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USAD is pleased to release some preliminary information
on the curriculum for the 2006–2007 Academic DecathlonTM
season. The full subject area outlines will be posted on
USAD’s website on May 1 and will also be published in
USAD’s Study Guide, which will begin shipping on
May 15.
The curricular theme for 2006–2007 will be China and
Its Influence on the World. Following is some
general information on the topics in each of the subject
areas.
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SUPER QUIZ: The Super Quiz topic will be An
Introduction to Climatology. The Super Quiz
curriculum will include a climate case study focused
on China. The Super Quiz Resource Guide will
include readings on such topics as weather and
climate, historical evidence of past climate
variability, factors that control climate, climates on
other planets, the greenhouse effect and human impact
on climate change, and the impact of climate change on
human activity.
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LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE: The language and
literature curriculum will include critical reading,
one novel and six poems. The featured novel will be
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck.
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ART: The art curriculum topic will be the art
of China, and the curriculum will include the study of
eighteen selected artworks. Seventeen of the selected
artworks are from the collections of the Minneapolis
Institute of Arts. One of the artworks is a work of
architecture that is located in China.
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MUSIC: The music curriculum will focus on the
music of China. The Music Resource Guide will
cover such topics as traditional Chinese music,
Chinese instruments and musical genres, the influence
of Western music on Chinese music, and the influence
of Chinese music on Western music. The curriculum will
include a companion CD, featuring eighteen listening
selections.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE: The social science curriculum
will provide students with an introduction to the
history of the People’s Republic of China. The
Social Science Resource Guide will include
discussion on such topics as the founding and first
years of the People’s Republic, Mao and Maoism, the
Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and the
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
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ECONOMICS: The economics curriculum will focus
on fundamentals of economics, including general topics
in macro- and microeconomics and international trade
and global economic development. The economics
curriculum will also include a thematic section
focused on the development of a market economy in
China.
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MATH: The math curriculum will cover topics in
the fields of general math, algebra, geometry,
trigonometry, and differential calculus.
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