The Elementary History and Social Science program is a standards-based curriculum designed to provide multiple opportunities to hone skills and gain historical knowledge to promote high student achievement. The content and skills taught in the History and Social Science program include identifying and sequencing events in World, United States and Virginia history; gathering, classifying, recording, and interpreting information and making generalizations about data; identifying and interpreting primary and secondary sources; describing the location of people, places, and things; and participating in groups and democratic society. Students learn the duties and responsibilities of being a citizen in our local community, Virginia, and the United States.  More information about specific courses, can be found on our Course Cards or in the Program of Studies.

Students will take the appropriate Virginia Standards of Learning Assessment as identified below.

Grade Level-Type of Virginia Assessment

Kindergarten - None

Grade 1 - None

Grade 2 - None

Grade 3 - Authentic Performance Assessment/Project-Based Learning

Grade 4 - SOL Assessment

Virginia Studies

Grade 5 - Authentic Performance Assessment/Project-Based Learning 

US History to 1865