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ELA Core 6th Grade
The Grade 6 Core ELA course launches the middle school progression (Self → Belonging → Systems) by grounding students in the power of story. Students discover how sharing stories builds community, how mentorship and craft connect individuals to heritage, and how research can make overlooked contributions visible. At the heart of the course is a central question: How do stories help us understand who we are, where we come from, and what we can discover?
Unit 1: Setting Out: Voice, Self & Agency
Unit 2: The Art of Learning: Craft, Mentorship & Tradition
Unit 3: Curiosity, Evidence & Discovery: Hidden Figures
Unit 4: Myths, Monsters & Modern Stories
ELA Core 7th Grade
The Grade 7 Core ELA course deepens the middle school progression (Self → Belonging → Systems) by asking students to look beyond their own experience and witness the lives, histories, and struggles of others. Students examine how identity is shaped by social class, cultural memory, economic opportunity, and biological connection and begin to develop the civic awareness and analytical voice needed to analyze fairness and argue effectively. At the heart of the course is a central question: How do we learn to see beyond our own experience and what do we do with what we witness?
Unit 1: Belonging & Identity: Social Life, Empathy & Perspective
Unit 2: Witness, Testimony & Argument: Reading the Historical Record
Unit 3: Dreams & Barriers: Researching Opportunity in America
Unit 4: Connections that Shape Us: Family, Culture & Identity
ELA Core 8th Grade
The Grade 8 Core ELA course is the culminating stage of the middle school progression (Self → Belonging → Systems), preparing students to analyze complex literature and historical narratives through the lens of power, memory, and civic responsibility. Students examine how systems form, evolve, and can be reimagined — and how storytelling helps societies preserve what matters, evaluate what has gone wrong, and envision what comes next. At the heart of the course is a central question: How do we use stories to remember, to think critically, and to imagine a better future?
Unit 1: Roots & Remembrance: Civic Life & Shared Histories
Unit 2: Power, Propaganda & the Art of Persuasion
Unit 3: Recovery & Reciprocity: Ecology, Science & Our Natural World
Unit 4: Stories for the Future: Preserving Memory & Culture