7th Grade - Typical Course of Study
· Lands and peoples of the Eastern Hemisphere
· Prehistoric peoples
· Greek, Roman, and Middle Eastern civilizations
· The Middle Ages
· Renaissance and Reformation
· Scientific Revolution
· Age of Reason (Enlightenment)
· Industrial Age
· Yesterday and today around the world: Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific
· World trade and resources
· Contemporary problems and issues
· Environment
· World geography
· Advanced map and globe skills
· 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
· 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, 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, periodicals, on-line information services, CD-ROMs, and other electronic reference material
· Library organization
· Good grooming and posture
· Dental health
· Healthy habits and lifestyles
· Exercise and fitness
· Effects of stimulants and narcotics
· Functions of the body
· Circulation and respiration
· Germ theory
· Sexually transmitted diseases
· Family life
· Toxins and antitoxins
· Antibiotics
· Immunization
· Chemotherapy
· Genetic disorders
· Personal and public safety
· Accident prevention
· Personality development
· Substance abuse
· Prime and composite numbers
· Square root
· Order of operations
· Absolute value
· Inequalities
· Numeration
· Properties of nonnegative integers
· Rational numbers and fractions
· Ratio, proportion, percent
· 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
· Use of calculators and computers