Educational Programs - Eighth Grade
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Grammar
Capitalization rules
Punctuation rules
Kinds of sentences and diagramming
Eight parts of speech and their uses
Diagramming eight parts of speech
Sentence structure
Composition
Manuscript form
The writing process
The library
Summaries
Book reports
Paragraphs
Descriptions
Research paper
Writing style
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Vocabulary, Spelling, Poetry
Vocabulary lessons
Weekly spelling lessons
Literature
Reading for enjoyment stories and poems by such authors As Stuart, Whittier, Longfellow, Frost, Browning, Hawthorne, Sandburg.
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| History and Geography |
A New World to Explore
The First English Colonies
New Colonies
Life in Colonial America
Preparation for Independence
Home of the Brave
Land of the Free
From the Appalachians to the Rockies
The Jacksonian Era
The Blessings of Technology
The Second Great Awakening and Its Impact
Education and Culture
The Promise of the West
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The Civil War and Reconstruction
The Age of Industry
The Gilded Age
Growing into Greatness
Into the Twentieth Century
The Rise of Big Government
A World at War
Time for Freedom and Responsibility
Troubled Times for America
Which Way, America?
Western Hemisphere Geography
Current events
Nation, state, and local government
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| Science |
Consider the Heavens
Man and the Universe
Solid Matter in Motion
Fluids in Motion
Heat Molecules in Motion
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Birds: Efficiency in Motion
Science versus Evolution
Magnets and Magnetism
Electrons and Electricity
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| Health |
Physical Fitness: The Active Life
Good Nutrition: Eating for Energy
Disease: Today’s Battle against it
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| Arithmetic |
Pre-Algebra
Maintaining skills in fundamental operations (see grades 4-7)
Principles of mathematics
English and Metric measures
Basic algebraic concepts
Signed numbers
Powers and roots
Like and unlike terms
Multiplying and dividing monomials
Problem-solving strategies
Word problems solved algebraically
Reading and constructing graphs
Graphical scale drawings
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Statistics and probability
Business math
Earning income
Banking
Stocks and bonds
Insurance
Basic plane and solid geometric concepts
Properties of geometric figures
Constructing geometric figures
Perimeter, area surface area, and volume
Sine, cosine, tangent
Pythagorean rule
Scientific notation
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| Bible |
Religions of the World
Life of Christ
Applying Christian principles to everyday life
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