Core Knowledge is the idea that for
the sake of academic excellence,
greater fairness, and higher literacy,
elementary and middle schools need
a solid, sequenced, specific, shared
(the four S’s) core curriculum in order
to help children establish strong
foundations of knowledge, grade by
grade.
An Explanation of
Grace Lutheran’s
Core Knowledge
Curriculum
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In addition to the four S’s of Core
Knowledge: solid, sequenced, specific,
and shared, Grace Lutheran School
adds a fifth S: spiritual. We take Core
Knowledge a step further and
integrate our faith in Jesus into every
area. We create an atmosphere of
loving acceptance and provide
opportunities for children to learn
and grow spiritually as well as
physically,
socially,
emotionally,
intellectually, and cognitively.
The Core Knowledge Sequence is intended
to guide the planning of experiences and
activities for seventh grade children by
offering a coherent progression of skills and
knowledge in the following areas:
History and Geography
America Becomes a World Power
World War 1: “The Great War,”
1914-1918
♦
History
♦
Geography of Western and Central
Europe
The Russian Revolution
America from the Twenties to the New
Deal
♦
America in the Twenties
♦
The Great Depression
♦
Roosevelt and the New Deal
World War II
♦
The Rise of Totalitarianism in
Europe
♦
World War II in Europe and at
Home, 1939-1945
♦
World War II in the Pacific and the
End of the War
Geography of the United States
Music
♦
Tone Chimes
♦
Band Offered
Science
♦
Atomic Structure
♦
Chemical Bonds and Reactions
♦
Cell Division and Genetics
♦
History of the Earth and Life Forms
♦
Evolution
♦
Science Biographies
Language Arts
Writing, Grammar, and Usage
♦
Writing and Research
♦
Speaking and Listening
♦
Grammar
♦
Spelling
♦
Vocabulary
Poetry
Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Drama
♦
Short Stories
♦
Novels
♦
Elements of Fiction
♦
Essays and Speeches
♦
Autobiography
♦
Drama
♦
Literary Terms
Latin Phrases Commonly Used in English
Faith Studies
♦
The Old Testament
Mathematics
Geometry
♦
Three-Dimensional Objects
♦
Symmetry
♦
Angle Pairs
♦
Triangles
♦
Area
Working with Whole Numbers, Fractions,
and Decimals
♦
Order of Operations
♦
Algebraic Equations
♦
Fractions
♦
Solving Problems and Equations
Working with Data
♦
Coordinate Plane
♦
Proportions
♦
Geometric Proportions
♦
Statistics
♦
Probability
Sample Seventh Grade Activities
History and Geography
The Russian Revolution
♦
Nicolai Lenin
♦
Bloody Sunday
♦
The last czar: Nicholas II and
Alexandra
♦
Revolutions of 1917
♦
Civil War
America from the Twenties to the New
Deal
♦
Roaring Twenties
♦
Ku Klux Klan
♦
Women’s right to vote
♦
Model T
♦
Black Tuesday
♦
Mass unemployment
♦
Roosevelt and the New Deal
World War II
♦
Mussolini
♦
Adolf Hitler and the rise of Nazi
totalitarianism
♦
The Soviet Union
♦
Spanish Civil War
♦
Winston Churchill
♦
The Holocaust
♦
D-Day
♦
Yalta Conference
♦
Pearl Harbor
♦
Battle of Midway
♦
Surrender of Japan
♦
Creation of United Nations
Faith Studies
♦
Creation to the prophets
Science
Chemical Bonds and Reactions
♦
Share electrons
♦
Chemical reactions
♦
Ionic bond
♦
Metallic bond
♦
Covalent bond
Science Biographies
♦
Charles Darwin
♦
Antoine Lavoisier
♦
Lise Meitner
♦
Dmitri Mendeleev
Language Arts
Writing, Grammar, and Usage
♦
Expository writing
♦
Give a short speech
♦
Parts of the sentence
Poetry
♦
Macavity: The Mystery Cat by T.S.
Elliot
♦
Forms: ballad, sonnet, lyric, narrative,
limerick, haiku
Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Drama
♦
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by
James Thurber
♦
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
♦
Elements of fiction: suspense and
climax
♦
Declaration of War on Japan by
Franklin D. Roosevelt
♦
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
♦
Drama: tragedy and comedy
♦
Literary Terms: flashbacks and
foreshadowing
Latin Phrases Commonly Used in English