Language Arts  

• Grammar: Capitalization rules.
• Punctuation rules.
• Kinds of sentences and diagramming.
• Eight parts of speech and their uses.
• Diagramming eight parts of speech.
• Sentence structure.
• Composition: Manuscript form.
• The writing process.
• The library.
• Outlining.
• Summaries.
• Book reports.
• Paragraphs.
• Descriptions.
• Research paper.
• Writing style.
• Literature: Reading for enjoyment stories and poems by such authors as Stuart, Whittier, Longfellow, Frost, Browning, Hawthorne, and Sandburg.

Vocabulary, Spelling, Poetry

• Vocabulary lessons.
• Weekly spelling lessons.
• Nine poems memorized

History

• A New World to Explore.
• The First English Colonies.
• New Colonies.
• Life in Colonial America.
• Preparation for Independence.
• Home of the Brave.
• Land of the Free.
• From the Appalachians to the Rockies.
• The Jacksonian Era.
• The Blessings of Technology.
• The Second Great Awakening and Its Impact.
• Education and Culture.
• The Promise of the West.
• The Civil War and Reconstruction.
• The Age of Industry.
• The Gilded Age.
• Growing into Greatness.
• Into the Twentieth Century.
• The Rise of Big Government.
• A World at War.
• Time for Freedom and Responsibility.
• Troubled Times for America.
• Which Way, America?
• Western Hemisphere Geography.
• Current events.
• National, State, and Local Government.

Science and Health

• Consider the Heavens.
• Man and the Universe.
• Solid Matter in Motion.
• Fluids in Motion.
• Heat Molecules in Motion.
• Birds: Efficiency in Motion.
• Science vs. Evolution.
• Magnets and Magnetism.
• Electrons and Electricity.
• Physical Fitness: The Active Life.
• Good Nutrition: Eating for Energy.
• Disease: Today’s Battle against It. 
• Safety First: Then Basic Aid.
• Spiritual Growth: A Personal Challenge.
• Sex Education from the Bible (see seventh grade)

Mathematics

• Pre-Algebra (or Algebra I See High School Course Descriptions)
• Maintaining skills in fundamental operations (see grades 4–7).
• Principles of mathematics.
• English and metric measures.
• Basic algebraic concepts.
• Signed numbers.
• Powers and roots.
• Like and unlike terms.
• Multiplying and dividing monomials.
• Problem-solving strategies.
• Word problems solved algebraically.
• Reading and constructing graphs.
• Graphical scale drawings.
• Statistics and probability.
• Business math.
• Earning income.
• Banking.
• Stocks and bonds.
• Insurance.
• Basic plane and solid geometric concepts.
• Properties of geometric figures.
• Constructing geometric figures.
• Perimeter, area, surface area, and volume.
• Pythagorean rule.
• Sine, cosine, and tangent.
• Scientific notation.

Bible