We are proud to announce the state of Kentucky has partnered with the Core Knowledge Foundation to build a new K-8 social studies curriculum built around Kentucky’s academic standards.
The new curriculum, “Our Commonwealth, Our Nation, Our World,” integrates Core Knowledge’s coherent, cumulative approach to knowledge-building together with inquiry, all grounded in Kentucky’s own standards and content. It will be entirely free to download, with low-cost print student readers, teacher guides, and student notebooks also available, along with comprehensive professional learning to support teachers as it rolls out.
Materials will arrive in phases, beginning with kindergarten and grades 3, 5, and 8 in the 2027-28 school year.
