Learning Goals and Objectives--Grades 6 - 8

• networks of communities
• diversity of occupations
• the role of economics in daily life
• individual choice as limited by one's environment
  • the limits to choice imposed by economy, geography, and social conditions

• emphasis on expository-reading skills
  • newspapers, primary sources, biographies
• using research skills to write nonfiction
• biography, journalism, social studies reports
• looking at individual choice as limited by one's environment
  • as a source for essay or report writing
  • as a theme for selecting works of nonfiction

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