Social Studies
NCCL School’s Social Studies curriculum reflects our philosophy that children learn best when they can connect to history through active involvement such as role plays, field trips, and presentations. The younger NCCL students study topics and locales that have a link to their everyday lives. Older students’ studies go beyond their personal experience and help them explore the complexity of the larger world.
Content and Concepts
Group 1: Grades K, 1, and 2
History
Native Americans and Pilgrims
Civics
Families
Local Communities
World Cultures
Transportation
Geography
Continents
Oceans
Countries Around the World
Group 2: Grades 3 and 4
History and Civics
Early Americans
Colonial America
The Revolutionary War
Gold Rushes
Medieval Times
World Cultures/Ancient Cultures
People of the Arctic
Egypt/Greece/Rome
Religions of the World
Geography
Map Skills
Regions of the Modern and
Ancient World
Group 3: Grades 5 and 6
History and Economics
The Movement of Goods and Ideas along the Silk Routes
The Age of Exploration – 1400- 1600
Early Settlement of the Americas
Clash of Cultures
Columbian Exchange
European Countries Pursuits
Geography
Concepts of Navigation and Mapping
Regions of the World
North and Central Americas
Western Europe
Civics
Unit on Governments:
Reasons for and types of governments
Current Events
Group 4: Grades 7and 8
History and Civics
19th Century
Formation of our government and the Constitution
Westward Expansion
Slavery and the abolitionist movement
The Civil War, causes and consequences
The Industrial Revolution
Immigration
20th Century
America’s Rise as a world power
Women’s Suffrage
Workers’ Rights
Social Journalism
World Conflicts
The Holocaust
Japanese Internment
The Atomic Bomb
The Cold War
The Civil Rights Movement