4th 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 1World map literacy: continents, oceans, latitude beltsWeek 2Age of Exploration: ships, winds, and sponsors (facts, not glory slogans)Week 3Columbian Exchange: plants, animals, disease — a biological factWeek 4Native nations of North America: regions and lifeways (survey)Week 5Spain, France, England: overlapping claims on a mapWeek 6Thirteen colonies: geography and economiesWeek 7Colonial daily life: labor, family, distance from LondonWeek 8French and Indian War (Seven Years' War) — debt and new taxes followWeek 9Stamp Act to Boston Tea Party — a sequence of disputes
Unit 2: Building fluency
Weeks 10–18Week 10Lexington and Concord (1775) — fighting before independence is declaredWeek 11Declaration of Independence (1776): philosophy paragraph vs grievancesWeek 12Revolutionary War: Trenton, Saratoga, Yorktown, French allianceWeek 13Loyalists and Patriots; the war split familiesWeek 14Articles of Confederation: what a weak Congress could not doWeek 15Constitutional Convention (1787): federal republic, not a kingWeek 16Ratification fight: Federalists and Anti-FederalistsWeek 17Bill of Rights (1791): amendments 1–10 as written limitsWeek 18Midyear: 1763–1791 document and timeline battery
Unit 3: Depth & application
Weeks 19–27Week 19Washington's presidency: precedents you can nameWeek 20Adams, Jefferson, and the peaceful transfer of 1800Week 21Louisiana Purchase (1803): land, power, and Native nations already thereWeek 22Lewis and Clark journals as primary sourcesWeek 23War of 1812: causes and Fort McHenry (1814)Week 24Our state's statehood story (year, enabling act idea)Week 25Three branches with checks — a diagram you can defendWeek 26Federal vs state: coin money vs a local speed limitWeek 27Westward movement and Indian removal as documented policy (age-right)
Unit 4: Mastery & showcase
Weeks 28–36Week 28Immigration and cities in the 1800sWeek 29Reformers: abolition and women's rights as real campaignsWeek 30Primary-source week: one colonial letter, one founding excerptWeek 31Economics of a colony: export staple vs subsistenceWeek 32Civics: how to read a ballot question (local example or model)Week 33History fair: colony → Revolution → Constitution with sourcesWeek 34Review: causes of independence vs the later ConstitutionWeek 35Oral defense: Declaration is not the ConstitutionWeek 36Grade 4 history portfolio: annotated timeline 1492–1814