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Parents looking for information about their child’s course of study can find curriculum pacing guides, subject group overviews, and unit plans below. Please reach out directly to the teacher for information and support if the course of study is not listed.
K-5 Curriculum (2023-2024)
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ELA
Kindergarten
Unit 1: Form and Function of Nursery Rhymes
Unit 2: Using Our Senses to Investigate Physical Properties
Unit 3: Good Friends Make Good Citizens
Unit 4: Symbols of America’s Values, Goals, and History
Unit 5: Farms, Plants, and Animals
1st Grade
Unit 1: Stories that Build Community
Unit 3: Survival of Plants and Animals in a Habitat
Unit 4: Weather Patterns and Effects
Unit 5: Stories from Around the World
2nd Grade
Unit 1: Folktales with Cultural Emphasis
Unit 2: The Sun and Moon’s Patterns and Effects on Earth
Unit 3: The Government — Rules to Live By
Unit 4: Georgia's Physical and Human Geography
3rd Grade
Unit 1: Stories as Inspiration to Make a Difference
Unit 2: Rocks, Soil, and Fossils
Unit 3: Poetry — The Meaning Behind the Words
Unit 4: Plant and Animal Survival in Georgia’s Natural Habitats
Unit 5: Early American Indian Culture
4th Grade
Unit 1: Patterns and Effects of Weather and Climate
Unit 2: Form and Function of Myths, Poem, and Plays
Unit 3: America Establishes Its Independence and Identity
Unit 4: Characteristics of and Interactions Among Celestial Bodies
Unit 5: America Expands Westward
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Math
Kindergarten
MCS Kindergarten Math Curriculum Map 2023-2024
Unit 1: Wondering About My World and Investigating to Find Answers
Unit 2: Shapes in My World (2-D shapes)
Unit 3: How Many? Numbers Up to Twenty
Unit 4: Numerical Reasoning — Understanding and Using Addition and Subtraction in My Life
1st Grade
MCS 1st Grade Math Curriculum Map 2023-2024
Unit 1: Extending Number Sequence Understanding to Build, Compare and Interpret Numbers within 120
Unit 2: Building and Explaining the Relationship Between Addition and Subtraction
2nd Grade
MCS 2nd Grade Math Curriculum Map 2023-2024
Unit 1: Using Tables, Graphs and Charts
Unit 2: Building Fluency with Addition and Subtraction
3rd Grade
MCS 3rd Grade Math Curriculum Map 2023-2023
Unit 1: Building a Strong Foundation
Unit 2: Exploring Multiplication
4th Grade
MCS 4th Grade Math Curriculum Map 2023-2024
Unit 1: Making Relevant Connections with Place Value Understanding, Addition and Subtraction of Whole Numbers
Unit 2: Exploring Real Life Phenomena through Patterning and Algebraic Reasoning
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Science
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Social Studies
Kindergarten
MCS Kindergarten Social Studies Curriculum Pacing Guide
Unit 1: Connecting Themes in Kindergarten Social Studies
1st Grade
MCS 1st Grade Social Studies Curriculum Pacing Guide
Unit 1: Connecting Themes in First Grade Social Studies
Unit 2: Geography and Map Skills
Unit 3: Our National Heritage (Patriotism and Citizenship)
Unit 4: Inventors and Thinkers
2nd Grade
MCS 2nd Grade Social Studies Curriculum Pacing Guide
Unit 1: Connecting Themes in Second Grade Social Studies
Unit 2: Our Georgia — Geography
Unit 3: Our Georgia — Government
Unit 4: Georgia's First People
3rd Grade
MCS 3rd Grade Social Studies Curriculum Pacing Guide
Unit 1: The Themes of Social Studies
Unit 2: United States Geography
Unit 3: Citizenship and Democratic Beliefs
4th Grade
MCS 4th Grade Social Studies Curriculum Pacing Guide
