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All 36 weeks of kindergarten history, planned and ready, with the exact topic for every week below. Start with Week 1 free, no card needed.
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History is taught from primary sources: students read real documents, letters, and speeches, then analyze who wrote them and why.
Topics and standards come straight from the live course. Standards codes are listed for reference; Life Academy is built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states.
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | My family names — people who came before me | |
| 2 | Map of my home: rooms in order | |
| 3 | Community helpers: mail, fire, doctor, teacher | |
| 4 | Rules at home vs rules in public | |
| 5 | Yesterday, today, tomorrow — a first timeline | |
| 6 | Family timeline: oldest to youngest | |
| 7 | The U.S. flag: 50 stars, 13 stripes — what they count | |
| 8 | The Pledge: words mean something (age-right) | |
| 9 | Needs vs wants in a family |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Jobs people do in our town | |
| 11 | Goods vs services — a bakery and a nurse | |
| 12 | Find our home state on a U.S. map | |
| 13 | Seven continents — point, don't just sing | |
| 14 | People lived here first — Native nations of this land (overview) | |
| 15 | July 4, 1776 — Independence Day is a date, not a picnic only | |
| 16 | George Washington was the first U.S. president — a fact | |
| 17 | Abraham Lincoln: the Union and the end of slavery (age-right fact) | |
| 18 | Midyear: family timeline + flag facts check |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Land vs water on a simple globe | |
| 20 | Cities and farms — where food and people gather | |
| 21 | Travel then and now (wagon, rail, car, plane) | |
| 22 | Letters and phones — how news used to move | |
| 23 | Holidays remember events — name one and when | |
| 24 | Police and fire as civic jobs, not cartoon heroes | |
| 25 | Voting: grown-ups choose leaders (simple, true) | |
| 26 | Coins then and now — a penny is money, not a toy | |
| 27 | School then and now — slates vs screens |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | The name of our town or county — a place has a past | |
| 29 | Coast vs inland — water shapes where people live | |
| 30 | National symbols: flag, bald eagle, anthem first line | |
| 31 | Memorial and Veterans days remember real soldiers | |
| 32 | Maps: north arrow and a key (legend) | |
| 33 | Review: flag, map, family timeline | |
| 34 | A neighbor's job interview (ask two factual questions) | |
| 35 | Then vs now museum walk (old object / new object) | |
| 36 | History portfolio: best true story I can teach back |
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Week 1 is free with no card needed: open the Week 1 history lesson. Weeks 2–36 unlock with a Student plan ($35/month) or a Family plan for up to 4 students ($69/month).
Plan on about 15–25 minutes a day for history. There is one lesson per week of the school year, broken into short daily steps.
No. Life Academy is not accredited. It's built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states, and parents are the school of record. Why that's usually fine.
Yes. Every lesson prints as a worksheet with a separate parent answer key.
Life Academy is a parent-directed online K–12 curriculum, built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states. It is not accredited, and parents issue the homeschool transcript. Nothing here is legal advice. Check your state's law at HSLDA. Questions? Email david.dukes77102@gmail.com.