SOCIAL STUDIES District of Columbia Social Studies Pre-K through Grade 12 Standards SOCIAL STUDIES Contents Introduction . 2 Grade 4 — U.S. History and Geography: Making a New Nation . 18 Prekindergarten — People and How They Live . 6 The Land and People before European Exploration . 18 Age of Exploration (15th–16th Centuries). 18 People and How They Live . 6 Settling the Colonies to the 1700s . 19 Economics . 6 The War for Independence (1760–1789) . 20 Time, Continuity, and Change . 7 Geography . 7 Grade 5 — U.S. History and Geography: Westward Expansion Civic Values and Historical Thinking. 7 to the Present . 22 Kindergarten — Living, Learning, and Working Together. 8 The New Nation’s Westward Expansion (1790–1860) . 22 The Growth of the Republic (1800–1860) . 22 Geography . 8 The Civil War and Reconstruction (1860–1877). 23 Historical Thinking . 8 Industrial America (1870–1940) . 24 Civic Values . 8 World War II (1939–1945) . 25 Personal and Family Economics . 9 Economic Growth and Reform in Contempory America Grade 1 — True Stories and Folktales from America (1945–Present) . 26 and around the World . 10 Grades 3–5 — Historical and Social Sciences Analysis Skills . 28 Geography . 10 Chronology and Cause and Effect . 28 Civic Values . 10 Geographic Skills . 28 Earliest People and Civilizations of the Americas . 11 Historical Research, Evidence, and Point of View . 29 Grade 2 — Living, Learning, and Working Now and Long Ago . 12 Grade 6 — World Geography and Cultures . 30 Geography . 12 The World in Spatial Terms . 30 Civic Values . 12 Places and Regions . 30 Kindergarten–Grade 2 — Historical and Social Sciences Human Systems . 31 Analysis Skills . 14 Economic Systems and Urbanization . 32 Chronology and Cause and Effect . 14 Physical Systems. 32 Geographic Skills . 14 Environment and Society. 33 Historical Research, Evidence, and Point of View . 14 Grade 7 — World History and Geography: Ancient World . 34 Grade 3 — Geography and History of the District of Columbia . 16 Era I: Early Humankind and the Development of Human Societies . 34 Geography of DC . 16 Era II: Early River Civilizations to 1000 B.C./B.C.E.. 34 Government of DC . 16 Era III: Ancient and Classical Civilizations to 700 C.E. 36 Economy of the Local Region . 17 History of DC (18th–20th Centuries) . 17 Grade 8 — U.S. History and Geography I: Growth and Conflict . 40 Cold War America to the New Millennium (1947–2001). 71 Contemporary America . 74 Our Colonial Heritage (1600–1720) . 40 A New Nation (1720–1787). 41 Grade 12 — Principles of U.S. Government . 76 The Constitution of the United States (1777–1789) . 42 Principles of U.S. Government. 76 Launching the Young Nation (1789–1849). 43 Branches of Government. 76 The Divergent and Unifying Paths of the American People Elections and the Political Process . 78 (1800–1850). 43 Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens . 78 Civil War and Reconstruction (1830–1877) . 46 Federal Government and the Economy . 80 The Rise of Industrial America (1877–1914) . 47 Comparative Government . 81 Grades 6–8 — Historical and Social Sciences Analysis Skills . 48 Grade 12 — District of Columbia History and Government . 82 Chronology and Historical Interpretation. 48 Early Settlements and Geography . 82 Geographic Skills . 49 A New National Capital and a New City . 82 Grade 9 — World History and Geography I: Middle Ages to the Slavery, War, and Emancipation . 82 Age of Revolutions. 50 Reconstruction Period . 83 Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries . 83 Era IV: Middle Ages . 50 20th-Century Expansion and Urban Challenges . 84 Era V: Early Modern Times to 1650 . 53 Civil Rights and Home-Rule Victories . ..