Unit 1: Connecting Themes in Fourth Grade Social Studies
Unit 6: Challenges of a New Nation
6-12 Curriculum (2023-2024)
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ELA
6th Grade ELA
Unit 1: Myths — Not Just Long Ago
Unit 3: Understanding Perspectives — Land of the Lost Mountain
6th Grade ELA Honors
MCS MYP Grade 6 Honors ELA SGO
Unit 1: Scientific and Technical Innovation
Unit 2: Orientation in Time and Space
Unit 3: Identities and Relationships
7th Grade ELA
Unit 3: Understanding Perspectives
Unit 4: Reading and Research — Screen Time and the Developing Brain
7th Grade ELA Honors
MCS MYP Grade 7 Honors ELA SGO
Unit 2: Personal and Cultural Expression
8th Grade ELA
8th Grade ELA Honors
MCS MYP Grade 8 Honors ELA SGO
Unit 1: Identities and Relationships
Unit 2: Fairness and Development
Unit 3: Science and Technical Innovation
10th Grade ELA
MCS MYP Language and Literature Grade 10 SGO
Unit 1: Extending Freedom’s Reach
Unit 2: Blindness and Sight — Personal and Cultural Expression
American Lit
Unit 1: Narrative Writing and Native American Voices
Unit 2: The Call for a Nation — Belief and Revolution through Argument Colonialism and Revolution
Advanced Composition
Unit 1: Who Are You? (Be Somebody) — Informational/Narrative Essay Writing & Syntax
Unit 2: Where Are You Going? (Be Somebody) — Analytical Reading/Writing & Research Skills
IB Lang + Lit Y1
MCS DP IB Language and Literature Y1 SGO
Unit 1: Perspective and Culture
IB Lang + Lit Y2
MCS DP IB Language and Literature Y2 SGO
Unit 4: Politics, Power, and Justice
AP Lit
Unit 1: All Stories are Ghost Stories — Works of Haunting in the American South (Short Fiction)
Unit 2: Modern Love and Other Contradictions — 19th–21st Century Poetry of Longing and Misunderstanding
Unit 3: Long Fiction — Adaptations, Motivations, and Authorial Choices
Unit 4: The Importance of Contrasts — Despair, Overcoming, The Individual and Society, and War
Unit 5: Let’s Get Magical and Metaphysical with Figurative Association — Magical Realism in Short Fiction, and Conceits in the Poetry of John Donne
Unit 6: Let's Get Metaphysical With Figurative Association — Conceits in Poetry
AP Language
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Math
6th Grade
MCS MYP Grade 6 Mathematics SGO
Unit 1: Exploring Real-Life Phenomena Through Statistics
Unit 2: Making Relevant Connections through Number System Fluency
Unit 3: Investigating Rate, Ratio and Proportional Reasoning
Unit 4: Building Conceptual Understanding of Expressions
Unit 5: Exploring Real-life Phenomena through One-Step Equations and Inequalities
Unit 6: Exploring Area and Volume
Unit 7: Rational Explorations — Numbers and their Opposites
6th Grade Honors
MCS MYP Grade 6 Honors Mathematics SGO
Unit 1: Exploring Real-Life Phenomena Through Statistics (Honors)
Unit 2: Making Relevant Connections through Number System Fluency (Honors)
Unit 3: Investigating Rate, Ratio and Proportional Reasoning (Honors)
Unit 4: Building Conceptual Understanding of Expressions (Honors)
Unit 5: Exploring Real-life Phenomena through One-Step Equations and Inequalities (Honors)
Unit 6: Exploring Area and Volume (Honors)
Unit 7: Rational Explorations — Numbers and their Opposites (Honors)
Accelerated 6/7
MCS MYP Accelerated Grade 6/7 Mathematics SGO
Unit 1: Exploring Real-Life Phenomena Through Statistics (Accelerated 6/7)
Unit 2: Rational Exploration — Numbers and Their Opposites
Unit 3: Making Relevant Connections Within and Through the Number System
Unit 4: Investigating Rate, Ratio and Proportional Reasoning
Unit 5: Building Conceptual Understanding of Expressions
