Curriculum

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Kindergarten

Kindergarten students are beginning to develop an awareness of the world around them. Units include:

• School
• Decision-making
• Families and responsibilities
• Respect for culture, customs, & symbols of our country
• Communities
• Symbols on a map

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First Grade

First grade builds upon the self-awareness developed in Kindergarten. Units include:

• Appropriate behavior
• United States and our various cultures
• Neighborhoods: city, state, country, & continent
• History as the story of our country
• Families

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Second Grade

Second grade expands on the concepts and skills of first grade. Units include:

• Our country’s history
• Needs, wants, and goods of our economy
• Communities and citizenship
• Concept of government
• Maps to identify landforms and bodies of water

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Third Grade

The third grade social studies program emphasizes communities.

Units include:

• Community in our country and the world
• Good citizens
• Government
• Immigration and migration
• Individuals in communities

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Fourth Grade

In fourth grade students explore the regions of the United States. Units include:

• Maps and globes
• Illinois
• Northeast region
• Southeast region
• Middle West region
• West region
• Southwest region

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Fifth Grade

Fifth grade students apply their knowledge of regional geography to the study of U.S. history. Units include:

• Landscapes, resources, and people
• Trade routes
• Early settlers
• American Revolution
• Representative government
• Inventions
• Civil War
• 20th century

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Sixth Grade                 

• Introduction to Civilizations
• Earliest Communities
• Cradles of Civilizations
• Asia's Classical Age
• The Mediterranean
• Rise of New Empires
• Growth of Trade
• New Directions for Europe
• Making Connections

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Seventh Grade

• World Geography: A Framework
• Canada: Our Neighbor To the North
• Mexico: Our Neighbor to the South
• Central America: Studying a Region
• South America: Physical Geography of a Continent
• Europe: Human Geography of a Region
• Africa: A Region In Transition
• Asian Influence: Movement of Products, People, and Ideas

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Eighth Grade

• Colonies To Independence
• Constitution: A Living Document
• The Growing Nation:1801-1860
• Civil War Era: The Crossroads
• The Expanding Nation: 1865-1914
• World War I & The Jazz Age
• Depression & War / The Holocaust

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