the student has instant access to the Study material for reference. All questions in the Practice module are drawn from a bank of approximately 30 questions through an algorithm which randomizes question selection to prevent duplication. In the Test module, the student takes a scored examination, the results of which are recorded in the A+LS Management System. Upon completion of the Test, the student electronically "turns in" their test and may instantly see test results and the correct answers to questions missed. Questions can be in "multiple-choice" or "fill-in-the-blank" format. The Essay module allows the student to compose individual, free-form answers to a wide variety of questions and problems.
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The Gathering Storm 1 | Sectionalism, Slavery |
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The Gathering Storm 2 | Government of States, Louisiana Purchase, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott |
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The Gathering Storm 3 | States' Rights, Slave Codes, Lincoln's Campaign |
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The Civil War 1 | The Confederacy Forms, Ft. Sumter, Bull Run |
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The Civil War 2 | Military Strategies, Shiloh, Antietam, The Draft |
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The Civil War 3 | Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg, Sherman's March, Appomattox |
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Reconstruction 1 | Recovery and Mending, Lincoln's Assassination, 14th Amendment |
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Reconstruction 2 | Sharecroppers, Corruption, 15th Amendment, Ku Klux Klan |
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Life on the Plains 1 | Great Plains, Native Americans, Chivington Massacre, Indian Relocation |
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Life on the Plains 2 | Cattle Drives, Sod Busters, Homestead Act |
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The Changing Nation 1 | Growth of Cities, Recreation, Inventions |
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The Changing Nation 2 | Railroads, Tycoons, Monopolies |
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The Changing Nation 3 | Industrial Age, Automobiles, Organization of Labor |
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Reforming the Nation | Spoils System, Sherman Anti-Trust Act, Theodore Roosevelt, Progressive Movement |
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U. S. Imperialism 1 | Imperialism, Acquisition of Alaska and Hawaii, Boxer Rebellion |
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U. S. Imperialism 2 | Cuba, Spanish-American War, Roosevelt Corollary, Panama |
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World War One 1 | Alliances Formed, Imperialism |
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World War One 2 | Triple Entente, German Aggression, Wilson's 14 Points |
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World War One 3 | America Prepares for War, Central Powers, Treaty of Versailles |
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The Roaring Twenties 1 | Prohibition, Women's Suffrage, Communism |
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The Roaring Twenties 2 | Prohibition Repealed, Flappers and Fads |
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The Roaring Twenties 3 | Prosperity, Stock Market Crash |
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The Great Depression 1 | World Economic Disorder, Bank and Crop Failures |
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The Great Depression 2 | Franklin D. Roosevelt, The New Deal |
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The Great Depression 3 | Socialism, Communism, Recession, The Dust Bowl |
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Prelude to War 1 | League of Nations, Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin |
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Prelude to War 2 | Axis Powers, Nazi Aggression, Spanish Civil War |
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Prelude to War 3 | Jewish Persecution, Battle of Britain, Pearl Harbor |
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World War Two 1 | Japanese Relocation, MacArthur, Philippines, Midway |
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World War Two 2 | German Aggression, South Pacific Campaign, D-Day |
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World War Two 3 | Allied Forces and Patton, UN Established, Hitler Dies |
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World War Two 4 | The Holocaust, Atomic Bomb, War Ends |
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The Postwar World 1 | Germany Divided, Truman Elected, The Fair Deal |
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The Postwar World 2 | Baby Boom, Urbanization |
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The Cold War 1 | The Iron Curtain, Communist Aggression, Truman Doctrine, NATO |
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The Korean War | Middle Eastern Conflicts, Korean War, Eisenhower |
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The Cold War 2 | McCarthy and the Red Scare, Vietnam Trouble. NORAD, The Berlin Wall |
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The 1960s 1 | John F. Kennedy, Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy's Assassination |
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The 1960s 2 | Martin Luther King, NAACP, Civil Rights |
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The War in Vietnam | The Domino Effect, SEATO, Undeclared War |
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The Post-Vietnam Era | Watergate, Bicentennial. Cold War Thaws, Berlin Wall Falls |
