The following will give you an idea of the Core Knowledge Curriculum
in science and social studies for each grade level. In addition to
the Core Knowledge Curriculum Downtown Elementary also teaches the
Georgia Performance Standards.
Kindergarten:
Plants, Animals, 5 Senses, Magnetism, Seasons/Weather, and Ecology
Seven Continents, Native American Peoples, Early Exploration, and
Presidents
First Grade:
Living Things and Environment, Human Body Systems, Matter, Electricity,
Astronomy, and the Earth
Early Civilization, Exploration and Settlement, American Revolution,
American West, and American Symbols and Figures
Second Grade:
Cycles in Nature, Inects, Cells, Magnetism, and Simple Machines
The Constitution, War of 1812, Westward Expansion, Civil War, Civil
Rights, and the Geography of the Americas
Third Grade:
Animal Classification, Body Systems, Vision and Hearing, Light, Optics,
and Sound, Ecology, and Astronomy
Earliest Americans, Explorers, The 13 Colonies, Immigration and
Citizenship, and American Symbols and Figures
Fourth Grade:
Body Systems, Chemistry, Electricity, Geology, and Meteorology
American Revolution, Constitutional Government, Early Presidents and
Politics, Reformers, and American Symbols and Figures
Fifth Grade:
Classifying Living Things, Cells, Plants, Life Cycles, Endocrine and
Reproductive Systems, and Chemistry
Westward Expansion, Civil War, Native Americans, and U.S. Geography
