NM High School History Curriculum

New Mexico High School History Topics

• Pre-Contact and Exploration: Indigenous societies of the Americas before European contact, followed by the age of Exploration and early colonial encounters.
• Colonial Development and Social Structure: Settlement patterns, Social Structure, Trade networks, and the evolving relationship with British Policy.
• Revolution, Government, and Democracy: Military conflicts, the formation of Government, the roots of Democracy, and the political and economic foundations of the new nation.
• Jacksonian Era and Social Reform: Jacksonian Era Politics, the expansion of Democracy, and the Social Reform movements that reshaped 19th-century American Society.
• Expansion, Slavery, and the Civil War: Westward Expansion, the Politics and Economy of Slavery, and the Military conflicts that defined this era.
• Reform, Foreign Policy, and Modern Era: Progressive Reform, expanding Government, WWI, WWII, Cold War Foreign Policy, and the social and political Movements of the 20th century.

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The Foundation Review strand helps students who need to revisit earlier material before moving forward, while the Challenge Zone pushes those who are ready to go deeper. Together, these tools help New Mexico high school students build confidence across every History strand.

Aligned to New Mexico High School History Curriculum

Every lesson and practice problem on StudyPug is organized around the strands and content expectations of the New Mexico Standards for high school History, so the material your student works through on StudyPug directly supports what they are learning in their New Mexico classroom.