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 guide: Western Hemisphere History and Geography (PDF)		Adopted 2010
Grade 5 Curriculum guide: United States History: Colonization to Civil War (PDF)		Adopted 2010
Grade 6 Curriculum guide: Conflicts and Cooperation in the 20th Century (PDF)		Adopted 2010

Other useful resources for the elementary school level

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