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The real tests: LEAP social studies, grades 3 to 8
Grades tested in 2026-2027
Every grade from 3 to 8 takes its own social studies test. The window for computer-based tests runs from April 1 to May 12, 2027.
Grades 3 and 4
Two sessions of 80 minutes. The guide gives about 4 to 6 item sets and 16 to 22 standalone items for a session.
Grades 5 to 8
Three sessions of 65 minutes. The guide describes about 5 to 7 item sets or tasks and 12 to 16 standalone items.
Kinds of questions
Multiple choice with four options, multiple select, technology-enhanced items worth up to 3 points, two-part items worth 2 points and a constructed response sco
What is reported
Three content categories for the grade's course and two skills and practices categories: Establishing Context, and Examining Sources and Claims.
Scores
Five achievement levels: Unsatisfactory, Approaching Basic, Basic, Mastery and Advanced. The guides give no percent to pass.
Congress named a committee of five to draft the Declaration of Independence. Who did the actual writing?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Declaration of Independence (1776)
Into how many branches does the Constitution divide the federal government?USA.gov, Branches of the U.S. government
Ms. Reed spends Saturday picking up litter at a city park. Nobody pays her. Which civic virtue is she showing?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 3.13
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Foundations, Papers and Places, continued
Which document, signed in 1787, set up the government of the United States?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Constitution of the United States (1787)
A Growing and Changing Nation 3
Enslaved Africans were brought to America against their will. What kind of migration was this?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 3.8
In 1803 President Jefferson asked Congress for money to explore the West as far as the Pacific Ocean. Who led the expedition?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Jefferson's Secret Message to Congress Regarding the Lewis & Clark Expedition (1803)
President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. What did it announce?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
Industry, Innovation and a More Perfect Union 3
A company in Louisiana sells rice to buyers in another country. For the United States, what is the rice?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 3.15d
For decades the women's suffrage movement lectured, marched and petitioned. Which right was it working to win?National Archives, Milestone Documents: 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote (1920)
Mia has enough money for a book or a puzzle, not both. She buys the book. What is the puzzle?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 3.17
Skills and Practices 2
A map scale shows that 1 inch stands for 10 miles. Two towns are 3 inches apart on the map. About how far apart are the towns?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 3.19
Which of these is a primary source about the Lewis and Clark Expedition?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 3.3
The Code of Hammurabi is known for the phrase "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." What does the phrase mean?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 4.13f
The numerals 0 through 9 used around the world today are called Hindu-Arabic numerals. In which ancient land did this tradition emerge?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 4.15c
Which writing, pressed into clay tablets, was an achievement of Mesopotamia?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 4.13e
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Egypt and the Americas 3
How did the first people in what is now Louisiana live?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 4.19c
In ancient Egypt, who stood at the top of society?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 4.14b
Which river, with its delta, was at the center of life in ancient Egypt?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 4.14a
China, Greece and Rome 4
In ancient Athens, citizens themselves voted on the laws. What is this kind of government called?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 4.16d
Roman engineers built aqueducts, roads, bridges, arches and domes. How did this engineering help Rome?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 4.17g
Which pair were accomplishments of China's Han Dynasty?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 4.18f
Whose conquests spread Greek culture, also called Hellenistic culture?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 4.16j
Skills and Practices 2
A student claims that farming changed how early people lived. Which evidence best supports the claim?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 4.5
How many years passed between 300 BC and 100 BC?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 4.1
What was the Black Death?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.9g
Which religion spread through North Africa and Southwest Asia together with the Arabic language?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.10b
Which ruler shaped medieval Europe by creating the Holy Roman Empire?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.9c
Which two goods moved across the Sahara in the caravan trade with West Africa?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.11c
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Civilizations in the Americas 3
Indigenous peoples of the Northeast, the Southeast and the Plains built different kinds of homes. What best explains the differences?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.13b
Moctezuma II was a ruler of which civilization?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.13h
Which statement about the Inca Empire is true?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.13j
Renaissance, Reformation and Colonization 3
Copernicus put forward a heliocentric theory. What does a heliocentric model place at the center?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.12f
Martin Luther's 95 Theses objected to which practice?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.12e
Which of these explorers sailed for Portugal?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.14b
Skills and Practices 2
A student claims that trade made West African cities important. Which evidence best supports the claim?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.5
On a map, what do lines of latitude measure?NOAA National Ocean Service, What is latitude?
