ASPIRE social studies curriculum adheres to standards set by the TEKS, the Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted/Talented Students, and the National Association for Gifted Children's Programming Standards. Each unit is outlined utilizing the Parallel Curriculum Model, and lessons are designed with the Depth & Complexity Framework in order to ensure the curriculum is effective with highly gifted students. In addition, ELA and social studies content are intentionally integrated when possible.

Curriculum Documents

Unit 1

Americans at War: How the Struggle for Freedom and Equality Culminated in Our Destruction of Each Other

Unit 2

Back to the Beginning: The Foundations of Building America

Unit 3

And Justice for All (Part 1): The Road to Revolution and War for Independence

Unit 4

And Justice for All (Part 2): The New Republic and Its Contract with America

Unit 5

And Justice for All (Part 3): The First Five Presidents and Setting the New Republic's Identity

Unit 6

A Mock Trial and Evaluation of the Legacy of President Andrew Jackson

Unit 7

A Nation on a Collision Course with Destiny: Expansion, Industrialization, and Reform

Unit 8

Slavery and Reconstruction: The Failure of Reconstruction and Its Legacy