Category:Social Studies

From OpenContent Curriculum

Social Studies Levels

1st and 2nd Grades

• My School and Family
• My Community

3rd - 5th Grades

• Our Community and Beyond
• Regions of Our Country
• America's Past

6th - 8th Grades

• The Ancient World
• The Medieval World and Beyond
• The United States Through Industrialism

9th - 12th Grades

• Alaska Studies
• U.S. History: Reconstruction to Present
• Modern World History
• Government
• Economics

Rotations

The order classes are taught within the above groupings is negotiable. Small sites may need to rotate and only teach one course from each of these groupings per year. The following is the recommended order for progression through social studies levels. Note that the course abbreviations are new. The standards indicator prefix for DART appears in parentheses below.

Grade	Course	Course Abbreviation
1	My School and Family	SOST1 (SS.1)
2	My Community	SOST2 (SS.2)

Grade	Course	Course Abbreviation
3	Our Community and Beyond	SOST3 (SS.EO)
4	Regions of Our Country	SOST4 (SS.ER)
5	America's Past	SOST5 (SS.EA)

Grade	Course	Course Abbreviation
6	The Ancient World	SOST6 (SS.MW)
7	The Medieval World and Beyond	SOST7 (SS.MM)
8	The United States Through Industrialism	SOST8 (SS.MU)

Grade	Course	Course Abbreviation
9	Alaska Studies	SOST9 (SS.HA)
10	U.S. History: Reconstruction to Present	SOST10 (SS.HU)
11	Modern World History	SOST11 (SS.HW)
12	Government (1st semester)	SOST12 (SS.HG)
12	Economics (2nd semester)	SOST13 (SS.HE)