Suggested Curriculum for 
Grade 6

SOCIAL STUDIES

_  Countries and cultures of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres
_  The Roman Empire 
_  Eurasia, Africa, and Australia
_  Relationships among nations
_  Customs, traditions, and beliefs
_  Political and economic systems
_  United Nations
_  Milestones in human achievement
_  Transportation and communication
_  World trade
_  Citizenship and social responsibility
_  World geography
_  Map and globe skills

SCIENCE

_  Classification of living things
_  Ecosystems
_  Ecology and environment
_  Microbes
_  Algae and fungi
_  Human body
_  Food for growth and energy
_  Climate and weather
_  Recycling of resources
_  Elementary geology
_  Oceans
_  Electric and magnetic interactions
_  Electricity and its uses
_  Sound, light, and heat
_  Atomic energy
_  Nuclear energy and radioactivity
_  Solar and geothermal energy
_  Conservation
_  Elements and compounds
_  Universe
_  Simple astronomy
_  Space and space travel
_  Scientific theory
_  Inventions and discoveries

LANGUAGE ARTS

_  Reading silently and skimming
_  Critical reading skills
_  Introduction to mythology
_  Types of literature
_  Lyric, narrative, and dramatic poetry
_  Listening skills
_  Nonverbal communication
_  Extending dictionary skills
_  Vocabulary building
_  Homonyms, synonyms, antonyms
_  Using roots, prefixes, and suffixes
_  Spelling
_  Concepts of noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, and adverb
_  Sentence structure
_  Diagramming sentences
_  Cursive handwriting
_  Types of writing: narration, description, exposition, persuasion
_  Simple note taking
_  Writing outlines, letters, factual matter (reports, newspaper articles),
    verse (limerick, ballads), creative prose (diary, stories)
_  Bibliography building
_  Organization of a book
_  Using reference books and indexes

HEALTH AND SAFETY

_  Personal appearance
_  Dental Health
_  Health maintenance
_  Our food supply
_  Exercise and fitness
_  Cure and prevention of common diseases
_  The heart
_  Accident prevention
_  Safety and first aid
_  The health profession
_  Understanding emotions
_  Coping with stress and anxiety

MATHEMATICS

_  Exponents
_  Operation of powers
_  Set of the integers
_  Factoring
_  Fundamental operations with fractions and decimals
_  Fundamental operations with compound denominate numbers
_  Multiplying and dividing common fractions and mixed numbers
_  Relationship between common and decimal fractions
_  Problems in per cent
_  Properties, identification, and construction of geometric figures
_  Identification and measurement of angles
_  Concepts of similarity, congruence, and symmetry
_  Scale drawings
_  Customary and metric measurement
_  Problem analysis
_  Interpreting graphs
_  Concepts of average and sampling