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United States History & Government

Full-Course Materials for US History, Designed for the NYS Framework

Partners

We are grateful to work with amazing partners to develop our courses.

RetroReports logoProduced in partnership with Retro Report, SubUnit US.10.D “Fear, Technology, and Media” was published in 2026.

Facing History & OurselvesDeveloped curricular resources for the Reconstruction Era (US.05) in collaboration with Facing History and Ourselves, published in 2019.

Library of CongressCreated in collaboration with NYC educators through membership in the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Consortium. Unit US.11.C Inquiries were published in 2025.

Debating U.S. HistoryIn 2020, New Visions for Public Schools partnered with Debating US History at CUNY to develop comprehensive assessment banks.

Scope and Sequence

Suggested Days per Unit

Fall Days
Unit 0 / Intro
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
0 5 10 15 20
Spring Days
Unit 7
Unit 8
Unit 9
Unit 10
Unit 11
Unit 12
0 5 10 15 20
EoY Days
Regents (Jan)
Regents Prep (June)
Regents (June)
0 5 10 15 20
Extra Days
Half Days / PDs
Wiggle Room
0 5 10 15 20

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