History K

This beginning course teaches the basics of world geography through a storybook tour of the seven continents, and provides an introduction to American history and civics through a series of biographies of famous Americans. Students will:

• Explore the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the frozen expanses of Antarctica, the grasslands and rain forests of Africa, the Great Wall of China, and the villages and cities of Europe.
• Become familiar with the people, landmarks, and stories of many countries around the world.
• Learn about American history through biographies of famous figures: from Columbus and the Pilgrims to Thomas Jefferson and Sacagawea; from Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony to Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt; from Thomas Edison and the Wright Brothers to Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Standard Curriculum Items

• US/World Map (K–2)
• Inflatable Globe (K–2)
• Let's Journey: Around the World CD

Additional Curriculum Items

Some lessons require additional resources, including common household items, and books that are readily available for purchase or in your local library:

• Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema (Dial Books, 1992)
• Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeannette Winter (Knopf, 1992)
• Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans (Puffin Books, 1977)
• Possum Magic by Mem Fox (Voyager/Harcourt Brace, 1991)
• Rachenka’s Eggs by Patricia Polacco (Paper Star, 1996)
• The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry (Harcourt Brace, 1998)
• The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson (Grosset & Dunlap, 2000)
• The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese (Grosset & Dunlap, 2000)
• When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor (Atheneum, 1987)

Note: List subject to change.

Total lessons: 72

Lesson time: 45 minutes

You might choose to split the lessons into smaller segments, for example, from 20 to 25 minutes. K12's online lesson tracking system allows you to pick up wherever you left off in any given lesson.