NH Curriculum

NH High School History Curriculum

Give your high schooler the support they need to keep up with New Hampshire history class. Lessons and practice problems cover every strand, from early exploration to reform movements.

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About High School New Hampshire history

New Hampshire follows the NH Model Competencies, which organizes social studies around chronological and thematic inquiry. This high school history course covers Pre-Contact and Exploration, colonial Development and Social Structure, Trade and British Policy, Military and Government strands, the Jacksonian Era, Social Reform, Expansion, Slavery, and Foreign Policy through WWI and WWII. StudyPug provides step-by-step lessons, guided practice, and worked examples aligned to every strand in the course.

  • Strands: Pre-Contact, Exploration, Colonial Development, British Policy, Government, Jacksonian Era, Social Reform, Expansion, Slavery, WWI, and WWII
  • Step-by-step lessons and worked examples for every topic
  • Practice problems and guided practice aligned to NH Model Competencies
  • Smart Recommendations and Challenge Zone for personalized review

Curriculum topics by strand

Find lessons and practice for every strand, aligned to the NH Model Competencies for high school history.

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NH High School History Topics

  • Pre-Contact and Exploration - the Americas before European arrival and the era of early exploration and contact.
  • Colonial Development and Social Structure - the growth of colonial settlements, social hierarchies, and everyday life in early America.
  • Trade and British Policy - transatlantic trade networks and the British policies that shaped colonial economies and tensions.
  • Military and Government - the Revolutionary War, the formation of government, and the political structures that followed independence.
  • Politics and Democracy - the development of democratic institutions, political parties, and expanding participation in American government.
  • Economy and the Jacksonian Era - economic change, westward pressure, and the political culture of the Jacksonian period.
  • Social Reform and Expansion - abolitionism, women's rights, and the territorial expansion that defined the antebellum decades.
  • Slavery and the Civil War - the politics of slavery, sectional conflict, military campaigns, and the consequences of the Civil War.
  • Reform and Government into the 20th Century - the Progressive Era, changing roles of government, and the social reforms that reshaped American life.
  • Foreign Policy, WWI, and WWII - American entry into global conflicts, wartime society and economy, and the postwar world order.
  • Movement and Cold War Politics - civil rights, social movements, Cold War foreign policy, and the political landscape of the postwar era.

How StudyPug Helps NH High School History Students

When your child gets stuck on a concept - whether it is understanding the causes of the Civil War or tracing the shift in American foreign policy before WWI - StudyPug breaks it down with clear, step-by-step explanations and worked examples. Students can move at their own pace and return to any strand as many times as they need.

The Smart Recommendations feature identifies the topics where a student needs more practice, while the Challenge Zone pushes them further on content they have already covered. Together, these tools help students stay on track with New Hampshire high school history all year.

Aligned to NH High School History Curriculum

Every lesson and practice problem on StudyPug is built around the NH Model Competencies for high school history, covering the full sequence from Pre-Contact Americas through 20th-century Foreign Policy and social movements. Families can trust that what their child practices on StudyPug matches what is being taught in New Hampshire classrooms.

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