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THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TOPICS THAT SHOULD BE COVERED THIS YEAR AND DOCUMENTED. THEY ARE INTENDED AS SUGGESTIONS. YOUR STATE MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

Social Studies
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.

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
 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, 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.

Health and Safety
 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.

Mathematics
 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.

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