Classroom Context: Historical Periods

As part of the 2010 U.S. history assessment, fourth-grade teachers were asked how many weeks during the school year they spent covering various periods in United States history. The percentage of students whose teachers responded in each category are shown below.

Approximately 74 percent of fourth-graders had teachers who reported covering the historical period before 1815, while 42 percent of students had teachers who did not cover the period from 1945 to the present.

Civics Instruction: Grade 4 percentage of students

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be statistically significant. See complete data for the following time periods: Before 1815 , 1815 to 1865 , 1865 to 1945 , 1945 to present .
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2010 U.S. History Assessment.

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