Unit 6: Exploring Real-life Phenomena through One-Step Equations and Inequalities
7th Grade
MCS MYP Grade 7 Mathematics SGO
Unit 1: Making Relevant Connections within The Number System
Unit 2: Reasoning with Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities
Unit 3: Exploring Ratios and Proportional Relationships
Unit 4: Making Relevant Connections with Geometry
7th Grade Honors
MCS MYP Grade 7 Honors Mathematics SGO
Unit 1: Making Relevant Connections within The Number System (Honors)
Unit 2: Reasoning with Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities (Honors)
Unit 3: Exploring Ratios and Proportional Relationships (Honors)
Unit 4: Making Relevant Connections with Geometry (Honors)
Accelerated 7/8
MCS MYP Accelerated Grade 7/8 Mathematics SGO
Unit 1: Investigating Probability
Unit 2: Exploring Irrational Numbers, Integer Exponents, and Scientific Notation
Unit 3: Investigating Linear Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities in One Variable
Unit 4: Modeling Linear Relationships and Functions
Unit 5: Investigating Data & Statistical Reasoning
Unit 6: Real-Life Phenomena Explored Through Systems of Linear Equations
Unit 7: Making Relevant Connections with Geometry
8th Grade
MCS MYP Grade 8 Mathematics SGO
Unit 1: Investigating Linear Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities in One Variable
Unit 2: Modeling Linear Relationships and Functions
Unit 3: Investigating Data and Statistical Reasoning
Unit 4: Real-Life Phenomena Explored Through Systems of Linear Equation
Unit 5: Irrational Numbers, Integer Exponents and Scientific Notation
8th Grade Honors
MCS MYP Grade 8 Honors Mathematics SGO
Unit 1: Investigating Linear Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities in One Variable (Honors)
Unit 2: Modeling Linear Relationships and Functions (Honors)
Unit 3: Investigating Data and Statistical Reasoning (Honors)
Unit 4: Real-Life Phenomena Explored Through Systems of Linear Equations (Honors)
Unit 5: Irrational Numbers, Integer Exponents and Scientific Notation (Honors)
Algebra Concepts & Connections
MCS MYP Algebra: Concepts & Connections SGO
Unit 1: Modeling Linear Functions
Unit 2: Analyzing Linear Inequalities
Unit 3: Investigating Rational and Irrational Numbers
Unit 4: Modeling and Analyzing Quadratic Functions
Unit 5: Modeling and Analyzing Exponential Expressions and Equations
Unit 6: Analyzing Exponential Functions
Honors Algebra Concepts & Connections
MCS MYP Honors Algebra: Concepts & Connections SGO
Unit 1: Modeling Linear Functions (Honors)
Unit 2: Analyzing Linear Inequalities (Honors)
Unit 3: Investigating Rational and Irrational Numbers (Honors)
Unit 4: Modeling and Analyzing Quadratic Functions (Honors)
Unit 5: Modeling and Analyzing Exponential Expressions and Equations (Honors)
Unit 6: Analyzing Exponential Functions (Honors)
Unit 7: Exploring Rational Functions (Honors)
Unit 8: Algebraic Connections to Geometric Concepts (Honors)
Enhanced Algebra: Concepts & Connections
MCS MYP Enhanced Algebra C&C (Grade 8) SGO
Unit 1: Modeling Linear Relationships & Functions
Unit 2: Analyzing Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities
Unit 3: Investigating Rational and Irrational Numbers
Unit 4: Modeling and Analyzing Quadratic Functions (Enhanced)
Unit 5: Modeling and Analyzing Exponential Expressions, Equations and Functions
Unit 6: Investigating Data and Statistical Reasoning
Geometry Concepts & Connections
MCS MYP Geometry: Concepts & Connections SGO
Unit 1: Polynomial Expressions
Unit 2: Geometric Foundations, Constructions, and Proof
Unit 4: Investigating Similarity
Unit 5: Right Triangle Trigonometry
