Academic Fitness Middle School Subject List

• Cultural Heritage
• Activists and Abolitionists
• Artists
• History
• Jazz
• Major Works
• Musicians
• Writers
• Organizations and Ideas
• The Harlem Renaissance

American West

• Cattlemen
• Cowboys
• The Early West
• Explorers and Mountain Men
• Homesteaders
• Indians
• Movies
• The Mythic West
• The Real West

Civil War

• Abolition
• Abraham Lincoln
• Civil War Battles
• Pre-war Territories
• Reconstruction
• Slavery
• The Confederacy
• The Generals
• The North Before the War
• The South After the War

• America’s Imperial Era
• Non-Entanglement and Westward Expansion
• The American Response to WWI
• The Interwar Period

Foreign Policy (1933-1963)

• America and the New Postwar World
• Cold War Stabilization
• The Early Cold War and the Korean Conflict
• The Interwar Period
• The United States in WWII

The Great Depression

• Banks
• Hoover
• Economic Background
• Foreign Affairs
• Historical Background
• Labor Movement
• The New Deal
• Roosevelt
• Stock Market

• America in the Jackson Era
• Economics in the Jackson Era
• Politics of the Jackson Era
• Second Bank of the U.S.
• The Man Andrew Jackson
• The States Rights Issue

Social Reform

• Abolition and the Abolitionist
• African Americans and the New Deal
• Business Abuses and Reforms
• The Great Depression
• Historical Background
• The Labor Movement
• The New Deal
• Slavery
• Post-Civil War Reforms
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Reconstruction

• Concepts and Ideas
• Condition of African Americans
• Events
• People
• Politics
• Post-Civil War

• Industry
• Technology
• United States

Late 20th Century

• Awakening Voices
• The United Nations and the Balance of Power
• A Booming America
• Social and Political Movements
• Technology and Our Future

U.S. History Videos

• Early Explorers
• Early Settlers
• The American Frontier
• The Oregon Trail
• Native Americans
• Plymouth Plantation
• Civil War
• Federal Government
• Immigration to the U.S.

• Cradles of Civilization
• The French Revolution
• The Scientific Revolution
• The Late 20th Century

19th Century Nationalism

• Nationalism and Napoleon
• Nationalism in Triumph
• Philosophy of Nationalism
• The 1848 Revolutions
• The Birth of Nationalism
• The Congress of Vienna
• The Origins of Nationalism
• The Road to War
• The Spirit Grows

20th Century Nationalism

• Colonialism and Imperialism
• Gandhi and Indian Nationalism
• Ho Chi Minh and Vietnamese Nationalism
• Indian Independence and Partition
• Indian Nationalist Organizations
• Nationalism: An Overview
• Nigeria and African Nationalism
• Vietnam after World War II

Romanticism and Revolution

• Introduction to Romanticism
• Industrial and Social Change
• Romantic Literature
• Rule vs Revolution
• Journey Toward Democracy
• The Rights of Individuals

• Causes of War: Imperialism
• Causes of War: Nationalism
• Geography
• Historical Facts and Concepts
• Industrial Revolution
• People, Places, and Dates
• Rivalry Among Nations
• Causes of WWII
• Beginnings of World War II
• Geography
• Historical Facts and Concepts
• People, Places, and Dates
• Results of World War I Civilization and Writing
• Mesopotamia and Sumeria
• Ancient Egypt
• Ancient Far East
• Ancient China
• The Americas
• Phoenicia and Greece

Early Middle Ages

• The Fall of Rome
• The Dark Ages
• Religion and Literature
• The Rise of Feudalism
• The Crusades

• Fascism Beyond Italy and Germany
• Geography
• People
• Hitler and Germany
• Mussolini and Italy
• Vocabulary
• World Events

Greek and Roman World

• Alexander the Great
• Great Greek Thinkers
• Greek and Roman Art, Literature, and Architecture
• Greek City-States
• Life in Ancient Greece
• Military Maneuvers and Conquests
• Pre-Imperial Rome
• Roman Leaders
• The Roman Empire

Victorian Era

• Britain Beyond the Victorian Era
• Britain in the Victorian Era
• Elsewhere in the World
• Geography
• The Industrial Revolution
• London and its History
• Victoria and Her Family

• Africa
• Historical Context
• India
• Latin America

Industrial Revolution

• Britain
• Europe

Napoleonic Era

• Background
• His Military Exploits
• His Political Accomplishments
• The Person and his Family

Religions of the World

• Gods and Prophets
• Important People
• Places of Worship
• Religion and Society
• Religion in History
• Religious Beliefs
• Religious Ceremonies
• Sacred Writings

• Scientific Methods
• Scientific Hypotheses
• Scientific Experimentation
• Scientific Models
• Mathematics in Science
• Thinking Scientifically

Scientific Revolution

• Historical Events
• Important Ideas and Theories: BC
• Important Ideas and Theories: AD
• Important People
• Scientific Events
• Scientific Terms

