Kindergarten

World:

I. Geography: Spatial Sense
II. Overview of the Seven Continents

American:

I. Geography
II. Native American Peoples,
Past and Present
III. Early Exploration and
Settlement
IV. Presidents, Past and
Present
V. Symbols and Figures

Grade-1

World:

I. Geography
II. Early World Civilizations
III. Modern Civilization and Culture: Mexico

American:

I. Early People and Civilizations
II. Early Exploration and Settlement
III. From Colonies to Independence: The American Revolution
IV. Early Exploration of American West
V. Symbols and Figures

Grade-2

World:

I. Geography
II. Early Asian Civilizations
III. Modern Japanese Civilization
IV. The Ancient Greek Civilization

American:

I. American Government: The Constitution
II. The War of 1812
III. Westward Expansion
IV. The Civil War
V. Immigration and Citizenship
VI. Fighting for a Cause
VII. Geography of the Americas
VIII. Symbols and Figures

Grade-3

World:

I. World Geography
II. The Ancient Roman Civilization
III. The Vikings

American:

I. The Earliest Americans
II. Early Exploration of North America
III. The Thirteen Colonies: Life and Times Before the Revolution

Grade-4

World:

I. World Geography (Spatial Sense; Mountains)
II. Europe in Middle Ages
III. The Spread of Islam and the “Holy Wars”
IV. Early and Medieval African Kingdoms
V. China: Dynasties and Conquerors

American:

I. The American Revolution
II. Making a Constitutional Government
III. Early Presidents and Politics
IV. Reformers
V. Symbols and Figures

Grade-5

World:

I. World Geography (Spatial Sense; Lakes)
II. Early American Civilizations
III. European Exploration, Trade, and the Clash of Cultures
IV. The Renaissance and the Reformation
V. England from the Golden Age to the Glorious Revolution
VI. Russia: Early Growth and Expansion
VII. Feudal Japan

American:

I. Westward Expansion
II. The Civil War: Causes, Conflicts, Consequences
III. Native Americans: Cultures and Conflicts
IV. U.S. Geography

Grade-6

World:

I. World Geography (Spatial Sense; Deserts)
II. Lasting Ideas from Ancient Civilizations
III. The Enlightenment
IV. The French Revolution
V. Romanticism
VI. Industrialism, Capitalism, and Socialism
VII. Latin American Independence Movements

American:

I. Immigration, Industrialization, and Urbanization
II. Reform

Grade-7

I. America Becomes a World Power
II. World War I: “The Great War,” 1914–1918
III. Russian Revolution
IV. America from the Twenties to the New Deal
V. World War II
VI. Geography of United States

Grade-8

I. The Decline of European Colonialism
II. The Cold War
III. The Civil Rights Movement
IV. The Vietnam War and the Rise of Social Activism
V. The Middle East and Oil Politics
VI. The End of the Cold War: The Expansion of Democracy and Continuing Challenges
VII. Civics: The Constitution— Principles and Structure of American Democracy
VIII. Geography of Canada and Mexico