Unit 6: Making Sense of Circles
Unit 7: Modeling with Equations and Measurement
Honors Geometry Concepts & Connections
MCS MYP Honors Geometry: Concepts & Connections SGO
Unit 1: Polynomial Expressions (Honors)
Unit 2: Geometric Foundations, Constructions, and Proof (Honors)
Unit 5: Right Triangle Trigonometry (Honors)
Unit 6: Making Sense of Circles (Honors)
Unit 7: Modeling with Equations and Measurement (Honors)
Advanced Algebra Concepts & Connections
MCS Advanced Algebra: Concepts & Connections SGO
Unit 1: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
Unit 2: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Unit 3: Investigating Radical Functions
Unit 4: Modeling Polynomial Functions
Unit 5: Investigating Linear Algebra and Matrices
Unit 6: Trigonometry and the Unit Circle
Honors Advanced Algebra Concepts & Connections
MCS Honors Advanced Algebra: Concepts & Connections SGO
Unit 1: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics (Honors)
Unit 2: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions (Honors)
Unit 4: Modeling Polynomial Functions
Unit 5: Investigating Linear Algebra and Matrices
Unit 6: Trigonometry and the Unit Circle
Statistical Reasoning
Unit 2: Statistics as a Problem-Solving Process and the Role of Questioning
Unit 3: Collecting/Considering Data and Types of Studies (Including Non-Traditional Data)
Unit 4: Analyzing Data and the Role of Distributions
Unit 5: Interpreting Results to Answer the Statistical Investigative Question
Advanced Mathematical Decision Making (AMDM)
Unit 1: Using the Power of Mathematical Reasoning to Make Decisions
Unit 2: Using Probability to Make Decisions
Unit 3: Using Statistical Studies to Make Decisions
Unit 4: Using Mathematical Models to Make Decisions
Unit 5: Using Vectors and Matrices to Make Decisions
AP Statistics
Unit 1: Exploring One-Variable Data
Unit 2: Exploring Two-Variable Data
Unit 4: Probability, Random Variables, and Probability Distributions
Unit 5: Sampling Distributions
Unit 6: Inference for Categorical Data — Proportions
Unit 7: Inference for Quantitative Data — Means
AP Precalculus
Unit 1: Polynomial and Rational Functions
Unit 2: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Unit 3: Trigonometric and Polar Functions
Unit 4: Functions involving Parameters, Vectors, and Matrices
AP Calculus A/B
Unit 1: Limits & Continuity (A/B)
Unit 2: Differentiation — Definition and Basic Derivative Rules (A/B)
Unit 3: Differentiation — Composite, Implicit, and Inverse Function (A/B)
Unit 4: Contextual Applications of Differentiation (A/B)
Unit 5: Analytical Applications of Differentiation (A/B)
Unit 6: Integration & Accumulation of Change (A/B)
AP Calculus B/C
Unit 1: Limits & Continuity (B/C)
Unit 2: Differentiation — Definition and Basic Derivative Rules (B/C)
Unit 3: Differentiation — Composite, Implicit, and Inverse Function (B/C)
Unit 4: Contextual Applications of Differentiation (B/C)
Unit 5: Analytical Applications of Differentiation (B/C)
Unit 6: Integration & Accumulation of Change (B/C)
Unit 7: Applications of Integration (B/C)
Unit 8: Infinite Sequences & Series (B/C)
Unit 9: Differential Equations (B/C)
Unit 10: Parametric Equations, Polar Coordinates, and Vector-valued Functions (B/C)
IB Math Applications & Interpretations (AI) SL Y2
Unit 1: Statistics and Probability
IB Math Analysis & Approaches (AA) SL Y1
Unit 1: Numbers & Algebra (SL)
Unit 3: Geometry & Trigonometry
IB Math Analysis & Approaches (AA) SL Y2
Unit 1: Limits, Average Rate of Change, Intro to Derivatives
IB Math Analysis & Approaches (AA) HL Y2
