Social Studies Curriculum Outlines

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

The First Americans, Prehistory to 1492

Exploring the Americas, 1400-1625

Colonial America, 1587-1770

• Colonial Life

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

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