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Attention
USAD Participants:
USAD is pleased to release some preliminary
information on the curriculum for the 2010–2011 Academic Decathlon
season. The full subject area outlines will be posted on USAD’s website
on May 1 and will also be published in the Academic Decathlon® Study
Guide, which will begin shipping on May 15.
The curricular theme for 2010–2011 will be The
Great Depression. Following is some general information on the
topics in each of the subject areas.
- SUPER QUIZ: The Super Quiz™ will focus
on the topic of geology and will include a case study on the Dust
Bowl. The Super Quiz Resource Guide will include readings on
such topics as rock formation, the geological time scale, the
hydrologic cycle and groundwater, the causes of the Dust Bowl, plate
tectonics, and fossil fuel resources.
- LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE: The language
and literature curriculum will include critical reading, one novel,
two interviews, one essay, two short stories, and two poems. The
featured novel will be The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.
- Art:
The art curriculum will cover art fundamentals and will focus on art
in the era of the Great Depression.
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Music: The music curriculum will cover basic elements of
music theory and will focus on American music of the 1930s.
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social science: The social science curriculum will focus
on the Great Depression and the New Deal.
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Economics: The
economics curriculum will cover fundamental economic concepts,
microeconomics, and macroeconomics. The economics curriculum will
also include a thematic section focused on the Great Depression.
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Mathematics: The mathematics curriculum will cover topics
in algebra, coordinate geometry, and trigonometry.
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