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Credit Requirements per Grade
6th Grade: Language Arts (1 credit), Math (1 credit), Social Studies (1 credit), Science (1 credit), Physical Education (0.5 credit), Art/Music/Health (0.5 credit). Total = 5 credits.
7th Grade: Language Arts (1 credit), Math (1 credit), Social Studies (1 credit), Science (1 credit), Physical Education (0.5 credit), Elective (0.5 credit). Total = 5 credits.
8th Grade: Language Arts (1 credit), Math (1 credit), Social Studies (1 credit), Science (1 credit), Physical Education (0.5 credit), Elective (0.5 credit). Total = 5 credits.
Although the Monroe Virtual Middle School only requires 5 credits to be earned each year, we strongly encourage students to take additional elective credits. Electives can include, but are not limited to: Art, Choral/Instrumental Music, Foreign Language. Students can also take a Health Elective in 7th or 8th Grade to meet the high school graduation requirement.
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Course Type: Correspondence
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course on world history introduces students to the world's earliest cultures. It examines the geography and history of the ancient cultures of Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, Greece, Rome, Arabia, and the Americas. The types of religions that developed in these regions are also discussed.
Notes: This textbook is also used for Sixth Grade Social Studies, Part Two.
11 lessons, 11 submitted, 0 exams
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Course Type: Correspondence
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: Part Two continues the study of the world history. Students will learn about the geography, culture, and history of medieval Europe and the empires and cultures of Africa and Asia. It also examines European expansion and revolutions and how they affected changes in the world. While studying the 20th century, students will examine the effects of war, emerging new nations and changes in Europe, Africa and Asia.
Notes: This textbook is also used for Sixth Grade Social Studies, Part One.
8 lessons, 8 submitted, 0 exams
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Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course covers the basics of geography, including map skills and geography themes, and investigates the specific geography of the Americas, Europe, Eastern Europe, Russia, and the independent republics.
14 lessons, 14 submitted, 2 exams
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Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course provides a geographical overview of the countries in Southwest Asia and Africa as well as the continents of Australia and Antarctica.
12 lessons, 12 submitted, 2 exams
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Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course focuses on the early history of the United States and how it relates to our lives today. It begins by examining the early Native American cultures and then focuses on European exploration, the colonization of the Americas, the American Revolution, early forms of American government, westward expansion, reform movements, growth of the democratic process, and the Industrial Revolution.
Notes: This textbook is also used for Eighth Grade Social Studies, Part Two.
14 lessons, 6 submitted, 2 exams
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Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: 8th Grade Social Studies, Part Two continues the study of the history of the United States and how it relates to our lives today. Topics include: industrialization and immigration; imperialism and World War I, the jazz age and the Great Depression; World War II and the postwar boom; the Cold War, civil rights, and the Vietnam conflict; and the global information age.
Notes: This course uses the same textbook as for Eighth Grade Social Studies, Part One.
14 lessons, 6 submitted, 2 exams
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| American Civil War-The Southern Perspective (Social Studies-Am History) |
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Course Description: The American Civil War was very unique and different from previous wars. Half a nation fought against the other half over States rights and slavery. You will be using this Independent Study course to learn about James Johnston Pettigrew, a young lawyer living in Charleston, South Carolina. Using newspaper, letters, diaries and regimental histories of the time, Pettigrew’s Fictional journal offers a portrait of General Pettigrew and his time, including insights into the one issue that so identified the time, slavery.
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| American Government Independent Study |
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Course Type: Correspondence
Course Description: This independent study class of American Government introduces students to the basic concepts of government and politics, civic life, historical government documents and political figures.
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| American Historical Film Study (Social Studies) |
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Course Description: American Historical Film Study can be a vital part of a child's learning experience. The American Historical Film Study course allows children who have a strong visual/spatial learning style to learn in their own unique way.
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Course Type: Correspondence
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course provides an overview of the Middle Ages in Europe from approximately A.D. 400 to 1500. Students will discover information about many topics, including the fall of the Roman Empire and its effects, life in a castle, the importance of the Church, the development of towns, the end of feudalism and the birth of a new age.
Notes: Gifted.
10 lessons, 5 submitted, 0 exams
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Course Type: Correspondence
Grading: Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: North Dakota Studies begins with the geological development of the state and continues to its settlement between 1890Ð1914. Some topics included are American Indians of North Dakota, the fur trade, wheat and cattle bonanzas, transportation, the iron road, and settlement.
Notes: The required textbook is North Dakota Legendary, 2007
16 Lessons, 2 Tests
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Course Type: Correspondence
Grading: Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This study of the history of the United States emphasizes how ideas, events, and philosophies have shaped the nation. Students learn about America's past while mastering the skills of historical interpretation. Study begins with the earliest arrivals of people and ends with the conclusion of the Civil War.
Notes: The required textbook is The American Journey, 2003
16 Lessons, 5 Tests
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Course Type: Correspondence
Grading: Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course is a continuation of the first semester with emphases on how historical ideas, events, and philosophies have shaped the United States. Beginning with Reconstruction, this course uses the same skills development approach to guide students through U.S. history to the present.
