Urban Assembly School for Criminal Justice - Curriculum Description

Curriculum Description

This table describes the basic outline of the major courses and their themes during the middle school years.

	English (Sample Texts)	Social Studies	Math	Science	Foreign Language
6^th Grade	Reading: Human Nature and the Presence and Absence of Society The Giver, Hatchet	Geography/ Ancient Civilizations	The Basics I Number Theory, Arithmetics, Proportions	Spiraled Science Earth Science, Physical Science, Biological Science	n/a
6^th Grade	Language Arts: foundational work on grammar, writing structure, vocabulary and spelling.	Geography/ Ancient Civilizations	The Basics I Number Theory, Arithmetics, Proportions		n/a
7^th Grade	Individuals and Groups The Witch of Blackbird Pond	US History I (Exploration – Civil War)	The Basics II Number Theory, Proportions, Geometry, Measurement	Spiraled Science II Earth Science, Physical Science, Biological Science	Year I (part a)
8^th Grade	Justice and Injustice Freedom’s Children	US History II (Civil War – Present)	Algebra (R)	The Living Environment (R)	Year I (part b)

Students will also have an Advisory course which will serve several purposes:

Provide students with small, intimate environments to discuss organizational and academic challenges.
Present students with opportunities to discuss career options.
Expose students to college academics and life, and later, to the college admissions process.