| Topic 1 - Living and Working Together in Families and Communities, Now and Long Ago |
| 1. | Understands family life now and in the past, and family life in various places long ago |
| 2. | Understands the history of a local community and how communities in North America varied long ago |
| Topic 2 - The History of Students' Own State or Region |
| 3. | Understands the people, events, problems, and ideas that were significant in creating the history of their state |
| Topic 3 - The History of the United States: Democratic Principles and Values and the People from Many Cultures who Contributed to its Cultural, Economic, and Political Heritage |
| 4. | Understands how democratic values came to be, and how they have been exemplified by people, events, and symbols |
| Topic 4 - The History of Peoples of Many Cultures Around the World |
| 5. | Understands the causes and nature of movements of large groups of people into and within the United States, now and long ago |
| 6. | Understands the folklore and other cultural contributions from various regions of the United States and how they helped to form a national heritage |
| 7. | Understands selected attributes and historical developments of societies in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe |
| 8. | Understands major discoveries in science and technology, some of their social and economic effects, and the major scientists and inventors responsible for them |
