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General Listing of Topics for 2001-2002:

KINDERGARTEN: Self-Awareness and Origins as Seen Through Rites, Rules, Rituals, and Celebrations; Mexico: Dispelling Stereotypes

FIRST GRADE: Earth Views and Creation Stories; Native Americans - The Chumash, Kwakiutl, and Pueblo Nations

SECOND GRADE: People In History Who Have Made a Difference; People Who Make a Difference in Santa Monica; We Make a Difference to Others

THIRD GRADE: Continuity and Change; Geography; South Africa; Egypt

FOURTH GRADE: California: A Changing State; First Settlers and Successive Waves of Immigrants: The Native Americans, Explorers, Missionaries, Rancheros, Gold Diggers, and Migrant Workers

FIFTH GRADE: United States History and Geography from Colonization to the Civil War