| Kindergarten | - Native Americans
- Early Exploration and Settlement
- Major American presidents and symbols
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| 1st | - Early Exploration and Settlement: Columbus, Conquistadors, English Settlemen
- From Colonies to Independence: The American Revolution
- Early Exploration and the American West
| - Early World Civilizations: Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt
- World Religions
- Mexico
- Early American Civilizations: Maya, Aztec, and Inca
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| 2nd | - The Constitution
- War of 1812
- Westward Expansion
- Civil War
- Immigration and Citizenship
- Fighting for a Cause: Women’s Rights, Civil Rights
- Geography of North and South America
| - Asia: India and China
- Modern Japanese Civilization
- Ancient Greece
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| 3rd | - Native Americans
- Early Exploration of North America: American Southwest, Search for the Northwest Passage
- The Thirteen Colonies
| - Canada
- Important Rivers of the World
- Ancient Rome
- The Vikings
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| 4th | - The American Revolution
- Making a Constitutional Government
- Early Presidents and Politics
- Reformers: Abolitionists, Women’s Rights
| - Mountains and Mountain Ranges
- Europe in the Middle Ages
- Spread of Islam and “Holy wars”
- Early and Medieval African Kingdoms
- China: Dynasties and Conquerors
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| 5th | - Westward Expansion
- The Civil War
- Native Americans: Cultures and Conflicts
- U.S. Geography (including fifty states and capitals)
| - Great Lakes of the World
- Maya, Aztec, and Inca Civilizations
- European Exploration, Trade, and the Clash of Cultures
- The Renaissance and the Reformation
- England from the Golden Age to the Glorious Revolution
- Russia: Early Growth and Expansion
- Feudal Japan
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| 6th | - Immigration, Industrialization, and Urbanization
- Reform: Populism, Progressivism, Women’s Suffrage
| - Great Deserts of the World
- Lasting Ideas from Ancient Civilizations: Judaism, Christiantiy, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome
- The Enlightenment
- The French Revolution
- Romanticism
- Industrialism, Capitalism, and Socialism
- Latin American Independence Movements
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| 7th | U.S. and World History and Geography are combined startin in 7th grade:
- American Becomes a World Power
- World War I
- The Russian Revolution
- America from the Twenties to the New Deal
- World War II
- Geography of the US
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| 8th | - The Decline of European Colonialism and the Creation of the People’s Republic of China
- The Cold War
- The Civil Rights Movement
- The Vietnam War and the Rise of Social Activism
- The Middle East and Oil Politics
- The End of the Cold War
- Civics: The Constitution--Principles and Structure of American Democracy
- Geography of Canada and Mexico
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We believe a shared base of knowledge about American and world history will create a foundation for informed and engaged citizens. As such, history forms the backbone of our curriculum. 