California Social Studies Curriculum Mindmap Examples

1. Examples of Mindmaps
for California
History/Social Sciences

2. Kindergarten
Kindergarten—Learning
and Working Now and
Long Ago
 Learning to Work
Together
 Working Together:
Exploring, Creating, and
Communicating
 Reaching Out to Times
Past

3. Kindergarten – Digital Examples

4. Kindergarten – Prezi Example
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5. Grade One
Child’s Place in Time
and Space
 Developing Social Skills
and Responsibilities
 Expanding Children’s
Geographic and
Economic
 Awareness of Cultural
Diversity, Now and Long
Ago

6. First Grade –
Digital Examples

7. Grade Two
People Who Make a
Difference
 People Who Supply Our
Needs
 Our Parents,
Grandparents, and
Ancestors from Long
Ago
 People from Many
Cultures, Now and Long
Ago

8. 2nd Grade – Digital Examples

9. Grade Three
Continuity and Change
 Our Local History:
Discovering Our Past
and Our Traditions
 Our Nation’s History:
Meeting People,
Ordinary and
Extraordinary, Through
Biography, Story,
Folktale, and Legend

10. 3rd Grade –
Digital Examples

11. Grade Four
California: A Changing State
 The Physical Setting: California and Beyond
 Pre-Columbian Settlements and People
 Exploration and Colonial History
 Missions, Ranchos, and the Mexican War for Independence
 Gold Rush, Statehood, and the Westward Movement
 The Period of Rapid Population Growth, Large-Scale
Agriculture,and Linkage to the Rest of the United States
 Modern California: Immigration, Technology, and Cities

12. Grade Four Graphic

13. 4th Grade – Digital Examples

14. 4th Grade – Digital Examples

15. Grade Five
United States History and Geography:
Making a New Nation
 The Land and People Before Columbus
 Age of Exploration
 Settling the Colonies –The Virginia Settlement
 Life in New England –The Middle Colonies
 Settling the Trans-Appalachian West
 The War for Independence
 Life in the Young Republic
 The New Nation’s Westward Expansion
 Linking Past to Present: The American People,
Then and Now

16. Grade Five Graphic

17. 5th Grade - Digital Example

18. Grade Six
World History and Geography: Ancient Civilizations
 Early Humankind and the Development of Human Societies
 The Beginnings of Civilization in the Near East and Africa:
 Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush
 The Foundation of Western Ideas: The Ancient Hebrews
and Greeks
 West Meets East: The Early Civilizations of India and China
 East Meets West: Rome

19. Grade Six Graphic

20. 6th Grade - Digital Examples

21. Grade Seven
World History and Geography:
Medieval and Early Modern
Times
 Connecting with Past Learnings:
Uncovering the Remote Past
 Connecting with Past Learnings:
The Fall of Rome
 Growth of Islam
 African States in the Middle Ages
and Early Modern Times≠
 Civilizations of the Americas
 China
 Japan
 Medieval Societies:
Europe and Japan
 Europe During the
Renaissance, the
Reformation, and the
Scientific Revolution
 Early Modern Europe: The
Age of Exploration to the
Enlightenment
 Linking Past to Present

22. Grade Seven Graphic

23. 7th Grade: Digital Example

24. Grade Eight
United States History and
Geography: Growth and
Conflict
 Development of American
Constitutional Democracy
 Political Principles of the U.S.
Constitution
 American Political System and
Citizenship
 Aspirations and Ideals of the
American People
 U.S. Foreign Policy
 American People: 1800-1860
 Abolishing Slavery
 Civil War
 The Reconstruction
 Transformation of
American Economy
 Industrial Revolution
 Early Modern Europe:
The Age of Exploration
to the Enlightenment
 Linking Past to Present

25. 8th Grade –
Digital Examples