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Curriculum
Materials
The US Academic Decathlon publishes the curriculum for
each year's competition on its
USAD web site.
USAD also publishes a variety of curriculum materials
and practice test materials through its
USAD web site.
The curricular theme
for 2008–2009 will be:
with a particular
focus on Mexico in certain subject areas. Following is some
general information on the topics in each of the subject
areas.
- SUPER QUIZ:
The Super Quiz™ topic will be An
Introduction to Evolutionary Biology. The
Super Quiz Resource Guide will include readings
on such topics as the historical development of
evolutionary theory, Darwin’s voyages and work in
Latin America, natural selection, speciation,
mutation, gene flow, genetic drift, and evolutionary
developmental biology.
- LANGUAGE AND
LITERATURE: The language and literature
curriculum will include critical reading, one novel,
and six shorter works. The featured novel will be
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya.
- ART: The art
curriculum topic will be An Introduction to the Art
of Mexico.
- MUSIC: The
music curriculum will focus on the music of Latin
America. The curriculum will include a companion CD,
featuring fourteen listening selections.
- SOCIAL SCIENCE:
The social science curriculum will focus on the
history of Mexico.
- ECONOMICS:
The economics curriculum will cover 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
economy of Mexico.
- MATH: The
math curriculum will cover topics in the fields of
general math, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and
differential calculus.
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