Core Knowledge at a Glance: Major Topic Headings, K 2

Core Knowledge at a Glance: Major Topic Headings, K–2

Kindergarten / First Grade / Second Grade
Language Art/English / 1.  Reading and Writing
2.  Poetry
3.  Fiction
4.  Sayings and Phrases / 1.  Reading and Writing
2.  Poetry
3.  Fiction
4.  Sayings and Phrases / 1.  Reading and Writing
2.  Poetry
3.  Fiction (Stories; Greek Myths; Greek and Roman Myths)
4.  Sayings and Phrases
History and Geography / World
1.  Spatial Sense
2.  Overview of the Seven Continents
American
1.  Geography
2.  Native Americans
3.  Early Exploration and Settlement (Columbus, Pilgrims, Independence Day)
4.  Presidents, Past and Present
5.  Symbols and Figures / World
1.  Geography
2.  Early Civilizations (Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, History of World Religions)
3.  Mexico
American
1.  Early People and Civilizations (Maya, Inca, Aztec)
2.  Early Exploration and Settlement
3.  American Revolution
4.  Early Exploration of the American West
5.  Symbols and Figures / World
1.  Geography
2.  Early Civilizations: Asia (India, China)
3.  Modern Civilization and Culture: Japan
4.  Ancient Greece
American
1.  American Government: The Constitution
2.  War of 1812
3.  Westward Expansion
4.  Civil War
5.  Immigration and Citizenship
6.  Civil Rights
7.  Geography of the Americas
8.  Symbols and Figures
Visual Arts / 1.  Elements of Art
2.  Sculpture
3.  Looking at and Talking About Art / 1.  Art from Long Ago
2.  Elements of Art
3.  Kinds of Pictures: Portrait and Still Life / 1.  Elements of Art
2.  Sculpture
3.  Kinds of Pictures: Landscapes
4.  Abstract Art
5.  Architecture
Music / 1.  Elements of Music
2.  Listening and Understanding
3.  Songs / 1.  Elements of Music
2.  Listening and Understanding (Composers; Orchestra; Opera; Ballet; Jazz)
3.  Songs / 1.  Elements of Music
2.  Listening and Understanding (Orchestra; Keyboards; Composers)
3.  Songs
Mathematics / 1.  Patterns and Classification
2.  Numbers and Number Sense
3.  Money
4.  Computation
5.  Measurement
6.  Geometry / 1.  Patterns and Classification
2.  Numbers and Number Sense
3.  Money
4.  Computation
5.  Measurement
6.  Geometry / 1.  Numbers and Number Sense
2.  Fractions
3.  Money
4.  Computation
5.  Measurement
6.  Geometry
Science / 1.  Plants and Plant Growth
2.  Animals and Their Needs
3.  Human Body (Five Senses)
4.  Introduction to Magnetism
5.  Seasons and Weather
6.  Taking Care of the Earth
7.  Science Biographies / 1.  Living Things and Their Environments
2.  Human Body (Body Systems)
3.  Matter
4.  Properties of Matter: Measurement
5.  Introduction to Electricity
6.  Astronomy
7.  The Earth
8.  Science Biographies / 1.  Cycles in Nature (Seasonal Cycles; Life Cycles; Water Cycles)
2.  Insects
3.  Human Body (Cells; Digestive and Excretory Systems)
4.  Magnetism
5.  Seasons and Weather
6.  Simple Machines
7.  Science Biographies
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Core Knowledge at a Glance: Major Topic Headings, 3–5

Third Grade / Fourth Grade / Fifth Grade
Language Art/English / 1.  Reading and Writing
2.  Poetry
3.  Fiction (Stories; Norse Myths; Greek and Roman Myths)
4.  Sayings and Phrases / 1.  Writing, Grammar, and Usage
2.  Poetry
3.  Fiction (Stories; Legends of King Arthur)
4.  Sayings and Phrases / 1.  Reading and Writing
2.  Writing, Grammar and Usage
3.  Poetry
4.  Fiction (Stories; Shakespeare; Myths and Legends)
5.  Sayings and Phrases
History and Geography / World
1.  World Geography (Spatial Sense; Canada; Important Rivers)
2.  Ancient Rome (Geography of Mediterranean Region; Roman Empire, “Decline and Fall”)
3.  Vikings
American
1.  The Earliest Americans
2.  Early Exploration of North America
3.  The Thirteen Colonies: Life and Times Before the Revolution / World
1.  World Geography (Spatial Sense; Mountains)
2.  Europe in the Middle Ages
3.  Spread of Islam and “Holy Wars”
4.  Early and Medieval African Kingdoms
5.  China: Dynasties and Conquerors
American
1.  American Revolution
2.  Making a Constitutional Government
3.  Early Presidents and Politics
4.  Reformers
5.  Symbols and Figures / World
1.  World Geography (Spatial Sense; Lakes)
2.  Meso-American Civilizations
3.  European Exploration, Trade, and Clash of Cultures
4.  Renaissance and Reformation
5.  England from the Golden Age to the Glorious Revolution
6.  Russia: Early Growth and Expansion
7.  Feudal Japan
American
1.  Westward Expansion
2.  Civil War: Causes, Conflicts, Consequences
3.  Native Americans: Cultures and Conflicts
4.  U.S. Geography
Visual Arts / 1.  Elements of Art
2.  American Indian Art
3.  Art of Ancient Rome and Byzantine Civilization / 1.  Art of the Middle Ages
2.  Islamic Art and Architecture
3.  Art of Africa
4.  Art of China
5.  Art of a New Nation: The United States / 1.  Art of the Renaissance
2.  American Art: Nineteenth-Century United States
3.  Art of Japan
Music / 1.  Elements of Music
2.  Listening and Understanding (Orchestra; Composers)
3.  Songs / 1.  Elements of Music
2.  Listening and Understanding (Orchestra; Vocal Ranges; Composers)
3.  Songs / 1.  Elements of Music
2.  Listening and Understanding (Composers; Connections)
3.  American Musical Traditions (Spirituals)
4.  Songs
Mathematics / 1.  Numbers and Number Sense
2.  Fractions and Decimals
3.  Money
4.  Computation
5.  Measurement
6.  Geometry / 1.  Numbers and Number Sense
2.  Fractions and Decimals
3.  Money
4.  Computation
5.  Measurement
6.  Geometry / 1.  Numbers and Number Sense
2.  Ratio and Percent
3.  Fractions and Decimals
4.  Computation
5.  Measurement
6.  Geometry
7.  Probability and Statistics
8.  Pre-Algebra
Science / 1.  Introduction to Classification of Animals
2.  Human Body (Muscular, Skeletal, and Nervous Systems; Vision and Hearing)
3.  Light and Optics
4.  Sound
5.  Ecology
6.  Astronomy
7.  Science Biographies / 1.  Human Body (Circulatory and Respiratory Systems)
2.  Chemistry (Atoms; Matter; Elements; Solutions
3.  Electricity
4.  Geology: Earth and Its Changes
5.  Meteorology
6.  Science Biographies / 1.  Classifying Living Things
2.  Cells: Structures and Processes
3.  Plant Structures and Processes
4.  Life Cycles and Reproduction
5.  Human Body (Endocrine and Reproductive Systems)
6.  Chemistry: Matter and Change
7.  Science Biographies
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Core Knowledge at a Glance: Major Topic Headings, 6–8

