Curriculum Format

• Based on district standards and benchmarks
• Student research emphasized
• Global emphasis
• Assessment tied to benchmarks or essential questions
• Active learning emphasized
• Integration of literature, art, science, etc.
• Local connections
• Articulation of standards K - 12

Kindergarten

1. This is School
2. All About Me
3. Communications
4. Oceans
5. Space
6. Mexico

(There are 13 units. These are the six which deal primarily with social studies.)

Grade One

1. Changes…From Wagon Wheels to Automobiles
2. Choices, Choices
3. Red, White and Blue: For Me and for You
4. Africa

Grade Two

1. Home Sweet Home (optional)
2. Japan – Land of the Rising Sun
3. Native Americans
4. This Land is Your Land
5. Where in the World

Grade Three

1. Oh, The Places We Live! (optional)
2. Australia
3. Making a Difference
4. Locating the Places We Go
5. Researchers, Take Note!?

Grade Four

1. Introductory Activity
2. U.S. Regions
3. Iowa Geography
4. Russian Studies
   • Arts & Recreation
   • Culture
   • Literature & Language
   
5. Economics and Careers

Grade Five

1. Getting Acquainted with Ourselves & Our World
2. Native Americans
3. Explorers
4. Colonial Life
5. Revolutionary War
6. Building Your Citizenship
7. Westward Movement
8. The Civil War

Grade Six

1. Maps and Globes
2. Canada
3. Latin America- Aztecs, Incas and Mayans
4. Exchange City (Junior Achievement Unit)

Grade Seven
Ancient Civilizations and European Geography & History

Grade Eight

1. U.S. History: Earliest North Americans through 1877
   Or
2. Advanced U.S. History: Earliest North Americans through 1877

Grade Nine

1. Global Cultural Studies (2 semesters)
   Or
2. Accelerated Global Cultural Studies (1st semester only)
   And
3. Ancient Western Civilizations (2nd semester) only

Grades 10-12 (Valley High School)

Click HERE to view the high school program of studies curriculum for social studies.

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Mathematics

Science

Social Studies

Vocational Education