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Academics

8th Grade Core Knowledge Sequence Curriculum

LANGUAGE ARTS/ENGLISH

  1. Writing, Grammar and Usage
  2. Poetry
  3. Fiction, Non-Fiction and Drama
  4. Foreign Phrases Commonly Used in English

HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY

  1. Decline of European Colonialism
  2. Cold War
  3. Civil Rights Movement
  4. Vietnam War and the Rise of Social Activism
  5. Middle East and Oil Politics
  6. End of Cold War: Expansion of Democracy and Continuing Challenges
  7. Civics: The Constitution – Principles and Structure of American Democracy
  8. Geography of Canada and Mexico

MATHEMATICS

  1. Algebra (Properties of the Real Numbers; Relations, Functions, And Graphs; Linear Equations and Functions; Arithmetic of Rational Expression; Quadratic Equations And Functions)
  2. Geometry (Analytic Geometry; Introduction to Trigonometry; Triangles and Proofs)

SCIENCE

  1. Physics & Algebra
  2. Electricity and Magnetism
  3. Electromagnetic Radiation and Light
  4. Sound Waves
  5. Paleontology

SPANISH II

  1. Vocabulary
  2. Grammar
  3. Conversation
  4. Reading and Writing
  5. Culture

PRACTICAL ARTS

  1. Choir
  2. Chess
  3. Home Economics
  4. Computers/Keyboarding
  5. Art

PHYSICAL EDUCATION