Understanding one's place in the world is at the crux of study of social studies. In that vein the curriculum begins answering basic questions of self, family, and neighborhood to a more complex context of historical, cultural, social, economic, and political perspectives. Grade: Theme:

Kindergarten Self, family and “where we live”.

Grade 1 Neighborhood and local community (school, city, town, county).

Grade 2 North American communities.

Grade 3 United States Geography

Grade 4 Virginia Studies – past and present.

Grade 5 World Geography.

Grade 6 Ancient History to Renaissance.

Grade 7 United States History- Native Cultures to Reconstruction.

Grade 8 United States History- 1877 to the present.