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Physical Education (PE)/Health
6th Grade Physical & Health Education
7th Grade Physical & Health Education
8th Grade Physical & Health Education
Grade 8 Physical Education & Health SGO
Unit 1: Grade 8 Health and Personal Fitness
Unit 2: Grade 8 Health and Personal Fitness
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Science
6th Grade
Unit 1: Solar System and Beyond
Unit 3A: Earth’s Changing Landscape — Plate Tectonics
Unit 3B: Earth's Changing Landscape — Rocks and Minerals
6th Grade Honors
MCS MYP Grade 6 Honors Science SGO
Unit 1: Solar System and Beyond (Honors)
Unit 2: Earth, Moon, Sun (Honors)
Unit 3A: Earth’s Changing Landscape — Plate Tectonics (Honors)
Unit 3B: Earth's Changing Landscape — Rocks and Minerals (Honors)
Unit 4: Water in Earth's Processes (Honors)
7th Grade Honors
MCS MYP Grade 7 Honors Science SGO
Unit 1: Ecology and Biomes (Honors)
Unit 2: Cells, Cell Processes, and Human Body (Honors)
Unit 4: Natural Selection (Honors)
8th Grade
Unit 1: Harnessing Human Energy
Unit 2: States of Matter, Phase Changes, and Thermal Energy
Unit 3: Atomic Structure & Periodic Table
Unit 4: Classification & Properties of Matter
Unit 6: Non-Contact Forces (Gravitational, Electrical, Magnetic)
8th Grade Honors
MCS Grade 8 Honors Science SGO
Unit 1: Energy Forms and Transformations
Unit 2: States of Matter, Phase Changes, and Thermal Energy (Honors)
Unit 3: Atomic Structure, Periodic Table, and LOCOM
Unit 4: Classification & Properties of Matter (Honors)
Unit 6: Non-Contact Forces — Gravitational, Electrical, Magnetic (Honors)
8th Grade Accelerated Physical Science
MCS Grade 8 Accelerated Physical Science SGO
Unit 2: Atomic Structure and Periodic Table
Unit 3: Principles of Atomic Bonding
9th Grade Physical Science
Unit 2: Periodic Table and Chemical Reactions
Biology
Unit 1: Ecology — Stability and Change in Ecosystems
Unit 2: Forces of Microevolution and Patterns of Macroevolution
Unit 4: Mendelian and Non-Mendelian Genetics — Patterns of Heredity
Unit 5: Molecular Genetics — DNA Replication, Protein Synthesis, and Biotechnology
Unit 6: Cells — Structure and Function of Living Systems
Unit 7: Cell Respiration Photosynthesis — Energy Transfer through Cells
Chemistry
Unit 2: Electrons and Periodicity
Unit 3: Properties and Bonding
Environmental Science
Forensics
Unit 2: Crime Scene Investigation & Collection
Unit 3: Physical Evidence — Hair, Fiber, Soil Glass Analysis
Unit 4: Fingering Printing, Impressions, Tool Marks
Unit 5: Forms of Communication
Unit 6: Biological Evidence — DNA Profiling
Unit 7: Biological Evidence — Blood Typing & Bloodstain Patterns
IB Environmental Systems & Societies (ESS) Y1
Unit 2: Ecosystems and Ecology
Unit 3: Human Population Growth
IB Environmental Systems & Societies (ESS) Y2
Unit 1: Water and Aquatic Food Systems
Unit 2: Internal Assessment Proposals
Unit 3: Atmospheric Systems and Societies
Unit 4: Climate Change and Energy Production
IB Biology Y1
Unit 2: Molecular Biology—Structure and Function
IB Chemistry Y2
Unit 2: Reacting Masses and Volumes — Oxidation and Reduction, Electrochemical Cells
Unit 3: Electron Configuration and Periodic Trends
Unit 4: Covalent Structure and Intermolecular Forces
Unit 5: Functional Group Chemistry and Spectroscopic Identification of Organic Compounds
Theory of Knowledge (TOK) S1
Unit 1: Human and Natural Sciences (A)
Unit 3: Knowledge and Technology
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Social Studies
6th Grade Individuals & Societies
MCS MYP Individuals & Societies Grade 6 SGO
Unit 1: Where in the World is Europe?