What practice did the Mayflower Compact establish at the Plymouth settlement?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 6.9b
What was the Middle Passage?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 6.9f
Which two European countries ruled colonial Louisiana and shaped its government?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 6.10d
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The American Revolution 4
Which agreement, signed in 1783, ended the American Revolution?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Treaty of Paris (1783)
Which figure of Spanish colonial Louisiana is tied to the Battle of Baton Rouge in 1779?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 6.11j
Which work by Thomas Paine influenced the American Revolution?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 6.11d
The words "taxation without representation is tyranny" are linked with which colonist?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 6.11d
Establishing the United States of America 3
The Constitution gives separate jobs to the legislative, executive and judicial branches. What is this principle called?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 6.12j
Shays' Rebellion was one of the events that led to what?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 6.12c
What served as the first constitution of the United States, in force from 1781 to 1789?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Articles of Confederation (1777)
Skills and Practices 2
A Loyalist and a Patriot each write a pamphlet about the same new tax. What should a reader expect?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 6.6c
The Battle of Saratoga was fought in 1777 and the Battle of Yorktown in 1781. How many years apart were they?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 6.11h
The First Presidents through the Era of Good Feelings 3
President Washington's response to the Whiskey Rebellion enforced which right of the government?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 7.8a
What did the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 tell European powers?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Monroe Doctrine (1823)
Which principle did the Supreme Court establish in Marbury v. Madison (1803)?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Marbury v. Madison (1803)
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Regional Changes, Reform Movements and Sectionalism 4
Harriet Tubman played a key role in which effort?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 7.11e
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 admitted Missouri as a slave state. Which state came in as a free state at the same time?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Missouri Compromise (1820)
What did the Homestead Act of 1862 grant to adult heads of families?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Homestead Act (1862)
What did the Supreme Court state in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
The Civil War and Reconstruction 3
After the Battle of Fort Sumter, how many volunteers did President Lincoln call for?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 7.13c
Oscar Dunn and P.B.S. Pinchback are studied for which role during Reconstruction?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 7.14f
Which amendment, ratified in 1870, granted African American men the right to vote?National Archives, Milestone Documents: 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Voting Rights (1870)
Skills and Practices 2
In 1832 a Northern factory owner and a Southern planter each write about a tariff. Why might their accounts differ?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 7.6
Which of these events of the 1800s happened first?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Louisiana Purchase Treaty (1803)
Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair and Jacob Riis exposed problems during the Progressive movement. What were such writers called?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 8.9e
In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court upheld a law of which state?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Which 1890 law was the first federal act to outlaw monopolistic business practices?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)
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World War I through the Great Depression 4
Which amendment repealed Prohibition?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 8.12b
Which disaster of 1927 do Louisiana eighth graders study for its causes and the government's response?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 8.12g
Which New Deal law of 1935 set up old-age benefits for workers and unemployment insurance?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Social Security Act (1935)
The Zimmermann Telegram of 1917 proposed a military alliance against the United States. To which country was it sent?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Zimmermann Telegram (1917)
World War II through the Modern Era 3
The Marshall Plan of 1948 gave economic aid to rebuild which region?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Marshall Plan (1948)
What did the Supreme Court rule in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Which Louisiana contribution to World War II is named for its part in the success of the Allies?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 8.14k
Skills and Practices 2
A 1918 poster urges Americans to buy liberty bonds. What is the best description of the poster?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 8.11e
Which of these federal actions came first?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Interstate Commerce Act (1887)
Unofficial practice for Louisiana's LEAP 2025 social studies tests: twelve questions for each grade from 3 to 8. Each is this site's own and names the Louisiana standard it practices. Not affiliated with the Louisiana Department of Education.
Read the full guide
A different course in every grade
Grade 3 is the American story: founding papers, people and places. Grade 4 is the ancient world, and grade 5 runs from medieval Europe and West Africa to the Age of Exploration. Grades 6, 7 and 8 tell United States and Louisiana history in order: to 1791, to 1877 and to 2008.
Content and skills
Each grade reports three content categories and two for skills: Establishing Context, and Examining Sources and Claims. So each set here ends with questions on timelines, maps, sources or evidence.
On the real test many questions come in sets under a source. Read who made the source and when before you read the questions.
Questions and answers
Which grades take the LEAP social studies test?
In 2026-2027, every grade from 3 to 8. From 2027-2028 only grades 3, 5 and 8 take one: grade 3 covers kindergarten to grade 3, grade 5 covers grades 4 and 5, and grade 8 covers grades 6 to 8.
How long is the LEAP social studies test?
Grades 3 and 4 have two sessions of 80 minutes. Grades 5 to 8 have three sessions of 65 minutes, 195 minutes in all. Every session is timed.
What kinds of questions are on the LEAP social studies test?
Multiple-choice questions with four options, multiple-select questions, technology-enhanced items, two-part items and a constructed response scored on a 4-point rubric. Grades 5 to 8 also write an extended response.
Is this the state's LEAP 2025 social studies practice test?
No. The state's own practice tests and answer keys are on its practice tests page, which the button under the questions opens. This page uses none of those questions.