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
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