HOMEThe Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework
Students are beginning to learn about the world. They enjoy learning the stories, songs, symbols, and poems that have delighted children for generations and that serve as a sturdy foundation for future learning.
They also need to learn about the lives of men and women who have helped to shape the world.
A Model History and Social Studies Scope and Sequence
Pre-Kindergarten–Grade 4
Pre-Kindergarten | Kindergarten | Grade 1
Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, Common Allusions
Legends, Tall Tales, Heroes of the Frontier
Biographies: Lives of people we should know
Living, Learning, and Working, Now and Long Ago, Near and Far.
The Stories of Thornton Burgess and Beatrix Potter:
Living together and observing the natural world.
Living, Learning, and Working, Now and Long Ago, Near and Far.
Aesop’s Fables: Lessons in living together.
National Celebrations throughout the year:
The seasons, calendar, and the solar system.
Famous Americans and events, symbols, and places.
Introduction to History Study Families and Communities, Now and Ago, Near and Far.
Tales, legends, and classic myths from all lands.
Native American tales, African American folklore, and American tall tales. Classic Fairy tales, legends, and myths; tales form Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and South America.
National Celebrations: More famous Americans and events, symbols, and places.
Existing local history and /or community
Studies: United States and world history and social
science connections.
Early inhabitants of North America: Tales and legends and selected Native American tribes.
Early civilizations of South America: Incas, Mayas, and Aztecs.
The Early Americas: Beginnings to about 1630.
Early inhabitants, the "New World" as it was:
Tales and legends and selected Native American tribes form across the continent; South America contrasts: Incas, Mayas, and Aztecs.
European exploration:
Vikings, Marco Polo, Columbus, Magellan, Cortes.
Living in the New World:
Early settlers, Jamestown and Plymouth
United States History to about 1865 with studies in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Colonization:
Settlements and colonial life in Massachusetts and New England, Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina.
Revolution: The spirit of liberty and the War, the Constitution, and a new country.
Going West:
Lewis and Clark, transportation and practical inventions, and the destruction of Indian life.
Slavery, the Civil War: Civil rights in the 20th century.
Immigration and industrialization into the 20th century.
World History–Early Civilizations, Ancient, and Medieval Civilizations.
Early Civilizations:
Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China (two to three of these civilizations); Ancient Israel.
Ancient Greece:
Gods and heroes, aspects of Greek history.
Ancient Rome:
Aspects of Roman history; the coming of
Christianity.
The Middle Ages and the European Renaissance:
Islam, England/Europe, kingdoms of Africa,
Japan. (one to three of these areas)
Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, common allusions:
Legends, Tall Tales, Heroes of the Frontier
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Biographies: Lives of people we should know:
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Statue of Liberty
Liberty Bell
My Country ‘Tis of Thee
America the Beautiful
Star Spangled Banner
Pledge of Allegiance
O Susanna
On Top of Old Smoky, etc.
Additional Historical Figures:
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Library Media Center
Dr. F. N. Sweetsir School
Helen R. Donaghue School
Winter/Spring 2001
Revised: August 20, 2003
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