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[quote=Anonymous]5th grade at Latin offers a comprehensive geography class that goes region by region around the globe. Students memorize country locations and Capitals and learn a bit about the culture and history of the region. They also learn about current events and issues in the region and discuss things like human trafficking, oil reserves, global warming, industrialization, conservation and biodiversity. They tackle many of these issues in a Socratic method, becoming familiar with the multiple perspectives and learning to form their own opinions and have arguments and evidence to back it up. In English/literature they tackle multiple genres including Agatha Christie short stories, science fiction and classics like The Giver. They learn to annotate in the margins to note the exposition, main characters, foreshadowing, conflict, resolution. Many writing assignments based on the reading. There are mini lessons in grammar and usage. [/quote]
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