EIGHTH GRADE

 

 

Language
Arts

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

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Science

Consider the Heavens

Man and the Universe

Solid Matter in Motion

Fluids in Motion
Heat Molecules in Motion

 

Birds: Efficiency in Motion

Science versus Evolution

Magnets and Magnetism

Electrons and Electricity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health

Physical Fitness: The Active Life

Good Nutrition: Eating for Energy

Disease: Today’s Battle against it

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

Bible

 

 

 

Religions of the World

Life of Christ

Applying Christian principles to everyday life