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Chapter 1 Social Studies • History and Geography Day 01...3 History and Culture Clues from the Past Day 02...7 The American Government Three Important American Documents Day 03...11 The Election System of the United States The American Presidential Election System Day 04...15 The American Civil War The Civil War Day 05...19 Post-Civil War Reconstruction Day 06...23 The Nation Grows Industrialization and Urbanization Day 07...27 War and Revolution The Age of Imperialism Day 08...31 World War II World War II Wrap-Up Test 1...35 Chapter 2 Science Day 09...39 Living Things and Their Environments Interactions among Living Things Day 10...43 How Do Ecosystems Change? Biomes and Ecological Succession Day 11...47 Earth's Surface Earth's Changing Crust Day 12...51 Earth's Atmosphere What Makes Up the Atmosphere? Day 13...55 The Properties and Structure of Matter Atoms, Elements and Compounds Day 14...59 Matter and How It Changes Mixtures and Solutions Day 15...63 The Human Body The Stages of Growth in the Human Body Wrap-Up Test 2...67 Chapter 3 Mathematics • Language • Visual Arts • Music Day 16...71 Computation The Order of Operations and Inverse Operations Day 17...75 Probability and Statistics Ratios, Percents and Probabilities Day 18...79 Stories, Myths and Legends Echo and Narcissus Day 19...83 Learning about Language Common Mistakes in English Day 20...87 The Renaissance The Rebirth of the Arts Day 21...91 Musical Instructions Italian for Composers Wrap-Up Test 3...95 Answers and Translations...99 Word List...117