6th
(This information taken from The Home School Manual by Theodore E. Wade, Jr. and Others)

SOCIAL STUDIES

● Countries and cultures of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres
● The Roman Empire
● Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia
● Relationships among nations
● Customs, traditions, and beliefs
● Political and economic systems
● United Nations
● Milestones in human achievement
● Transportation and communication
● World trade
● Citizenship and social responsibility
● World geography
● Map and globe skills

SCIENCE

● Classification of living things
● Ecosystems
● Ecology and environment
● Microbes
● Algae and fungi
● Human body
● Food for growth and energy
● Climate and weather
● Recycling of resources
● Elementary geology
● Oceans
● Electric and magnetic interactions
● Electricity and its uses
● Sound, light, and heat
● Atomic energy
● Nuclear energy and radioactivity
● Solar and geothermal energy
● Conservation
● Elements and compounds
● Universe
● Simple astronomy
● Space and space travel
● Scientific theory
● Inventions and discoveries

LANGUAGE ARTS

● Reading silently and skimming
● Critical reading skills
● Introduction to mythology
● Types of literature
● Lyric, narrative, and dramatic poetry
● Listening skills
● Nonverbal communication
● Extending dictionary skills
● Vocabulary building
● Homonyms, synonyms, antonyms
● Using roots, prefixes, and suffixes
● Spelling
● Concepts of noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, and adverb
● Sentence structure
● Diagramming sentences
● Cursive handwriting
● Types of writing: narration, description, exposition, persuasion
● Simple note taking
● Writing outlines, letters, factual matter (reports, newspaper articles), verse (limerick, ballads), creative prose (diary, stories)
● Bibliography building
● Organization of a book
● Using reference books and indexes

HEALTH AND SAFETY

● Personal appearance
● Dental Health
● Health maintenance
● Our food supply
● Exercise and fitness
● Cure and prevention of common diseases
● The heart
● Accident prevention
● Safety and first aid
● The health profession
● Understanding emotions
● Coping with stress and anxiety

MATHEMATICS

● Exponents
● Operation of powers
● Set of the integers
● Factoring
● Fundamental operations with fractions and decimals
● Fundamental operations with compound denominate numbers
● Multiplying and dividing common fractions and mixed numbers
● Relationship between common and decimal fractions
● Problems in per cent
● Properties, identification, and construction of geometric figures
● Identification and measurement of angles
● Concepts of similarity, congruence, and symmetry
● Scale drawings
● Customary and metric measurement
● Problem analysis
● Interpreting graphs
● Concepts of average and sampling

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