7th Grade Curriculum

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Palmdale, CA 93550
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7th Grade Curriculum
Lancaster Campus

Social Studies	- Land and peoples of the Eastern Hemisphere - Prehistoric peoples - Greek and Roman civilizations - The Middles Ages - Renaissance and Reformation - Scientific Revolution - Age of Reason (Enlightenment) - Industrial Age - Yesterday and today around the world: Middle East, Far East, Continental Europe, Scandinavia, British Isles, Soviet Union, Mediterranean, Africa	- World Trade and resources - Contemporary problems and issues - Environment - World geography - Advanced map and globe skills

Science	- Scientific classification - The cell - Heredity and genetics - Effects of weather and climate - Properties and uses of water - Atmosphere - Air Pressure - Rocks, soil, and minerals	- Ecology and the environment - Conservation - Heat and temperature - Laws of motion - Energy - Scientific method - Laboratory techniques and safety

Language Arts	- Improving reading skills - Literary terms - Novels, short stories, plays - Myths, legends, ballads - Types of poetry - Biography and autobiography - Planning and producing dramatization - Speech activities - Listening skills - Refining dictionary skills - Spelling - Parts of speech	- Person, number, and gender of nouns and pronouns - Punctuation of conservation - Clauses and phrases - Compound sentences - Writing description, reports, journals, and letters - Note taking and outlining - Extending reference skills: atlases, directories, encyclopedias, magazines - Library organization

Health and Safety	- Good grooming and posture - Dental health - Healthy habits and life styles - Exercise and fitness - Effects of stimulants and narcotics - Functions of the body - Circulation and respiration - Germ theory	- Sexually transmitted diseases - Toxins and antitoxins - Antibiotics - Immunization - Chemotherapy - Genetic disorders - Person and public safety - Accident prevention - Personality development

Mathematics	- Prime and composite numbers - Square root - Order of operations - Absolute value - Inequalities - Numeration - Properties of nonnegative integers - Rational numbers and fractions - Ratio, proportion, percent - Finite, infinite, and empty sets - Basic geometry concepts and terms	- Development and use of formulas - Perimeter, circumference, area - Metric and customary measurement - Reading and constructing graphs - Measures of central tendency: mean, mode, median, range - Elementary business mathematics

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