Social Studies Curriculum Outlines


6th Grade

  • Uncovering the Past

    • Studying History

    • Studying Geography

  • Stone Ages and Early Cultures

    • The First People

    • Early Human Migration

    • Beginnings of Agriculture

  • Ancient Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent

    • Geography of the Fertile Crescent

    • The Rise of Sumer

    • Sumerian Achievements

    • Later Peoples of the Fertile Crescent

  • Ancient Egypt and Kush

    • Geography and Ancient Egypt

    • The Old Kingdom

    • The Middle and New Kingdoms

    • Egyptian Achievements

    • Ancient Kush

  • Ancient India

    • Geography and Early India

    • Origins of Hinduism

    • Origins of Buddhism

    • Indian Empires

    • Indian Achievements

  • Ancient China

    • Geography and Early China

    • The Zhou Dynasty and New Ideas

    • The Qin Dynasty

    • The Han Dynasty

    • Han Contacts with Other Cultures

  • The Hebrews and Judaism

    • The Early Hebrews

    • Jewish Beliefs and Texts

    • Judaism over the Centuries

    • From Republic to Empire

    • The Roman Empire and Religion

    • The End of Empire

  • The Islamic World

    • The Roots of Islam

    • Islamic Beliefs and Practices

    • Islamic Empires

    • Cultural Achievements

  • Early African Civilizations

    • Geography and Early Africa

    • The Empire of Ghana

    • Later Empires

    • Historical and Artistic Traditions

  • Empires of Asia and the Americas

    • China

    • China Reunifies

    • Tang and Song Achievements

    • Confucianism and Government

    • The Yuan and Ming Dynasties

  • Japan

    • Geography and Early Japan

    • Art and Culture in Heian

    • Growth of a Military Society

  • The Early Americas

    • The Maya

    • The Aztecs

    • The Incas

  • The Greek World

    • Geography and the Early Greeks

    • Government in Athens

    • Greek Mythology and Literature

    • Greece and Persia

    • Sparta and Athens

    • Alexander the Great

    • Greek Achievements

  • The Roman Republic

    • Geography and the Rise of Rome

    • Government and Society

    • The Late Republic

7th Grade

  • The First Americans, Prehistory to 1492

  • Exploring the Americas, 1400-1625

  • Colonial America, 1587-1770

  • The Colonies Grow, 1607-1770

  • Road to Independence, 1763-1776

  • The American Revolution, 1776-1783

  • A More Perfect Union, 1777-1790

    • The Constitution

  • A New Nation, 1789-1800

  • The Jefferson Era, 1800-1816

  • Growth and Expansion, 1790-1825

  • The Jackson Era, 1824-1845

  • Manifest Destiny, 1818-1853

  • North and South, 1820-1860

  • The Age of Reform, 1820-1860

  • Road to Civil War, 1820-1861

  • The Civil War, 1861-1865

  • Reconstruction and Its Aftermath, 1865-1896

  • The Western Frontier, 1858-1896

  • The Growth of Industry, 1965-1914

  • Toward an Urban America, 1865-1914

8th GRade

  • Progressive Reforms, 1877-1920

  • Overseas Expansion, 1865-1917

  • World War I, 1914-1919

  • The Jazz Age, 1919-1929

  • The Depression and FDR, 1929-1941

  • World War II, 1939-1945

  • Cold War Era, 1945-1954

  • America in the 1950s, 1953-1960

  • The Civil Rights Era, 1954-1973

  • The Vietnam Era, 1960-1975

  • The Nixon Presidency

  • The Carter Presidency

  • The Reagan Presidency

  • The George H.W. Bush Presidency

  • The Clinton Presidency

  • The George W. Bush Presidency

  • The Obama Presidency

  • The War on Terrorism