The Study of History Period Years Studied during grades . . . Ancients 5000 B.C.–A.D. 400 (5,400 years) 1, 5, 9 Medieval–early Renaissance 400–1600 (1,200 years) 2, 6, 10 Late Renaissance–early modern 1600–1850 (250 years) 3, 7, 11 Modern 1850–present (150 years) 4, 8, 12 This progression is not, of course, set in stone. You might choose to condense the four-year sequence into three years, and then spend a year doing national and state history.
