K-12 State History Information Center
Information, strategies, and resources for K-12 state history teachers and researchers.
State history is taught at various capacities in every state. Some states have courses devoted solely to state history or state studies (economics, geography, history, political science) while some have standards embedded throughout the K-12 curriculum that relate to the state’s history. Below is a list that provides the primary grade level each state history course is taught as well as other grade levels with standards devoted specifically to the state's economics, geography government, and/or history. Links to the state social studies standards are provided on the links page.
State Primary Grade Level Other Grade Levels
Alabama 4th 7th, 10th-12th
Alaska N/A K-12th
Arizona 4th 8th
Arkansas N/A K-12
California 4th K-3rd
Colorado 4th N/A
Connecticut 4th K-3rd, 5th, 8th-12th
Delaware N/A K-12th
District of Columbia * 3rd-4th 1st-2nd, 5th, 12th
Florida 4th 1st, 3rd, 7th-12th
Georgia 2nd, 8th 4th-5th
Hawaii 4th, 7th, 9th N/A
Idaho 4th 5th
Illinois N/A K-12th
Indiana 4th 2nd-3rd, 6th-7th
Iowa N/A 3rd-8th
Kansas 7th K, 2nd-4th, 8th
Kentucky 4th N/A
Louisiana 3rd, 8th N/A
Maine N/A K-12th
Maryland 4th N/A
Massachusetts 3rd K-1st, 5th, US History
Michigan 3rd-4th 5th, 8th, US History
Minnesota 6th K, 2nd, 4th, 8th-12th
Mississippi 4th, 9-12th N/A
Missouri 4th US History
Montana N/A K-12th
Nebraska 2nd-4th 1st
Nevada 4th, 6th-8th N/A
New Hampshire N/A K-12
New Jersey K-8th 9th-12th
New Mexico N/A K-12th
New York 4th, 7th-8th N/A
North Carolina 4th, 8th 3rd, 5th, US History 1 & 2
North Dakota 4th 3rd, 8th
Ohio 4th 3rd, US Government
Oklahoma 3rd 1st-4th, 9th-12th
Oregon 3rd-4th 1st-2nd, 9th-12th
Pennsylvania N/A 1st-12th
Rhode Island N/A 1st-12th
South Carolina 3rd, 8th K-2nd, 4th
South Dakota 4th K-3rd, 5th, 7th-12th
Tennessee n/a K-5th, 8th, US History
Texas 4th, 7th K-2nd, 8th, US History
Utah 4th, 7th 1st-2nd, 5th
Vermont 3rd-4th N/A
Virginia 4th, VA & US History/Government K-3rd
Washington 4th, 7th 2nd-3rd, 5th
West Virginia 8th K-5th
Wisconsin N/A 4th, 12th
Wyoming 4th K-3rd, 9th-11th