Lincoln Orens Distinctive Programs
- After-School Theatre Program and Production
- All-county and All-State Music Competitions
- All-County Art Exhibition
- Coordination with Island Park Public Library
- Cultural Arts Performances and Assemblies
- Discovery Program Grades 5 & 6 (Gifted and Talented)
- District Website (School Closings, Student Homework, Projects and Extra-Help Days posted)
- Extra Curricular (Art, Calligraphy, Chefs, Computer, Display, Guitar, Literary, Math, Model, Mural Painting, Science, Spanish)
- Field Trips (Greenkill, Broadway, Washington DC, Dolan DNA Center, etc.)
- Fire Safety Day
- FLES (Spanish Grades 5 & 6)
- High School Credit Courses (Integrated Algebra, Living Environment, Spanish, and Studio in Art)
- Homework Center
- Letters About Literature Contest
- Long Island Math Symposium
- Long Island Science Congress
- Long Island Scrabble Competition
- Mock Trial
- Music in Our Schools Month
- National Circus Project
- National Geo-Bee
- National Junior Honor Society
- NYSSMA (NYS Schools Music Association)
- PEAK
- Physical Education Demos and Sports Night
- Science Fair Virtual Words
- Second Step: Lessons in Friendship and Anti-bullying-US Dept. of Ed Award program
- Student Council (Grades 5 – 8)
Science - Fifth Grade
September:
Classifying Living Things
- Kingdom
- Phylum
- Class
October:
Continue Classifying Systems in Living Things
Life Processes in Animals and Plants
November:
Continue Systems
- Plant and Animal Parts
- Human Digestive System
December:
Continue Systems
- Human Respiratory System
- Human Circulatory System
January:
Continue Systems
- Human Excretory System
Forces and Motion
- Inertia, Friction, Gravity
February:
Continue Systems
- Plant and Animal Life Cycles
March:
Populations and Ecosystems
- Communities
April:
Continue Populations and Ecosystems
- Food Chains and Webs
- Biomes
- Biodiversity
May:
Matter and Energy
- Physical and Chemical Properties
- Compounds and Mixtures
- States of Matter
June:
Continue Matter and Energy
- Different Forms of Matter
- Physical and Chemical Changes
Science - Sixth Grade
September:
- Properties of light
- Electromagnetic radiation
- Types of light bulbs
- How to conserve energy
- How light travels in waves
- Reflection and refraction
- Plane, concave and convex mirrors
October:
- Concave and convex lenses
- Vision impairment and correction
- Refracting and reflecting telescopes
- Simple, compound and electron microscopes
- Relationships between color and light
- Transparent, translucent and opaque objects
- Properties of sound
- Parts of a sound wave
- Sound and music
November:
- Controlling sound
- Hearing loss
- Changes in sound technology
- The scientific method
- Characteristics of matter
- Calculating mass, volume and density
- Particles of matter in motion
December:
- Periodic tale of elements
- Chemical formulas and chemical symbols
- Compounds, mixtures and solutions
January:
- Force of attraction between molecules
- Physical and chemical changes
- Atomic structure - protons, neutrons, electrons and ions
- Law of conservation of mass
- Acids, bases and neutral substances
- Cause and prevention of acid rain
February:
- Sexual and asexual reproduction
- Endangered species
- Genes and heredity
March:
- Inherited and learned traits
- Genes and environmental factors
- Gregor Mendell
- Punnett square
- Fossils
- Geologic time scale
- Extinction of dinosaurs
April:
- Charles Darwin
- Evolution
- Selective breeding
- Natural selection
- Competition
- Pangaea -the super continent
May:
- Alfred Wegener
- Continental drift
- Theory of plate tectonics
- Sea-floor spreading
- S.O.N.A.R.
