African American History
The child meets African Americans whose courage, ideas and work shaped the United States, follows their story from African homelands and slavery to freedom, civil rights and today, and explains why the country remembers…
Elementary School Social Studies
Elementary Social Studies consists of community to nation progression, map skills development, historical thinking, economic concepts, and civic understanding.
Grade 1 Social Studies
10 lessonsAmerican Symbols and Holidays
Read together: the child recognizes the American flag, the Pledge of Allegiance, the bald eagle, the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell and the White House, and says why Americans celebrate Independence Day,…
Changes within Living Memory
The child compares daily life, toys, school, technology and transport now and when parents and grandparents were young, and explains what changed and what stayed the same.
Continents and Oceans
The child names and locates the continents and oceans, the equator and the poles, and finds their own country and some others on a world map.
Diversity, Respect and Belonging
Explore who you are and where you belong, discover how people and families differ and are alike, spot stereotypes, prejudice and unfair treatment, and show respect so everyone is included.
Earning, Spending and Saving Money
The child learns that people earn money by working and use it to buy goods and services, chooses between spending, saving and sharing, saves for a goal with a simple plan and keeps money safe.
How We Know About the Past
The child finds out about the past from objects, pictures, buildings, written records and older people, and asks what each source can and cannot tell.
Maps and Compass Directions
The child reads simple maps and plans, uses a globe and compass directions, and makes a map of a familiar place with a key.
Goods and Services
The child sorts needs from wants and goods from services, meets the jobs people do in the community and why they work, and sees that people make choices because they cannot have everything.
Children's Rights
Explain why groups need rules and make fair ones, understand rights and responsibilities, get to know the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and know what to do when rights are not respected.
Grade 2 Social Studies
11 lessonsAfrican American History
The child meets African Americans whose courage, ideas and work shaped the United States, follows their story from African homelands and slavery to freedom, civil rights and today, and explains why the country remembers…
American Symbols and Holidays
Read together: the child recognizes the American flag, the Pledge of Allegiance, the bald eagle, the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell and the White House, and says why Americans celebrate Independence Day,…
Changes within Living Memory
The child compares daily life, toys, school, technology and transport now and when parents and grandparents were young, and explains what changed and what stayed the same.
Continents and Oceans
The child names and locates the continents and oceans, the equator and the poles, and finds their own country and some others on a world map.
Earning, Spending and Saving Money
The child learns that people earn money by working and use it to buy goods and services, chooses between spending, saving and sharing, saves for a goal with a simple plan and keeps money safe.
How We Know About the Past
The child finds out about the past from objects, pictures, buildings, written records and older people, and asks what each source can and cannot tell.
Levels of Government
The child explains what governments do, who makes, carries out and judges laws in the town, the state and the nation, names the three branches and their leaders, and says how leaders are chosen.
Democracy at School
Decide things together in your class, vote fairly and understand the results, choose representatives for a student council, and find out how communities make decisions and how you can help yours.
Maps and Compass Directions
The child reads simple maps and plans, uses a globe and compass directions, and makes a map of a familiar place with a key.
Goods and Services
The child sorts needs from wants and goods from services, meets the jobs people do in the community and why they work, and sees that people make choices because they cannot have everything.
Significant People and Why We Remember Them
The child learns about the lives of significant people from different times and places, and discusses why people are remembered and how they changed things.
Grade 3 Social Studies
14 lessonsAfrican American History
The child meets African Americans whose courage, ideas and work shaped the United States, follows their story from African homelands and slavery to freedom, civil rights and today, and explains why the country remembers…
Continents and Oceans
The child names and locates the continents and oceans, the equator and the poles, and finds their own country and some others on a world map.
Earning, Spending and Saving Money
The child learns that people earn money by working and use it to buy goods and services, chooses between spending, saving and sharing, saves for a goal with a simple plan and keeps money safe.
Local History
The child investigates the history of their own street, village or town through buildings, street names, monuments and local stories.
How We Know About the Past
The child finds out about the past from objects, pictures, buildings, written records and older people, and asks what each source can and cannot tell.
US Landforms and Climate
The child describes the main landforms, rivers and lakes and climate regions of the United States, the natural hazards each region faces, and how the land and climate shaped where people settled.
Levels of Government
The child explains what governments do, who makes, carries out and judges laws in the town, the state and the nation, names the three branches and their leaders, and says how leaders are chosen.
