3rd Grade · Full-year course · 4 units
History
Week 1 is free. Tap Week 1. The reading and the problems are on that lesson. Weeks 2–36 open with a Life Academy plan ($35/month per student or $69/month per family (up to 4 students)).
Unit 1: Foundations
Weeks 1–9Week 1Map skills: title, key, scale, compass roseWeek 2Latitude and longitude as an address on EarthWeek 3Continents, oceans, and hemispheresWeek 4River-valley idea: surplus grain → specialists → a stateWeek 5Mesopotamia: Tigris–Euphrates, writing (cuneiform), citiesWeek 6Egypt: Nile flood, pharaoh, pyramids as tombs — not aliensWeek 7Indus and Yellow River glimpses — four valleys, not one 'ancient times'Week 8Hammurabi's Code: written law, not a moodWeek 9Ancient Greece: many city-states; Athens ≠ the whole
Unit 2: Building fluency
Weeks 10–18Week 10Athens and Sparta: different constitutions (age-right)Week 11Ancient Rome: republic, then empire — sequence mattersWeek 12U.S. regions and resources: why people live where they liveWeek 13Three branches of U.S. government with one job eachWeek 14How a bill becomes a law (simple, true path)Week 15Local government vs state vs federal — who does whatWeek 16Taxes pay for shared things (roads, schools, fire) — a factWeek 17Goods, services, markets — a lemonade stand with honest numbersWeek 18Midyear: world map + U.S. branches + one ancient valley
Unit 3: Depth & application
Weeks 19–27Week 19Explorers as people with sponsors, maps, and consequencesWeek 20Native nations before 1492 — civilizations, not empty landWeek 21Colonial regions: New England, Middle, Southern — work and climateWeek 22Declaration of Independence (1776): argument, not a constitutionWeek 23U.S. Constitution (1787): Preamble jobs in plain EnglishWeek 24Bill of Rights: five freedoms in the First Amendment (named)Week 25Westward trails: Oregon, Santa Fe — distance and riskWeek 26Immigration to cities: push and pull reasonsWeek 27Inventors and infrastructure: cotton gin, steamboat, railroad
Unit 4: Mastery & showcase
Weeks 28–36Week 28Primary sources: a diary line vs a summaryWeek 29Our state's history in four dated factsWeek 30Citizenship: rights and duties that can be listedWeek 31A biography with evidence: two facts, one date, one placeWeek 32Cause and effect in history (not 'because they were good')Week 33History fair: map + timeline + one document excerptWeek 34Review: geography → government → a dated U.S. eventWeek 35Oral defense: teach a river civilization and a U.S. branchWeek 36Grade 3 history portfolio: maps, branches, two documents