Appendix C: Important Historical Figures by Grade
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Level
PreKK
Suggested Historical Figures of Interest
George Washington
Christopher Columbus
Abraham Lincoln
Grade
1
Abraham Lincoln
Martin Luther King Jr.
Johnny Appleseed
Wright Brothers
Thomas Jefferson
Annie Oakley
Thomas Edison
John F. Kennedy
Paul Bunyan
Davy Crockett
John Henry
1.5
Grade
2
Amelia Earhart
Madame Curie
Wilma Rudolph
Clara Barton
Ronald Reagan
Pocahontas
Jackie Robinson
Theodore Geisel
Thomas A. Edison
2:10 After reading or listening to a variety of true stories about individuals
recognized for their achievements, describe and compare different ways people have
achieved great distinction.
Grade
3
Paul Revere
William Bradford
Rosa Parks
Alexander Graham Bell
Emily Dickinson
John Hancock
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Christa MacAuliffe
Samuel Adams
Norman Rockwell
3.5 Explain important political, economic, and military developments leading to
and during the American Revolution.
3.7 After reading a biography of a person from Massachusetts, summarize the
person’s life and achievements.
Grade
4
Helen Keller
Eleanor Roosevelt
Geronimo
Neil Armstrong
Sandra Day O’Connor
Sally Ride
Sam Houston
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Ford
Susan Anthony
Henry Thoreau
Samuel Morse
After reading a biography of a famous American, summarize the person’s life and
achievements and note the region(s) with which they are identified.
Grade
5
King George III
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Vasco Balboa
Henry Hudson
Ferdinand Magellan
Benjamin Franklin
Jacques Cartier
Samuel do Champlain
Christopher Columbus
Lord Baltimore
William Penn
John Smith
Roger Williams
John Winthrop
Amerigo Vespucci
5.3 Explain why trade routes to Asia had been closed in the 15 th century and trace
the voyages of at least four of the explorers listed below. Describe what each
explorer sought when he began his journey what he found, and how his
discoveries changed the image of the world, especially the maps used by
explorers.
5.7 Identify some of the major leaders and groups responsible for the founding of
the original colonies in North America.
5.18 Describe the life and achievements of important leaders during the Revolution
and the early years of the United States.
Plato
Aristotle
Augustus
Socrates
Alexander the Great
Cleopatra
Hippocrates
Nero
Describe the life and achievements of important leaders from ancient worlds and
classical civilizations.
John and Sebastian Cabot
Juan Ponce de Leon
Grade
6
Hadrian
Hammurabi
Ramses
Related Standard(s)
PreK-K.1 Identify and describe the events or people celebrated during United
States national holidays and why we celebrate them.
Give reasons for celebrating the events or people commemorated in national
and Massachusetts holidays.
1.7 After reading or listening to folktales, legends, and stories fro America and
from around the world, describe the main characters and their qualities.
1.8 After reading or listening to stories about famous Americans of different ethnic
groups, faiths, and historical periods.