Democracy at School
Decide things together in your class, vote fairly and understand the results, choose representatives for a student council, and find out how communities make decisions and how you can help yours.
North America Regions
The learner describes the physical regions, population, cities and economy of North America, and its links with the rest of the world.
Local Government
The child explains how a town or city is run, from the mayor and council to the services they provide and how taxes pay for them, how local laws are made and how residents can take part.
Resources and Trade
The child names the natural, human and capital resources used to make goods and services, explains why people and places specialise and trade, and weighs a choice by what is given up.
Significant People and Why We Remember Them
The child learns about the lives of significant people from different times and places, and discusses why people are remembered and how they changed things.
Maya, Aztec and Inca
The learner describes the Maya, Aztec and Inca states and the diversity of other Indigenous peoples of the Americas, including those of present-day Brazil, and their achievements.
US States, Capitals and Regions
The child names and finds the five regions of the United States, the 50 states and their capitals, Washington, D.C. and the US territories, and describes what makes each region different.
Grade 4 Social Studies
8 lessonsAfrican American History
The child meets African Americans whose courage, ideas and work shaped the United States, follows their story from African homelands and slavery to freedom, civil rights and today, and explains why the country remembers…
Earning, Spending and Saving Money
The child learns that people earn money by working and use it to buy goods and services, chooses between spending, saving and sharing, saves for a goal with a simple plan and keeps money safe.
Explorers and Reformers
The child finds out why sailors set out to find new sea routes, what happened when Europeans met the peoples of the Americas, Africa and Asia, and how printing, new art and new ideas about the Church changed Europe.
Latitude, Longitude and Time Zones
The child locates places with latitude and longitude, names the tropics and polar circles, and explains why the time differs around the world.
Levels of Government
The child explains what governments do, who makes, carries out and judges laws in the town, the state and the nation, names the three branches and their leaders, and says how leaders are chosen.
Resources and Trade
The child names the natural, human and capital resources used to make goods and services, explains why people and places specialise and trade, and weighs a choice by what is given up.
Maya, Aztec and Inca
The learner describes the Maya, Aztec and Inca states and the diversity of other Indigenous peoples of the Americas, including those of present-day Brazil, and their achievements.
US States, Capitals and Regions
The child names and finds the five regions of the United States, the 50 states and their capitals, Washington, D.C. and the US territories, and describes what makes each region different.
Grade 5 Social Studies
12 lessonsWestward Expansion
The child traces how the United States grew from the Appalachians to the Pacific, follows pioneers on the trails, and explains what westward growth meant for Native nations and for Mexico.
US Constitution
The child explains why the first plan of government was too weak, how leaders wrote the Constitution and agreed on compromises, and what the Bill of Rights protects.
Explorers and Reformers
The child finds out why sailors set out to find new sea routes, what happened when Europeans met the peoples of the Americas, Africa and Asia, and how printing, new art and new ideas about the Church changed Europe.
US Landforms and Climate
The child describes the main landforms, rivers and lakes and climate regions of the United States, the natural hazards each region faces, and how the land and climate shaped where people settled.
Native American History Before 1492
The child describes how Native nations in different parts of North America lived, governed themselves, traded and used their land before Europeans arrived, and knows that these nations still live today.
North America Regions
The learner describes the physical regions, population, cities and economy of North America, and its links with the rest of the world.
American Revolution for Kids
The child explains why the colonists grew angry with Britain, what the Declaration of Independence says, how the colonies won the war, and who took part on each side.
Maya, Aztec and Inca
The learner describes the Maya, Aztec and Inca states and the diversity of other Indigenous peoples of the Americas, including those of present-day Brazil, and their achievements.
Atlantic Slave Trade and Abolition
The learner explains how the transatlantic slave trade worked, the lives and resistance of enslaved people in the Americas, and how abolition movements ended the trade and slavery.
Thirteen Colonies
The child explains why people founded Jamestown, Plymouth and the other English colonies, compares life in the New England, Middle and Southern colonies, and describes how colonists, Native nations and enslaved Africans…
US States, Capitals and Regions
The child names and finds the five regions of the United States, the 50 states and their capitals, Washington, D.C. and the US territories, and describes what makes each region different.
World Wars and the Holocaust
The child finds out why two world wars happened, what they meant for soldiers and families, how Hitler and the Nazis persecuted and murdered Jews and other groups, and how the wars ended and are remembered.
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