Notes: The required textbook is The American Journey, 2003
15 Lessons, 5 Tests
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Course Type: Correspondence
Grading: Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course involves an in-depth study of the world in terms of geographic features, climates, cultures, human activities, resources, and locations. It covers map skills and the five themes of geography, and students will explore the United States, Canada, Russia, and countries in Latin America and Europe.
Notes: The required textbook is Exploring Our World - People, Places, and Cultures, 2008
14 Lessons, 6 Tests
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Course Type: Correspondence
Grading: Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course is a continuation of the concepts taught in the first semester, concentrating on the areas of map skills and the five themes of geography. In this course, students will explore units on North Africa, Southwest Asia, Central Asia, Africa South of the Sahara, South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica.
Notes: The required textbook is Exploring Our World - People, Places, and Cultures, 2008
15 Lessons, 6 Tests
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Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course involves an in-depth study of the world in terms of geographic features, climates, cultures, human activities, resources, and locations. It covers map skills and the five themes of geography, and students will explore the United States, Canada, Russia, and countries in Latin America and Europe.
Notes: The required textbook is Boehm, Armstrong and Hunkins, Exploring Our World - People, Places and Cultures, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2008
15 Lessons, 5 Tests
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Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course is a continuation of the concepts taught in the first semester, concentrating on the areas of map skills and the five themes of geography. In this course, students will explore units on North Africa, Southwest Asia, Central Asia, Africa South of the Sahara, South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica.
Notes: The textbook required is same as Middle Level World Geography - First Semester
15 Lessons, 5 Tests
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Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course introduces the student to the history of early civilizations. Students learn about people of the Stone Age and early African civilizations. In addition, the early histories of China, India, and ancient Greece and Rome are discussed. The course concludes with a study of overland trade as well as early sea and river trade.
Notes: The required textbook is Boehm, et al., Our WorldÕs Story, Harcourt Brace, 1997
12 Lessons, 6 Tests
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Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: The study of our world's history continues with a discussion of European, African, and Asian heritage; the growth of democracy; and the beginning of the Industrial Age. The course concludes by bringing the student to a better understanding of the political, religious, and economic influences of the twentieth century.
Notes: The texbook required is same as Middle Level World History - First Semester
11 Lessons, 4 Tests
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Course Type: Correspondence
Grading: Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course introduces the student to the history of early civilizations. Students learn about people of the Stone Age and early African civilizations. In addition, the early histories of China, India, and ancient Greece and Rome are discussed. The course concludes with a study of overland trade as well as early sea and river trade.
Notes: The required textbook is Our World's Story, 1997
12 Lessons, 6 Tests
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Course Type: Correspondence
Grading: Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: The study of our world's history continues with a discussion of European, African, and Asian heritage; the growth of democracy; and the beginning of the Industrial Age. The course concludes by bringing the student to a better understanding of the political, religious, and economic influences of the twentieth century.
Notes: The required textbook is Our World's Story, 1997
11 Lessons, 4 Tests
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Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course will compare historical and cultural events in Europe with the same type of events in the Americas (North, Central, and South America) during the same time period. Highlights of this course include in-depth discussions on medieval Europe, the Renaissance, the Aztecs, the Incas, and the colonial efforts in North America.
Notes: (grades 7-8)
6 lessons, 6 submitted, proctored Speedback final
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Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course will compare historical and cultural events in Europe with the same type of events in the Americas during the same time period. Highlights of this course include an in-depth discussion on the Constitution of the United States of America, the Revolutionary War, the French Revolution, and an examination of the Thirteen Colonies.
Notes: (grades 7-8)
6 lessons, 6 submitted, proctored Speedback final
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Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course emphasizes the 18th and 19th century historic events from the age of exploration through the American Revolution. Topics will include an introduction to history, colonization, Revolutionary War, and the national period.
Notes: (grades 7-8)
6 lessons, 6 submitted, proctored Speedback final
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Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: Survey course of United States history designed for students in the middle levels. It covers the Constitutional Convention to the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Notes: (grades 7-8)
6 lessons, 6 submitted, proctored Speedback final
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Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: Junior high study of U.S. history from the Wild West to the Roaring Twenties. It covers the history of immigration, politics and the rise of big business, the Progressive Era, and World War I.
Notes: (grades 7-8)
7 lessons, 7 submitted, proctored Speedback final
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Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This is a survey course of United States history designed for students in the middle levels. It covers from the Great Depression through recent American history.
Notes: (grades 7-8)
6 lessons, 6 submitted, proctored Speedback final
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Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: Acquaint yourself with both the history and contemporary issues of the state of Utah. Beginning lessons focus on Utah geology and geography, exploration, settlement, and statehood. Later lessons explore economy, diversity, and current events.
Notes: (grades 7-12)
7 lessons, 7 submitted, proctored Speedback final
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