Sixth Grade / Seventh Grade / Eighth Grade
Language Art/English / 1.  Writing, Grammar, and Usage
2.  Poetry
3.  Fiction and Drama (Stories; Shakespeare; Classical Myths)
4.  Sayings and Phrases / 1.  Writing, Grammar, and Usage
2.  Poetry
3.  Fiction, Nonfiction, and Drama
4.  Foreign Phrases Commonly Used in English / 1.  Writing, Grammar, and Usage
2.  Poetry
3.  Fiction, Nonfiction, and Drama
4.  Foreign Phrases Commonly Used in English
History and Geography / World
1.  World Geography (Spatial Sense; Deserts)
2.  Lasting Ideas from Ancient Civilizations (Judaism, Christianity; Greece and Rome)
3.  Enlightenment
4.  French Revolution
5.  Romanticism
6.  Industrialism, Capitalism, and Socialism
7.  Latin American Independence Movements
American
1.  Immigration, Industrialization, and Urbanization
2.  Reform / World
1.  America Becomes a World Power
2.  World War I, “The Great War”
3.  Russian Revolution
4.  America from the Twenties to the New Deal
5.  World War II
6.  Geography of the United States / World
1.  Decline of European Colonialism
2.  Cold War
3.  Civil Rights Movement
4.  Vietnam War and the Rose of Social Activism
5.  Middle East and Oil Politics
6.  End of the Cold War: Expansion of Democracy and Continuing Challenges
7.  Civics: The Constitution — Principles and Structure of American Democracy
8.  Geography of Canada and Mexico
Visual Arts / 1.  Art History: Periods and Schools (Classical; Gothic; Renaissance; Baroque; Rococo; Neoclassical; Romantic; Realism) / 1.  Art History: Periods and Schools (Impressionism; Post-Impressionism; Expressionism and Abstraction; Modern American Painting) / 1.  Art History: Periods and Schools (Painting Since World War
II; Photography; 20th-Century Sculpture)
2.  Architecture Since the Industrial Revolution
Music / 1.  Elements of Music
2.  Classical Music: From Baroque to Romantic (Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann) / 1.  Elements of Music
2.  Classical Music (Romantics and Nationalists (Brahms, Berlioz, Liszt, Wagner, Dvorak, Grieg, Tchaikovsky)
3.  American Musical Traditions (Blues and Jazz) / 1.  Elements of Music
2.  Non-Western Music
3.  Classical Music: Nationalists and Moderns (Sibelius, Bartok, Rodrigo, Copland, Debussy, Stravinsky)
4.  Vocal Music (Opera; American Musical Theater)
Mathematics / 1.  Numbers and Number Sense
2.  Ratio and Percent
3.  Computation
4.  Measurement
5.  Geometry
6.  Probability and Statistics
7.  Pre-Algebra / 1.  Pre-Algebra (Properties of the Real Numbers; Polynomial Arithmetic; Equivalent Equations and Inequalities; Integer Exponents)
2.  Geometry (Three-Dimensional Objects; Angle Pairs; Triangles; Measurement)
3.  Probability and Statistics / 1.  Algebra (Properties of the Real Numbers; Relations, Functions, and Graphs; Linear Equations and Functions; Arithmetic of Rational Expression; Quadratic Equations and Functions)
2.  Geometry (Analytic Geometry; Introduction to Trigonometry; Triangles and Proofs)
Science / 1.  Plate Tectonics
2.  Oceans
3.  Astronomy: Gravity, Stars, and Galaxies
4.  Energy, Heat, and Energy Transfer
5.  Human Body (Lymphatic an Immune Systems)
6.  Science Biographies / 1.  Atomic Structure
2.  Chemical Bonds and Reactions
3.  Cell Division and Genetics
4.  History of the Earth and Life Forms
5.  Evolution
6.  Science Biographies / 1.  Physics
2.  Electricity and Magnetism
3.  Electromagnetic Radiation and Light
4.  Sound Waves
5.  Chemistry of Food and Respiration
6.  Science Biographies
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