A description of ALL Riverside Campus courses can be found
HERE.
ENGLISH:
8th Grade
Riverside Local Schools utilizes the Reading and Writing Units of Study as their primary instructional material for teaching reading and writing in grades K - 8. The website for the instructional material can be found here:
In addition, teachers in grades 3-8 use this supplemental resource to support language arts skill development:
All English course syllabi can be found here:
English I and English II
All students are required to take English I or English I Honors and English II or English II Honors. Riverside teachers utilize the Pre-AP Courses of Study as their primary instructional materials for these courses. Information on the Pre-Ap English material can be found here:
Riverside also offers two AP English courses. Information on the materials for those courses can be found here:
MATH:
The primary instructional resource for teaching math courses in grades 6 - Algebra II is enVision math by SAVVAS. The website for the resource can be found here:
Textbooks used in higher level math courses:
Precalculus / Honors Algebra 2: Precalculus with Limits: A Graphing Approach, 2nd Edition. (1997). Larson, Hostetler, & Edwards. DC Heath.
Advanced Math Concepts: College Algebra: Concepts and Models, 4th Edition. (2002). Larson, Hostetler, & Hodgkins. Houghton Mifflin.
AP Calculus: Calculus of a Single Variable, 7th Edition. (2001). Larson, Hostetler, & Edwards. Cengage Learning.
AP Stats: The Practice of Statistics, 6th Edition. (2018). Starnes & Tabor. WH Freeman. and Elementary Statistics, 5th Edition. (2003). Bluman. McGraw Hill.
All Math course syllabi can be found here:
Riverside also offers two AP math courses. Information on the materials for those courses can be found here:
SCIENCE
8th Grade Science
Biology
Riverside utilizes the Pre-AP curriculum for our Honors Biology course. Information from the College Board on this course can be found here:
Information from the College Board regarding AP Biology:
Physical Science
Chemistry
Information from the College Board regarding AP Chemistry:
Physics
Information from the College Board regarding AP Physics:
Science Electives
SOCIAL STUDIES:
8th Grade History
World History
Riverside teachers utilize the Pre-AP Courses of Study as their primary instructional materials for the World History and Geography course. Information on the Pre-Ap World History and Geography material can be found here:
United States History
AP US History
Information on the AP US History course from the College Board:
American Government
Information on the AP Government course from the College Board:
Economics
Textbook: Managing your Personal Finances (South-Western)
Electives
Information from the College Board regarding AP Psychology: