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Key Learnings

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Eighth Grade

BIBLE

Explore Origins of the Bible: Through the Trinity, Personal Relationship with Jesus and Practical Christianity

• Explain the role of inspiration in the formation of the Bible as it was written and preserved over thousands of years
• Describe the concept of the Trinity and identify the characteristic of each member
• Understand the importance of faith, commitment and a dynamic relationship with Jesus
• Know the fundamental Seventh-day Adventist beliefs
• Explain the importance of developing relationships with others based on Christian values
• Know how to apply Christian principles to your daily life
  

FINE ARTS

Art

• Select media, techniques and processes; analyze what makes them effective or not effective in communicating ideas; and reflect upon the effectiveness of their choices
• Employ organizational structures and analyze their effectiveness in the communication of ideas
• Use subjects, themes and symbols that demonstrate knowledge of contexts, values and aesthetics that communicate intended meaning in artwork
• Describe and place a variety of art objects in historical and cultural context
• Analyze, describe and demonstrate how factors of time and place influence visual characteristics that give meaning and value to a work of art
• Describe and compare a variety of individual responses to their own artworks and to artworks from various eras and cultures
• Describe ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines taught in the school are interrelated with the visual arts
  

Music

• Identify irregular meter patterns (5/4, 7/4)
• Learn all major key signatures
• Sing a more complex two-part song
• Recognize modulation
• Recognize symphonic form
• Describe how a computer can enhance music
• Listen to music of the Renaissance period
• Learn how to use the various indexes in the SDA hymnal
  

LANGUAGE ARTS

Viewing

• Locate and interpret examples of literary forms from visual media
• Define aspects of media production and distribution
• Determine the cause and effect of detailed answers to extend the understanding of visual media
• Use figurative language from visual media and answer specific questions to demonstrate understanding
  

Listening

• Analyze presentations by purpose
• Analyze propaganda and argumentation
  

Reading

• Develop study skills
• Use specific strategies to understand confusing parts of text; e.g. predict, clarify, question, and summarize
• Read for comprehension and application
  

Speaking

• Analyze the impact of media on consumers
• Participate in group discussions; refine and use cooperative group processes
  

Visually Representing

• Create visual media to support a presentation
• Model visual media techniques to show the impact on a particular audience
  

Writing

• Practice the writing process
• Begin using characteristics of good writing
• Continue enhancing the writing modes
• Narrow the topic to achieve an appropriate focus
• State main idea clearly in a cohesive one sentence thesis
• Write documents related to career development
  

MATH

Numbers and Operations

• Use appropriate significant digits in calculations
• Extend understanding of number operations to irrational numbers
• Know the definition of real numbers, set notation and set operations
  

Algebra

• Add and subtract matrices
• Recognize slope and intercept relationships
• Use information to determine whether situations are functions
• Recognize minimum and maximum values
• Understand the properties of arithmetic and geometric sequences
• Develop an initial conceptual understanding of different uses of variables
• Identify functions as linear or nonlinear and contrast their properties from tables, graphs or equations
  

Geometry

• Find the surface area of various geometric shapes, e.g. pyramids and cones
• Find the volume of spheres using formula
• Define objects by geometric properties
• Recognize sine, cosine and tangent relationships with respect to the right triangle
  

Measurement

• Draw picture to assist in solving measurement problems
• Find the size of interior and exterior angles of convex polygons using formula and protractor
• Use appropriate significant digits in calculations
• Convert temperature between Fahrenheit and Celsius
  

Data Analysis/ Probability

• Determine the number of combinations from a given set
• Make a box and whisker plot
  

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Spiritual Emphasis

• Recognize that God's ideal for quality living includes a healthy lifestyle
• Incorporate into one's lifestyle the principles that promote health: nutrition, exercise, water, sunlight, temperance, air, rest, trust in God
• Avoid at-risk behaviors
• Apply Christian principles in recreation and sports
• Achieve a balance in work and leisure; balancing physical, mental, social and spiritual activities
• Recognize the interaction of physical, mental and spiritual health with emotional and social well-being
  

Movement and Motor Skills

• Demonstrate competence in modified versions of a variety of movement forms
• Understand and apply more advanced movement and game strategies
• Identify the techniques of intermediate and advanced sport specific skills
• Identify the steps needed to achieve a high performance level in individual, dual and team sports
• Learn, apply and share advanced sport skill knowledge
  

Lifestyle and Fitness

• Establish personal physical activity goals
• Participate regularly in health-enhancing physical activities in and out of the physical education class
• Explore a variety of new physical activities for personal interest in and out of the physical education class
• Describe the relationships between a healthy lifestyle and "feeling good"
• Participate in a variety of health-related fitness activities in both school and non-school settings
• Assess physiological indicators of exercise during and after physical activity
• Learn and apply basic principles of training to improve physical fitness
• Begin to develop personal fitness goals independently
• Meet the health-related fitness standards as defined by available fitness tests, e.g. AAPHERD Physical Best, Fitnessgram, President's Challenge
• Enjoy participation in physical activity
• Recognize the social benefits of participation in physical activity
• Try new and challenging activities
• Recognize physical activity as a vehicle for self-expression
  

Sportsmanship and Appropriate Behaviors

• Apply God's help in resisting the influence of peer pressure
• Solve problems by analyzing causes and potential solutions
• Analyze potential consequences when confronted with true competition
• Work cooperatively with a group to achieve group goals in competitive as well as cooperative settings
• Recognize the role of sport, games and recreation
• Identify behaviors that are supportive and inclusive as well as behaviors that are exclusionary in physical activity settings
• Willingly join others of diverse cultures, religions, ethnicity, physical abilities and races during physical activity
  

SCIENCE

Physical: Chemistry

• Explain the structure of matter and how different forms can be combined to create new substances
• Explain conservation of matter
• Describe how elements are organized on the periodic table
• Compare the properties of acids and bases
• Identify and compare physical and chemical change
• Identify methods used to separate mixtures into their component parts
  

Life: Ecology: Natural Resources; Plant Processes

• Explain how use of natural resources affects quality of life and the health of ecosystems
• Recognize that Earth's materials are limited and explore strategies for addressing this problem
• Describe how water, carbon dioxide, oxygen, and nitrogen are recycled through the environment
• Describe the life processes of a plant including photosynthesis and reproduction
  

Earth: Creation/Evolution

• Distinguish between the basic ideas of and evidence for naturalistic evolution and special creation

Health: Health Risks, Community Health

• Describe personal and community health care practices that result in prevention, detection and treatment of communicable diseases
• Know how to locate and use community health resources that provide valid health information
• Identify community health organizations and agencies such as The American Cancer Society and the advocacy services they provide
  

Scientific Inquiry

• Make observations
• Ask questions or form hypotheses based on these observations
• Plan a simple investigation
• Collect data from the investigation
• Use the data collected from the investigation to explain the results
• Safely use and store tools and equipment
  

Service/Career Options

• Explore ways to use Physical, Life, Health and/or Earth Science to serve the community
• Identify careers in areas of Science
  

SOCIAL STUDIES

United States History: 1861 - Present (Civil War and Reconstruction, Industrial Revolution, Social and Economic Reform, Global Conflicts, United States as World Power, Depression, Modern America, Current Events; United States Government - Constitution)

• Understand God's ultimate control and protection over human affairs
• Understand the basic precepts of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights
• Describe the relationships between key people/groups, events and cultures in United States history
• Explain the causes and effects of major events in American history
• Know causes and effects of key influences/events and be able to place them on a time line
• Interpret events using time lines and narratives
• Use primary and secondary documents and artifacts to interpret historical events
• Understand the daily life and social history of people who lived in early United States history
• Recognize how forces from different spheres of life can cause or shape events
• Understand the role and work of the Adventist church in North America
  

Civics

• Understand the roles of the Christian citizen in government
• Understand the checks and balance function of the three branches of government
• Trace the development of the American political system and government based on the United States constitution and the Bill of Rights
• Identify citizen rights and how the constitution protects those rights
• Understand the purposes of government as stated in the constitution
• Explain the role of laws in the United States and the process through which they are made, applied and enforced
• Identify how actions of the United States government affect its own citizens as well a citizens of other countries
  

Geography

• Understand the nature, distribution and migration of human population on the earth's surface
• Understand how human actions modify the environment
• Understand the patterns of human settlement and their causes
• Identify the geographic role of the United States in international relationships
• Identify geographic regions and major places of the United States
  

Economics

• Identify the principles of Christian stewardship
• Understand the meaning of Gross National Product
• Understand the role of the United States and free enterprise in a global economy
• Understand the concept of prices and the interaction of supply and demand in a market economy
• Identify how changes in technology affect the economy
• Understand that every job opportunity is related to economics
• Recognize how the influence of the development of technology, immigration of peoples and changes in the world market effect career opportunities
  

TECHNOLOGY

• Integrate advanced word processing skills into daily assignments
• Continue to advance in keyboarding skills
• Troubleshoot basic malfunctions
• Know proper technology terms
• Understand the equipment to access, process, retrieve and communicate information
• Incorporate database and spreadsheet components into presentations
• Integrate advanced use of electronic resources into class assignments and presentations
• Investigate technology-related occupations
• Demonstrate a responsible, ethical use of technology
• Understand the legal issues for using/accessing software, music, etc.
  

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Our key learnings are aligned with the North American Division curriculum guides, national standards, McRel Database (Mid-Continental Regional Educational Laboratory) and Ten Sigma (a compilation of standards for 38 states).

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