Homework in the school system where I went was, from 7th grade on, centered around essays for english, research reports for social studies, and practice work for math. That’s it, and that’s all that should be needed.
You left out book reports. Lots and lots of book reports. When I was in school, book reports had a written component, AND an oral component. But you weren’t allowed to read your written report for the oral component. You had to go without anything to read, or use ONLY ONE 3x5 card to jog your memory...with a few key words written on it.
Also, we had lots and lots of grammar, punctuation, and sentence diagramming.
Then there were weekly vocabulary tests. every friday we were tested on a list of 25(?) words that were givin out the friday before...or was it mondays? Memories are fading fast.
That’s about it. But there were enough study halls and quiet study time at the end of each class period that if you tried hard you should’ve been able to get 80-90% of it done at school. If you screwed around, talked, and had a good time, then you had a hard time finishing it all up.