Overview of Curriculum

Sixth Grade
Language Arts/English
Writing, Grammar, and Usage
Poetry
Fiction and Drama (Stories;
Shakespeare; Classical Myths)
Sayings and Phrases
History and Geography
World:
World Geography (Spatial Sense; Deserts)
Lasting Ideas from Ancient Civilization
(Judaism, Christianity; Greece and Rome)
Enlightenment
French Revolution
Romanticism
Industrialism, Capitalism, and Socialism
Latin American Independence
Movements
Immigration, Industrialization, and
Urbanization
Reform
Visual Arts
Art History: Periods and Schools
(Classical; Gothic; Renaissance; Baroque;
Rococo; Neoclassical; Romantic; Realism)
Music
Elements of Music
Classical Music from Baroque to
Romantic (Bach, Handel, Haydn,
Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert,
Chopin, Schumann)
Mathematics
Number and Number Sense
Ratio and Percent
Fraction and Decimals
Computation
Measurement
Geometry
Probability and Statistics
Pre-Algebra
Science
Plate Tectonics
Oceans
Astronomy: Gravity, Stars, and Galaxies
Energy, Heat, and Energy Transfer
Human Body
 (Lymphatic and Immune Systems)
Science Biographies