Social Studies Curriculum

Elementary School

Links to the framework and skills for all elementary grades or by individual grades are available below. Click on the name of the curriculum for a brief description.

K-6 Frameworks

K-6 Skills

Online resources

By grade level	Documents	Status
Kindergarten - Grade 1 Curriculum: "Self, Home, School, and Neighborhood with Connections to Larger Spheres when Appropriate"	K-1 frameworks	Adopted 1994
	K-6 skills
Grade 2 Curriculum: "Anchorage Past & Present"	Grade 2 frameworks	Adopted 1994
	K-6 skills
Grade 3 Curriculum: "Alaska Geography & History"	Grade 3 frameworks	Adopted 1994
	K-6 skills
Grade 4 Curriculum: "World Geography, Early Civilizations, Exploration/ Encounters, U.S. Colonization"	Grade 4 frameworks	Adopted 1994
	K-6 skills
Grade 5 Curriculum: "United States History (up to 1900)" New Nation, Western Expansion, Nation Divided, & Rebirth of a Nation (includes geography and civics)	Grade 5 frameworks	Adopted 1994
	K-6 skills
Grade 6 Curriculum: "Twentieth Century U.S. History" Events from selected world nations and participation projects	Grade 6 frameworks	Adopted 1994
	K-6 skills
Indicates a committee is working to review and revise the curriculum for that grade level.

Other useful resources at the elementary school level

Project Clio
Project Clio is producing teacher tested innovative history curriculum that is based on historical themes, relies on primary source documents, and incorporates best practices strategies for teachers.