INTRODUCTION

The Lincoln Public Schools has completed a first draft of K-8 curriculum content overview for social studies. In addition, many units of study in grades 3-8 have specified learning expectations that will be published soon this website. Work will continue this year on a review of the K-2 program, analysis of continuity across the grades, and further redesign of units at all grades. That work will be guided by the standards found in the Massachusetts History/Social Studies Curriculum Frameworks

Grade	Lincoln Campus Topics	Hanscom Campus Topics
Kindergarten	Friendships Me and My family (social units; traditions) Purposes of Holidays in Peoples Lives and Celebrating Traditions My Community Current Events	Friends, family, community Rules and citizenship: Getting Along Cultures and Customs: The World Families
One	Communities and Families Culture and Customs of Families Community Building and Cooperative Skill Building	Community building; cooperative skill building Geography skills (place; location; maps; vocabulary) “Travel Bears” Individual time capsules Folktales Important People
Two	Continents, oceans and map skills World Cultures and Cultural heritages (including “Festival of Foods”) Landforms Important People Citizenship/Community Building	Rules and friendship Conflict resolution Geography skills “People Who Make a Difference” Colonial New England
Three	Massachusetts Native American Study Map skill as applicable to study of whales Current Events Community Building	Working as a community Respect and responsibility Voting Plimoth: A case study: Wampanoags Current Events
Four	Egypt Mexico Canada North American Regions	Geographic terms Maps and absolute location Geography of North America: including Canada and Mexico U.S. Regions: Northeast/Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Midwest and Pacific Northwest
Five	Pre-Columbian Exploration European Early Colonies Colonial Revolutionary War Formation of a Nation Westward Expansion	U.S. History: Pre-Columbian Civilizations to the Westward Movement—including colonial life; revolutionary period; introduction to formation of U.S. government
Six	Ancient civilizations Greece-including Phoenicians, Minoans and Mycenaean Civilization Myths of Greece Geography of Greece Persian War Government of Greece Alexander the Great Rome	World Geography Africa Asia South America Europe Antarctica Australia
Seven	Five Themes of Geography Movement Place Region Human-Environment Interaction Location (Absolute and Relative) Early Humans Linked to Five themes Australopithecus, Afarensis, Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus, Neanderthal, Cro Magnon, Homo Sapien Mesopotamia Relationship of Five Themes to Sumerr, Akkad, Bablylonia, Assyria, Chaldean, Persian Egypt Relationship of Five Themes to Upper Egypt Lower Egypt, Old Kingdom and New Kingdom Israelites and Comparative Religion Relationship of Five Themes to Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism Meso-America Relationship of Five themes to Aztec, Inca and Maya Cultures	Ancient Greece Roots of Western Civilization: Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Roots of Western Civilization: Ancient Rome Egypt An ancient River Civilization Mesopotamia Site of Several Ancient River Civilizations Human Origins Africa from the Paleolithic Age through the Neolithic Age Archaeology Interpreting evidence from societies with no written records Timelines Understanding and Interpretation of Timelines
Eight	U.S. History; 1763-1877 Revolutionary War Constitution Industrial Revolution Reform Migration Sectionalism Civil War Reconstruction	U.S. History; 1763-1877