American History & Civics Ladder · Elementary · Grade K–3
American History for Young Learners
For ages 5 to 9, read aloud with a grown-up: the flag and other symbols, holidays and why we keep them, the first Americans, the Pilgrims and the colonies, Washington, Lincoln, pioneers, inventors, and the rules and helpers in our own town.
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Unit 1 Our Country's Symbols
6 topics
The flag, the bald eagle, the Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty, our national anthem and the buildings of Washington, D.C.: what each one stands for.
Unit 2 Rules, Leaders and Helpers
5 topics
Why we have rules, who makes them at home, at school and in town, the people who help our community, and how we choose leaders by voting.
Unit 3 Holidays and Why We Have Them
7 topics
The national holidays we keep through the year, what each one remembers, and how families mark them.
Unit 4 The First Americans
4 topics
The many Native nations who lived here long before Europeans came, their homes and foods, and Native nations today.
Unit 5 Explorers and Early Colonies
5 topics
Explorers who crossed the ocean, the first English settlements at Jamestown and Plymouth, the 1621 harvest feast, and the thirteen colonies.
Unit 6 The Revolution and a New Nation
6 topics
Why the colonists broke away, the Declaration of Independence, George Washington, the heroes of the Revolution, and the Constitution as the country's rulebook.
Unit 7 A Growing and Changing Country
7 topics
Lewis and Clark and the pioneers, Abraham Lincoln and the end of slavery, heroes of freedom, inventors, and fifty states.
Unit 8 Heroes of Service
4 topics
People who served others and worked for fairness: nurses and soldiers, Rosa Parks and Dr. King, astronauts who reached the Moon, and how you can help, too.