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Veritas Academy
Third Grade Curriculum Outline
1999-2000 School Year

Language Arts
    Reading and Writing
        Reading Comprehension and Response
        Writing
    Spelling, Grammar and Usage
    Vocabulary
    Poetry
    Fiction
        Stories, including
        Alice in Wonderland
        The Little Match Girl
        William Tell
        Tales from Arabian Nights

    Norse Mythology
    Greek and Roman Myths
    Literary Terms
    Sayings and Phrases

World History and Geography
    Geographic Awareness
        Geographical Terms and Features
        Canada
        Important Rivers of the World
    Ancient Rome
        Geography of the Med. Region
        Founding, Culture and Government
        The Empire
        The "Decline and Fall"
        The Eastern Roman/Byzantine Empire
    The Vikings

American History and Geography
    The Earliest Americans
        Crossing the Land Bridge
        Eskimos and Anasazi
        Southwest and Woodland Indians
    Early Exploration of North America
        Early Spanish Explorers and Settlement
        The American Southwest
        The Search for a Northwest Passage
    The Thirteen Colonies
        Geography
        Southern Colonies
        New England Colonies
        Middle Atlantic Colonies

Visual Arts
    Elements of Art
        Light
        Depth
        Design
    American Indian Art
    Art of Ancient Rome
    Art of the Byzantine Civilization

Music
    Elements of Music
    Listening and Understanding
        The Orchestra
            The Brass Family
            The Woodwind Family
        Composers and Their Music
    Songs

Mathematics
    Numbers and Number Sense
    Fractions and Decimals
    Money
    Computation
        Addition
        Subtraction
        Multiplication
        Division
        Solving Problems and Equations
    Measurement
        Linear Measure
        Mass
        Volume
        Temperature
        Time
    Geometry

Science
    The Classification of Animals
    The Human Body
        The Muscular System
        The Skeletal System
        The Nervous System
        Vision
        Hearing
    Light and Optics
    Sound
    Ecology
    Astronomy
    Science Biographies

Religion
    God Our Creator
    The Israelites
    The Life of Christ
    The Redemption
    The Mass
    The Holy Spirit
    The Church

Latin
    First and Second Declension Nouns
    Present, Past and Future Tense
    Vocabulary

Character
    Respect & Responsibility
    Duty
    Courage
    Steadfastness
    Compassion & Mercy
    Wonder
    Graciousness
    Fortitude
    Industriousness
    Patience
    Justice
    Generosity

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