7th Grade ReviewThis unit focuses on review 7th grade material including the European settlement and colonization in North America, the American Revolutionary War, and the creation of the US Constitution.

New NationThis unit focuses on the new government created by the Constitution, the early presidents and their view on the interpretation of the Constitution, their foreign policies, and the rise of political parties.

Westward ExpansionThis unit focuses on expanding the nation from “sea to sea” for economic opportunity and territorial acquisition.

ReformThis unit focuses on reform movements inspired by the Second Great Awakening, the lasting impact of the Industrial Revolution, and the relationship between the cotton boom, slavery, and increased sectionalism.

The Civil WarThis unit focuses on the major events before and during the Civil War, leading to Union victory and theand “P”) and “resequence” it to draw a picture. The problems often include strange and hilarious twists, and the problem descriptions may be filled with in-jokes and cute asides.

The ICFP contest has been going on for twelve years, but the first time I heard of it was in 2007. I was living in Portland, Oregon at the time, and that summer, four of my Portland friends competed in the contest and were quite successful, coming in 28th out of 869 teams worldwide. (The contest scoring works differently each year and is determined by the organizers, but in 2007 the scoring procedure happened to be instantaneous and automatic. Teams could see how they were doing as the contest progressed by uploading their solutions to a website where they were