USD #434 Santa Fe Trail
Social Studies Curriculum
Essential Skills for Social Studies
Social Studies Course Sequence

Social Studies Curriculum (adopted 2006-2007)

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The USD 434 Social Studies Course Sequence is proposed as follows:

  • K-2 Foundations of the Four Disciplines
  • Grade 3 Communities
  • Grade 4 Kansas History / U.S. Geographic Regions
  • Grade 5 U.S. History: Exploration to 1800
  • Grade 6 World History: Ancient Civilizations to the Renaissance
  • Grade 7 World Geography
  • Grade 8 U.S. History: 1800-1900 / Kansas History
  • Grade 9 No Course Prescribed (Economics as part of Freshman Rotation)
  • Grade 10 World History Survey
  • Grade 11 U.S. History: 1900-Present
  • Grade 12 U.S. Government
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