What your sixth grader needs to know: fundamentals of a good sixth-grade education

English. Poetry ; Structure in poetry ; Myths, stories, and plays ; Grammar and usage ; Sayings and phrases

History and geography. World geography ; Judaism and Christianity ; Ancient Greece ; Ancient Rome ; The enlightenment ; The French revolution ; Romanticism ; Industrialism, capitalism, socialism ; Latin American independence ; Immigration to the United States ; Industrialization and urbanization ; Reform

Visual arts. Classical art ; Gothic art ; The renaissance ; Baroque art ; Rococo art ; Neoclassical art ; Romantic art ; Realism

Music. Elements of music ; Classical music

Mathematics. Numbers and number sense ; Computation ; Ratio, proportion, and percent ; Measurement ; Geometry ; Probability and statistics ; Pre-algebra

Science. Plate tectonics ; Oceans ; Astronomy ; Energy, heat, and energy transfer ; The human body ; Science biographies.