- Formation of mountains
- Volcanoes
- Earthquakes
June:
- Earthquakes and volcanoes continued
- Hawaiian Islands
- Tsunamis
- Final exam review
Science - Seventh Grade
Science Fair Topics, Research, Preparation
The Nature of Life - Origins of Life; Characteristics of Living Things
October:
The Nature of Life - Needs of Living Things; Chemistry of Living Things
Cell Structure and Function
The Cell Theory - Structure and Function of Cells
Continue Science Fair Project - Research, Bibliography, Hypothesis, Materials, Procedures, Experiment
Microscope - Parts and Use
Cell Processes - Moving Materials Into and Out of Cells
Diffusion, Osmosis and Active Transport
Cell Growth and Division (Mitosis)
The Nature of Life - Origins of Life; Characteristics of Living Things
November:
Cell Energy
Photosynthesis - Capturing and Converting Sunlight
Science Fair Abstract
Respiration - Using the Energy in Food
Plants and Photosynthesis
Human Biology - The Human Body
December:
Artificial Body Parts (Bionics)
Science Fair
The Skeletal and Muscular System
Joints
Muscle Fatigue
Global Warming and Climate Change
January:
Digestive System
The Importance of Food - Digestion of Food
Measuring Calories
Maintaining Good Health
The Circulatory System - Circulation in the Body
February:
The Respiratory System and Excretory Systems
Body Systems
Nervous and Endocrine Systems
Characteristics of Living Things
March:
Continue Nervous and Endocrine Systems
The Senses
The Brain
Properties of Matter - Matter, Mass and Weight; Volume and Density
Long Island Science Congress
April:
Continue Properties of Matter
Physical and Chemical Changes
Phases of Matter - Phase Changes
Solids, Liquids and Gases
May:
Elements
Compounds
Atoms - Building Blocks of Matter
An Atomic Model of Matter
Structure of the Atom
Chemical Energy
Periodic Table
Chemistry of Matter
Photosynthesis - Capturing and Converting Sunlight
June:
This month is set aside for review.
Social Studies - Fifth Grade
September:
- Maps & Globes
- Constitution/ Bill of Rights
- Federalism
- The three Branches of Government
- "Check & Balances"
- Citizenship
October:
- Latitude/Longitude
- New York State Geographical Regions
- Iroquois
- New York State History - (Dutch Rule)
- Colonial New York
November:
- Thanksgiving - Pilgrims
- Immigration
- The Louisiana Purchase
December:
- The Industrial Revolution
- The American Flag - "Star-Spangled Banner"
- Andrew Jackson
- The War of 1812
January:
- Development of Transportation - Roads, Rivers & Rails
- Erie Canal
- The Alamo
- Texas Independence - War between U.S. & Mexico
- Martin Luther King
- Slavery/Abolition
- Harriet Tubman
February:
- Underground Railroad
- The Civil War
- Abraham Lincoln
- Andrew Douglas
- Black History Month
- The Confederacy-Jefferson Davis
March:
- The End of the Civil War R-Construction
- Woman's History Month
- The Transcontinental Railroad
- The West-cattle industry/cowboy life
April:
- Life in the Great Plains
- The Pioneers
- Ellis Island
- Theodore Roosevelt
- The Assembly Line-Henry Ford
- Class trip to see The Diary of Anne Frank
May:
- World War I
- The "Roaring Twenties"
- The Great Depression
- World War II - Franklin D. Roosevelt
- The Holocaust
- Japan - Harry Truman - Hiroshima
June:
- The Civil Rights Movement
- Ruby Bridges
- President Lyndon Johnson/John Kennedy
- U.S. after 1960
- Vietnam
- President Carter/Ronald Regan
- The 1991 Persian Gulf War
- Compass Rose
Social Studies - Sixth Grade
- Using globes
- Using maps
- Different types of maps
- Regions of the world
- Regions and cultures
- What is culture?