Unit 2: Key Historical Events in Europe
Unit 3: How Europe’s Governments and Economies Work
Unit 4: Grade 6 Individuals and Societies
Unit 5: The History of Latin America
6th Grade Honors Individuals & Societies
MCS MYP Individuals & Societies Grade 6 Honors SGO
Unit 1: Geography’s Themes and Physical Systems
Unit 2: Human Environment Interaction
Unit 4: The Influence of Geography on History
Unit 5: Geography and Governmental Systems
7th Grade Individuals & Societies
MCS MYP Individuals & Societies Grade 7 SGO
Unit 1: The Continent of Africa — (1A) Geography and Government, (1B) History and Economics
Unit 2: Exploring Southwest Asia — (2A) Geography and Government, (2B) Economics and History
Unit 3: Southern and Eastern Asia — (3A) Geography and Government, (3B) Economics and History
7th Grade Honors Individuals & Societies
MCS MYP Grade 7 Honors Individuals & Societies SGO
Unit 1: Themes and Regions of the World
8th Grade Individuals & Societies
MCS MYP Grade 8 Individuals & Societies SGO
8th Grade Honors Individuals & Societies
MCS MYP Grade 8 Honors Individuals & Societies SGO
Unit 1: Georgia, Home Sweet Home — Economics and Geography
Unit 2: Georgia, Origins and Changes
American Government
MCS MYP American Government SGO
Unit 1: Foundations and the United States Federal System of Government
Personal Finance and Economics
MCS MYP Personal Finance and Economics SGO
Unit 1: Fundamentals of Economic Decision Making
Unit 2: Understanding Microeconomics
Unit 3: Measuring Economic Activity and Fiscal Policy
Unit 4: Money, Banking, Credit, and the Federal Reserve
Unit 5: Making Personal Financial Decisions
World History
MCS Individuals & Societies World History SGO
Unit 1: Ancient Civilizations of the World
Unit 2: Classical Mediterranean Societies & Empires
Unit 3: Regional Empires & Trade
Unit 4A: European and Asian Middle Ages
Unit 4B: Renaissance and Reformation
Unit 5: The Americas and the Age of Exploration
Unit 6: The Enlightenment & Age of Revolutions
Unit 7: Industrialization, Nationalism, Imperialism, and WWI
AP World History
Units 1–2: The Global Tapestry and Networks of Exchange (1200–1450)
Unit 3: Land-Based Empires (1450–1750)
Unit 4: Transoceanic Connections (1450–1750)
Unit 5: Revolutions (1750–1900)
Unit 6: Consequences of Industry (1750–1900)
Unit 7: Global Conflict (1900–present)
US History
MCS Individuals & Societies US History SGO
Unit 2: Revolution to Constitution
Unit 3: Early Republic, Expansion, and Reform
Unit 4: Sectionalism, Civil War, and Reconstruction
Unit 6: World War I and the 1920s
Unit 7: Great Depression and World War II
AP Psychology
Unit 1: Scientific Foundations of Psychology
Unit 2: Biological Bases of Psychology
Unit 3: Sensation and Perception
Unit 6: Developmental Psychology
Ethnic Studies
MCS Individuals & Societies Ethnic Studies SGO
Unit 1: Introduction to Ethnicity and Ethnic Groups; Immigration and Migration
Unit 2: Historical Conflicts, Reaction, and Cultural Movements
Unit 3: Building Community — Opportunity for Advancement, Innovations, and Contributions
The United States & World Affairs
MCS The United States and World Affairs SGO
Unit 1: Influence of Geography on Human Activities
US History through Film
Unit 1: The Foundation of America
Unit 2: The Nation Expands and Divides Westward Expansion and Civil War
Unit 3: America Grows and Faces Change
IB History of the Americas (HOTA) Y1
Unit 1: Worlds Collide — PreColumbian to 1763
Unit 2: Early American History
Unit 3: US Civil War — Causes, Course and Effects (1840–1877)
Unit 4: Development of Modern America (1856–1929)
Unit 5: Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs
Unit 6: Great Depression and World War 2
IB History of the Americas (HOTA) Y2
MCS IB 20th Century History (HOTA Y2) SGO
Unit 1: Emergence, Consolidation and Policies of Hitler; Causes, Practices and Effects of WW2 in Europe
Unit 2: Conflict and Intervention
