Academics
6th Grade Core Knowledge Sequence Curriculum
LANGUAGE ARTS/ENGLISH
- Writing, Grammar and Usage
- Poetry
- Fiction (Stories; Shakespeare;
Classical Myths)
- Sayings and Phrases
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
- World Geography (Spatial Sense;
Deserts)
- Lasting Ideas from
Ancient Civilizations (Judaism,
Christianity, Greece and Rome)
- Enlightenment
- French Revolution
- Romanticism
- Industrialism, Capitalism and
Socialism
- Latin American Independence
Movements
- Immigration, Industrialization,
and Urbanization in America
- American Reform
VISUAL ARTS
- Art History: Periods and Schools
(Classical; Gothic; Renaissance;
Baroque; Rococo, Neoclassical;
Romantic; Realism)
- Basic Art Skills
MUSIC
- Elements of Music
- Classical Music: From Baroque
To Romantic (Bach, Handel, Haydn,
Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin,
Schumann)
MATHEMATICS
- Numbers and Number Sense
- Ratio and Percent
- Computation
- Measurement
- Geometry
- Probability and Statistics
- Algebra and Functions
SCIENCE
- Plate Tectonics and Earth's Structure
- Astronomy: Gravity, Stars and
Galaxies
- Energy, Heat and Energy
Transfer
- Human Body: Circulatory and
Immune Systems
- Ecology: Biomes and Oceans
- Science Biographies
SPANISH
- Vocabulary
- Grammar
- Conversation
- Reading and Writing
- Culture
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
