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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
Writing process
The library
Outlining
Book reports
Paragraphs
Descriptions
Research paper
Writing style
Vocabulary, Spelling, Poetry
Vocabulary lessons
Weekly spelling lessons
Nine poems memorized
Literature
Reading for enjoyment stories and poems by such authors as Stuart, Whittier, Longfellow,
Frost, Browning, Hawthorne, Sandburg
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?
A New Millennium

Western Hemisphere Geography
Current events
National, State, and Local Government
Consider the Heavens
Man and the Universe
Solid Matter in Motion
Fluids in Motion
Heat Molecules in Motion
Birds: Efficiency in Motion
Science vs. Evolution
Magnets and Magnetism
Electrons and Electricity
Physical Fitness: The Active Life
Good Nutrition: Eating for Energy
Disease: Today’s Battle against It
Safety First: Then Basic Aid
Spiritual Growth: A Personal Challenge
Sex Education from the Bible (see seventh grade)
Integers: number lines; absolute values; operations; exponents; factors
Real numbers: operations; order of operations; grouping; roots; set operations
Language of algebra: variables; word phrases; negative exponents; evaluating expressions; like terms; parentheses; formulas; properties of equality; word sentences
Solving equations: linear equations; word problems; absolute value equations
Solving inequalities: properties; solutions; compounds; absolute values; word problems
Relations, functions, and graphs: graphs; lines; slopes; equations of lines; direct variations;
Linear inequalities
Systems: graphing; substitution; addition method; word problems; inequalities
Polynomials: classification; evaluation; operations
Factoring: common factors; difference of squares; trinomials
Radicals: simplifying; operations; Pythagorean theorem; distance formula; radical equations
Quadratic equations: factoring; square roots; completing the square; quadratic formula; word problems
Rational expressions: simplifying; operations; complex rational expressions
Rational equations: solving equations; word problems; literal equations
Quadratic functions: parabolas; zeros of a function; word problems
(Each chapter also has a feature on probability and statistics.)
Factual studies of every major Old Testament figure from Adam through Nehemiah
Developing Character
Focuses on the primary lesson to be learned from the life of each figure
Special Studies
Ancient Flood narratives, Egypt’s pharaohs, Jerusalem, prophets, Apocrypha
Additional Resources
A program for Bible reading which teaches students to recognize major Biblical themes
Memory Verses
76 verses •
Number of Lessons
55 lessons in 8 units •