This document is an assessment of a performance-based education project that involved a United States history course, offered at a community college. Thirty-two student performance objectives are outlined and lesson plans designed to achieve each objective are presented. Each lesson plan consists of an instructional topic, prerequisites, interest approach, performance objective, preassessment, learning experiences, post-test, references and resources, and notes. Topics covered in the course include political, social, and religious issues, commercial institutions, mobility, culture, labor, and foreign affairs. The text of the course is "The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society," Volume One, by Nash, Howe, Davis, and Winkler (1990). (DB)