- Cultural concepts
- Mini case studies of the people of the Eastern Hemisphere
- Understanding primary and secondary sources
- Archaeologists vs. historians
- Prehistory
- Old and New Stone Age
- Changes in technology and tools
- Art/religion/specialization
- Agriculture changes the world-beginning of civilizations
November: River Valley Civilizations
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Mesopotamia
° Geography
° Babylon and Sumer-history, economy, technology
° Birth of Judaism
° Government
- Ancient Egypt
° Geography
° History
° Economy
° Traditions, Government
- Indus River
° Geography
° Civilization
° Economy
° Their Fall
- Ancient China
° Geography
° Shang Dynasty
° Values
° Writing
° Legacy
- History
- Economy
- Geography
- Government
- History
- Economy
- Geography
- Government
- Geography of Europe
- Middle Ages
- Churches in the Middle Ages
- The Renaissance
- The Reformation
April: Empires and Cultures of Asia
- Geography
- Ottomans
- India under the Mongols
- The Khmer of Southeast Asia
- Great Empires of China
- Feudal Japan
- Geography
- Aztec Empire
- Incas
- Early People of North America
- Beginning of modern science
- Age of exploration
- Europeans in the Americas
- A European colony in Australia
- French Revolution
- Colonies gain independence
- Industrial Revolution
- Rise of industrial Japan
- WWI
- WWII
- New Nations Europe, Africa, and Asia today
Social Studies - Seventh Grade
Point of View
Cause and Effect
Themes of Geography
The First Americans
Native American Culture Areas and Culture Group
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Iroquois and Algonquin in New York State
Project
European Conceptions of the World 1500
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Revival of towns and trade
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End of Feudalism
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Effect of the Crusades
October:
European Search for a Water Route to Asia
Christopher Columbus
Columbian Exchange
European Exploration of the Americas
Establishment of Spanish Empire in the Americas
Life in New Spain
European Competition for Colonies
Establishment of the English Colonies in North America
Establishment of New France
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
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Dutch Settlement of New Netherlands
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New Amsterdam
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November:
Southern Colonies
Slavery in the English Colonies
English Colonies by 1750
English Tradition of Rights
English Control of Colonial Trade
French & Indian War
Background Causes of the American Revolution
Colonial Protest Against British Policies and Taxation
December:
Continued Colonial Protest Against British Policies
Shift from Protest to Separation from Britan
Second Continental Congress
Declaration of Independence
American Revolution
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Project: Patriot Personalities
January:
Economic, Political and Social Changes Caused by the Revolution
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Military and Political Aspects of the Revolution
Economic, Political and Social Changes Cause by the Revolution
New Nation – Articles of Confederation
The Critical Period
New York State Constitution
US Constitution
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Compromises and Writing the Constition
February:
US Constitution
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Preamble
-
Principal of the Constitution
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Lawmaking
-
Amendments
Project: Bill of Rights
New Government in Operation
Washington Administration
Early Challenges to the US Constitution
Adams Administration
Election of 1800
Jefferson Administration
Lewis and Clark Expedition
March:
War of 1812
US Foreign Policy Following the War of 1812
Pre-industrial Age 1790
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Patterns of Community Organization, Work and Family
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Age of Homespun in New York State
The Age of Jackson and the Common Man
Early Industrialization
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Development of the Factory System
Project: Early Industrialization
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Development s in trade and transportation
Erie Canal
April:
Expansion West
Slavery and Abolition
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Cotton Kingdom in the South
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African Americans and Slavery
Social Changes: Reform Movement
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Abolition
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Education
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Suffrage/Women's Rights
Emergence of American Culture
May:
Underlying Causes of the Civil War
Territorial Expansion and the Expansion of Slavery
Manifest Destiny
Mexican War
Growing Division between the North and South
Civil War
Lincoln Administration
Military and Political Aspects of the Civil War
June:
Changing Focus of Civil War
New York State and the Civil War
Gettysburg
End of the Civil War
Effects of the Civil War; Political, Economic and Social
Reconstruction and Rebuilding
Social Studies - Eighth Grade
The Civil War:
- Life during the war
- Reconstruction plans
- Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- 13, 14, 15 Amendments
- Life in the South
- Plessy vs. Ferguson and Jim Crow
Industrialization
- Growth of railroads
- New inventions and technology
- Capitalism and the rise of corporations and monopolies
- Entrepreneurs, philanthropist, and the "Guilded Age"
- Old and New Immigrants
- Changing culture and nativism
- Urbanization
- The Labor Movement
The Progressive Movement
- Muckrakers
- Temperance and suffrage
- Reforming business
- The Western Frontier
- Native American struggles
- Latin American Policies
- The Spanish-American War
World War I
- America's road to war
- Searching for peace - the 14 points
- Stock market and consumer economy
- Jazz Age culture
The Great Depression and New Deal
- Causes and life during the Great Depression
- Effects of the New Deal
World War II
- Road to war
- Life on the home front
- The Holocaust
The 1950's
- Post war boom, suburbanization, and culture
- Cold War origins and politics
The Anti War and Civil Rights Movement
- Roots of the struggle and major events
- Changes in government
- Nixon's foreign policy and Watergate
Toward A New Century
- Carter and the Middle East
- Reaganomics
- Bush and the end of the Cold War
- Clinton, "The Contract With America," NAFTA, and the global economy
- G.H.W. Bush and the war on terror
June:
NYS Assessment (June 5-6) and independent research papers.
