8th Grade Curriculum

English:

Study Skills
Vocabulary
Paragraph Structure
Vocabulary
Nouns and Pronouns
Adjectives
Verbs
Adverbs
Subject and predicate
Preposition, conjunction, and interjection

Reading:

A variety of Novels will be read during this grade level. An expanded summary will be required for each novel read.

• Romeo & Juliet
• The Chronicles or Narnia

    “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe”

Pre-Algebra: This Subject may include many or all of the following

Problem Solving
Order of Operations
Variables and Expressions
Evaluating Expressions
Properties
Variables and Equations
Solving Equations
Solving Inequalities
Integers and absolute value
Comparing and ordering
Adding integers
Subtracting integers
Problem Solving
Multiplying integers
Dividing integers
Problem solving
Solving equations by adding and subtracting
Solving equations by multiplication and division
Formulas
Area and perimeter
Solving inequalities by adding and subtracting
Solving inequalities by multiplication and division
Applying equations and inequalities
Factors and monomials
Powers and Exponents
Evaluating expressions with exponents
Problem solving
Prime factorization
Greatest common factor
Simplifying fractions
Least common multiple
Multiplying and Dividing Monomials
Estimating sums and differences
Adding and subtracting decimals
Adding and subtracting fractions
Solving equations
Solving inequalities
Negative exponents
Estimating products and quotients
Multiplying and dividing fractions
Multiplying and dividing decimals
Measures of central tendency
Solving multi-step equations
Solving multi-step inequalities Coordinate system
Linear equations
Linear inequalities
Systems of equations
Coordinate system
Linear equations
Linear inequalities
Systems of equations
Ratios and rate
Problem solving
Simple probability
Proportions
Fractions
Decimals
Percents
Percent equations
Percent of change
Probability
Review of integers
Geometry Angle relationships
Triangles
Quadrilaterals
Polygons Polynomials
Adding, subtracting, and multiplying polynomials

US History:
Era of Exploration
Spanish Conquistadors
Colonizing North America
Jamestown/
Plymouth Thirteen English Colonies
French and Indian Wart
Great Awakening
Colonial Leaders
War for Independence
Declaration of Independence
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Yorktown
Treaty of Paris
Reasons for American Victory      
Constitutional Convention
Bill of Rights
Great Compromise
New Jersey/Virginia Plans
3/5 Compromise
Articles of Confederation
Federal Government
State Government
Citizenship
Goals and Principle of the Constitution
Washington's Administration
Federalists, Hamilton
Republicans, Jefferson
French Revolution
John Adam's Administration
Jefferson's Administration
John Marshall's Supreme Court
Louisiana Purchase
Louis and Clark Expedition
War of 1812
Madison's Administration
Era of Good Feelings
John Quincy Adams (Election of 1824)
Jacksonian Era
National Bank
Democracy
Westward Expansion
2 nd Great Awakening
Popular sovereignty
Mexican War
Civil War
Civil War
World War II

Earth Science:
What is Earth Science
Science & Technology: Application
Solving problems: Scientific method & problem solving strategies
Measurement & Safety
Earth's atmosphere
Science & Society: Ozone layer
Energy from the sun
Water Cycle
Movement of air
Weather & types of clouds
Weather patterns
Forecasting weather
Technology: Changing weather
Types of landforms
Viewpoint: Latitude and longitude/Earth time
Map projections
Minerals, gems, and ores
Titanium
Types of rocks and rocks cycle
Coal mining
Weathering
Soil
Land use and soil loss
Erosional forces (gravity, glacier, and wind)
Water erosion and deposition (surface and groundwater system)
Science and Society-water wars
Ocean shoreline
Forces inside Earth
Earthquake information
Destruction by earthquakes
Science and Society technology: Living on a fault
Volcanoes and Earth's moving plates
Science and society technology: energy from Earth
Eruptions and forms of volcanoes
Igneous rock features
Measurement & Safety
Earth's atmosphere
Science & Society: Ozone layer.