English 8
I. Writing, Grammar, and Usage
A. Writing and Research
B. Speaking and Listening
C. Grammar
D. Spelling
E. Vocabulary
II. Poetry
A. Poems
B. Elements of Poetry
III. Fiction, Nonfiction, and Drama
A. Short Stories
B. Novels
C. Elements of Fiction
D. Essays and Speeches
E. Autobiography
F. Drama
G. Literary Terms
IV. Foreign Phrases Commonly Used in English
History and Geography 8
I. The Decline of European Colonialism
A. Breakup of the British Empire
B. Creation of the People’s Republic of China
II. The Cold War
A. Origins of the Cold War
B. The Korean War
C America in the Cold War
III. The Civil Rights Movement
IV. The Vietnam War and the Rise of Social Activism
A. The Vietnam War
B. Social and Environmental Activism
V. The Middle East and Oil Politics
A. History
B. Geography of the Middle East
VI. The End of the Cold War: The Expansion of Democracy and Continuing Challenges
A. The American Policy of Detente
B. Breakup of the USSR
C. China under Communism
D. Contemporary Europe
E. The End of Apartheid in South Africa
VII. Civics: The Constitution—Principles and Structure of
American Democracy
VIII. Geography of Canada and Mexico
Visual Arts 8
I. Art History: Periods and Schools
A. Painting Since World War II
B. Photography
C. 20th-Century Sculpture
II. Architecture Since the Industrial Revolution
Music 8
I. Elements of Music
II. Non-Western Music
III. Classical Music: Nationalists and Moderns
A. Music and National Identity
B. Modern Music
IV. Vocal Music
A. Opera
B. American Musical Theater
Mathematics 8
I. Algebra
A. Properties of the Real Numbers
B. Relations, Functions, and Graphs (Two Variables)
C. Linear Equations and Functions (Two Variables)
D. Arithmetic of Rational Expression
E. Quadratic Equations and Functions
II. Geometry
A. Analytic Geometry
B. Introduction to Trigonometry
C. Triangles and Proofs
Science 8
I. Physics
A Motion
B. Forces
C. Density and Buoyancy
D. Work
E. Energy
F. Power
II. Electricity and Magnetism
III. Electromagnetic Radiation and Light
IV. Sound Waves
V. Chemistry of Food and Respiration
VI. Science Biographies Writing, Grammar, and Usage
