Kindergarten
~Classroom Communities
~Celebrations:
~Yom Kippur/Rosh Hashanah; Thanksgiving; Christmas;
Chinese New Year; Martin Luther King; President's Day
~Intro. to Maps and Globes
~Africa~Antarctica
1st Grade
~Small Sense(Intro.to Economics)
~Families Now and Long Ago
~Ancient Japan, Mexico (Aztecs or Mayans),
Colorado/U.S.
~Map and Globe Skills
~Earth Systems: How air, land, water, plants
and animals interrelate
~Asia
2nd Grade
~Communities
~Map & Globe Skills
~World Maps, Globes, Atlases (Interpret symbols and legends;
determine distance and direction; gather and organize information)
~Alaska
~Australia
3rd Grade
~Westward Expansion
~Colorado:
~Government, Statehood and Symbols
~Prehistoric People
~Native Americans (Utes, Cheyennes, Arapaho)
~Spanish Americans (Hispanic Influence)
~Fur Trappers & Traders
~Mining
~North America
4th Grade
~Mini-Society
(Economics & Government)
~Encounters
(Exploration into the Americas and the effects on the culture)
~Early Colonization/Settlements
~Revolution/Independence(French & Indian War, Revolutionary War)
5th Grade
~Constitution/Government
~American Civil War
~Immigration
~Industrialization