Amazing Coral Reef

• Animals of the Coral Reef
• Camouflage in Coral Reefs
• Coral Reef Habitats
• Coral Reefs of the World
• Defense and Protection in Coral Reefs
• Protecting a Fragile Ecology
• Types of Coral Reefs

The Inner Planets

• Astronomers and Scientists
• Earth’s Atmosphere and Magnetic Field
• Earth’s Structure
• Mars
• Mercury
• Space Exploration
• The Solar System
• Venus
• The Moon

• Basic Cell Biology
• Meiotic
• Mitotic
• Sub Cellular Structures

Earth’s Natural Resources

• Energy Systems
• Future Resources
• Pollution
• Solar Energy
• Water Pollution
• Wildlife Resources

Evolution

• Environment and Evolution
• Genetics of Evolution
• Mathematics of Evolution
• Reproduction and Evolution
• Selection and Evolution
• Speciation

Plants and Animals

• Applied Biology
• Biochemistry
• Cell Division
• Classification
• Evolution
• Heredity
• Photosynthesis
• Reproduction
• Structure

The Universe

• Ancient Ideas and Modern Astronomers
• Black Holes
• Galaxies
• The Death of Stars
• Our Solar System
• Quasars and Pulsars
• Supernovas and the Birth of Stars
• The Universe

• A Science Fair Project
• A Spider’s Web
• From Egg to Chicken
• From Tadpole to Frog
• Growth of a Bean

Ecology

• Food Energy Flow
• Forest Animals
• Forests
• Grassland Animals
• Grasslands
• Photosynthesis
• The Pond Community
• Desert Animals
• Desert Environments
• Desert Plants
• Man-made Communities
• Seashore Animals
• Seashore Environment and Plant Life
• Swamp Animals
• Swamp Environments
• Swamp Plants

Genetics of Evolution

• Basic Genetics
• Exercises
• Genes
• Important People
• Mendel’s Experiments
• Mendel’s Principles
• Nucleic Acid
• Viruses

The Outer Planets

• Jupiter
• Jupiter’s Moons
• Neptune
• Neptune’s Moons
• Pluto
• Pluto’s Moon
• Saturn
• Saturn’s Moons and Rings
• Uranus
• Uranus’s Moons

• Early History of the Microscope
• Compound Microscopes of Today
• Magnification
• Getting a Good Image
• Magnification and Illumination Adjustments
• Uses and Limitations of Microscopes
• Kingdom Monera

Oceanography

• Exploring the Oceans
• Ocean Life: Life Cycles in the Sea
• Ocean Life: The Open Sea
• The Action of Currents, Tides and Waves
• The Changing Ocean Floor
• The Study of Seawater

Oceans

• Land and Sea
• Ocean Life
• Movement of Water
• Plate Tectonics
• Resources
• Sea Floor
• Seawater

The Earth

• Earth History
• Geologic Processes
• Rocks and Minerals
• The Earth in Space
• Physical Features of Earth

• 8 Parts of Speech
• How to Write Punctuation

Literature

The Ancient World: The Renaissance

• A Survey of Greek and Roman Classics
• A Survey of Medieval Literature
• A Survey of Renaissance Literature
• A Survey of the New Testament
• A Survey of the Old Testament
• Origins of European Literature

Biographies

• Other Authors, Artists and Entertainers
• Other Political Figures
• Reading and Writing Biographies
• The Life and Times of John F. Kennedy
• The Life and Words of Mark Twain
• The Life and Work of Marie Curie

• America in Perspective
• Aspects of Literature
• Biographical Notes
• English Society
• Historical Background
• Human Nature
• Prejudices
• The Biographical Dickens
• Views on America

Ernest Hemingway

• A Farewell to Arms
• Adams: The Nick Adams Stories
• Background
• For Whom the Bell Tolls
• The Old Man and the Sea
• The Snows of Kilimanjaro
• The Sun Also Rises

Shakespeare

• Elizabethan Age
• Elizabethan Stage Production
• English History
• Shakespeare’s Life
• Shakespeare’s Literature
• Shakespearean London
• Shakespearean Theater

• Elements of Drama
• Historical Trends Literary Movements
• Elements of Drama: Problems and Techniques
• Elements of Drama: Structure
• Elements of Drama: Terms
• Elements of Drama: Values
• Playwrights
• Theater

Short Fiction

• Authors and Works: Post WWII
• Authors and Works: Realism
• Authors and Works: Romanticism
• Authors and Works: WWI – WWII
• Fiction as an Art Form
• Fiction as History
• Fiction as Social Commentary
• The American Short Story

Understanding Poetry

• Interpretation: Reading and Meaning
• Poetry: Its Content
• Poetry: Its Form
• The Interpretation of a Poem

• Reason and Enlightenment
• Romanticism and Realism
• The Beginnings of Modern Literature

The World in Roman Times

• Empires in Roman Times
• Rise of the Roman Empire
• Literature in Roman Times
• Imperial Rome
• The Rise of Christianity

Greek Mythology

Practical Writing – The Yearling

Narrative Writing – Kidnapped