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COURSE OF STUDY
For
6th, 7th and 8th Grade Curriculum Information
see the Middle School pages
6th Grade |
Social Studies |
- Countries and cultures of the Eastern and Western hemispheres
- The Roman Empire
- Eurasia
- Africa
- Australia
- Relationships among nations
- Customs, traditions, and beliefs
- Political and economic systems
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- United Nations
- Milestones in human achievement
- Transportation and communication
- World trade
- Citizenship and social responsibility
- World geography
- Map and globe skills |
Science |
- Branches of Earth Science
- Scientific Inquiry
- Scientific Method
- Lab Safety
- Scientific Theory and Laws
- Waves, Energy, & Heat
- Earth’s Surface & Interior
- Earth’s Systems
- Map Skills
- Rocks and Minerals
- Weathering, Erosion, & Deposition |
- Soil Conservation
- Earthquakes & Volcanoes
- Plate Tectonics
- Sea-Floor Spreading
- Air Pressure
- Weather Patterns, & Climate
- Populations & Communities
- Ecosystems & Biomes
- Changes in Matter
- Energy Conservation
- Recycling
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Language Arts |
- Critical reading skills
- Introduction to mythology
- Types of literature
- Lyric, narrative, and dramatic poetry
- Listening skills
- Nonverbal communication
- Extending dictionary skills
- Vocabulary building
- Homonyms, synonyms, antonyms
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- Using roots, prefixes, and suffixes
- Spelling
- Concepts of noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, and adverb
- Sentence structure
- Diagramming sentences
- Cursive handwriting
- Types of writing: narration, description, exposition, persuasion
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| Study Skills |
- Simple note taking
- Writing outlines, letters, factual matter (reports, newspaper articles), verse (limericks, ballads), creative prose (diary, stories)
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- Bibliography building
- Organization of a book
- Using reference books and indexes |
Health and Safety |
- Personal appearance
- Dental health
- Health maintenance
- Our food supply
- Exercise and fitness
- Cure and prevention of common diseases |
- The heart
- Accident prevention
- Safety and first aid
- The health profession
- Understanding emotions
- Coping with stress and anxiety |
Mathematics |
- Exponents
- Operation of powers
- Set of the integers
- Factoring
- Fundamental operations with fractions and decimals
- Fundamental operations with compound denominate numbers
- Multiplying and dividing common fractions and mixed numbers
- Relationship between common and decimal fractions
- Problems in percent |
- Properties, identification, and construction of geometric figures
- Identification and measurement of angles
- Concepts of similarity, congruence, and symmetry
- Scale drawings
- Customary and metric measurement
- Problem analysis
- Interpreting graphs
- Concepts of average and sampling |
7th Grade |
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- 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 |
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- Branches of Life Science
- Scientific Inquiry
- Scientific Method
- Lab Safety
- Cell Structure & Function
- Plant & Animal Cells
- Structure & Function of Plants
- Cell Processes
- Genetics
- Modern Genetics
- Evolution
- Adaptation |
- Light
- Viruses, Bacteria, Protists, & Fungi
- Vertebrates & Invertebrates
- Skeletal System
- Muscular System
- Circulatory System
- Respiratory System
- Nervous System
- Endocrine System
- Reproductive System
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- 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 |
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- 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 |
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- 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 |
8th Grade |
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- Our Old World backgrounds
- Exploration and discovery
- Growth and development of the U.S.
- Colonial life
- Struggle for independence
- U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights
- Westward movement
- Civil War |
- Reconstruction
- U.S. as a world power
- Meaning of democracy
- Our American culture
- U.S. political system
- U.S. economic system
- U.S. government
- U.S. geography
- Advanced map and globe skills |
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- Branches of Physical Science
- Chemistry & Physics
- Scientific Inquiry
- Scientific Method
- Lab Safety
- Mathematics in Science
- Graphing
- Nature of Matter
- States of Matter
- Elements
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- The Periodic Table
- Atoms & Bonding
- Chemical Reactions
- Acids, Bases, & Solutions
- Motion & Energy
- Forces
- Earth, Moon, & the Sun
- Exploring Space
- The Solar System
- Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe |
Language Arts
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- Independent reading
- Literal, inferential, and evaluative reading skills
- Literary terms
- Novel, short story, narrative poetry
- Nonfiction
- Biographies of great Americans
- American poets and storytellers
- Creative dramatics
- Listening and speech activities
- Advanced dictionary work
- Extended vocabulary
- Figures of speech |
- Spelling
- Infinitive, participle, gerund, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, direct and indirect object
- Kinds of sentences and their parts
- Functions of sentence elements
- Writing simple business letters
- Report-writing skills
- Improving skills in using basic reference materials
- Inductive and deductive reasoning |
Health and Safety
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- Grooming
- Functions of the body
- The body's utilization of food
- Types and function of foods
- Environmental hazards
- Community sanitation and health |
- Health care services
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Accident prevention, safety, and first aid
- Mental hygiene |
Mathematics
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- Maintaining skills in fundamental operations
- Factoring and products
- Sets and simple sentences
- Numeration systems
- Using fractions and decimals
- Ratio, proportion, and percent
- Equalities and inequalities
- Simple formulas and equations
- Graphing an equation
- Powers and roots of rational numbers |
- Polynomials
- Metric and non-metric geometry
- Pythagorean Theorem
- Scale drawing
- Right-triangle trigonometry
- Customary and metric measurement
- Permutations
- Probability statistics and statistical terms
- Mathematic of insurance, banking and taxes |
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