7th
(This information taken from The Home School Manual by Theodore E. Wade, Jr. and Others)

SOCIAL STUDIES

● Lands and peoples of the Eastern Hemisphere
● Prehistoric peoples
● Greek and Roman civilizations
● The Middle Ages
● Renaissance and Reformation
● Scientific Revolution
● Age of Reason (Enlightenment)
● Industrial Age Yesterday and today around the world: Middle East, Far East, continental Europe, Scandinavia, British Isles, Soviet Union, Mediterranean, Africa
● World trade and resources
● Contemporary problems and issues
● Environment
● Advanced map and globe skills

SCIENCE

● Scientific classification
● The cell
● Heredity and genetics
● Effects of weather and climate
● Properties and uses of water
● Atmosphere
● Air pressure
● Rocks, soil, and minerals
● Ecology and environment Conservation
● Heat and temperature
● Laws of motion
● Energy
● Scientific method
● Laboratory techniques and safety

LANGUAGE ARTS

● Improving reading skills
● Literary terms
● Novels, short stories, plays
● Myths, legends, ballads
● Types of poetry
● Biography and autobiography
● Planning and producing dramatizations
● Speech activities
● Listening skills
● Refining dictionary skills
● Spelling
● Parts of speech
● Person, number, and gender of nouns and pronouns
● Punctuation of conversation
● Clauses and phrases
● Compound sentences
● Writing descriptions, reports, journals, and letters
● Note taking and outlining
● Extending reference skills: atlases, directories, encyclopedias, magazines
● Library organization

HEALTH AND SAFETY

● Good grooming and posture
● Dental health
● Healthy habits and life styles
● Exercise and fitness
● Effects of stimulants and narcotics
● Functions of the body
● Circulation and respiration
● Germ theory
● Sexually transmitted diseases
● Toxins and antitoxins
● Antibiotics
● Immunization
● Chemotherapy
● Genetic disorders
● Personal and public safety
● Accident prevention
● Personality development

MATHEMATICS

● Prime and composite numbers
● Square root
● Order of operations
● Absolute value
● Inequalities
● Numeration
● Properties of nonnegative integers
● Rational numbers and fractions
● Ratio, proportion, per cent
● Finite, infinite, and empty sets
● Basic geometry concepts and terms
● Development and use of formulas
● Perimeter, circumference, area
● Metric and customary measurement
● Reading and constructing graphs
● Measures of central tendency: mean, mode, median, range
● Elementary business mathematics

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