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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