Topics/2002
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NEXT YEAR'S CURRICULUM
For the first time in the program's history, there will be a complete and integrated Academic Decathlon curriculum, a Curriculum Guide in each subject area, plus the Resource Guide, all revolving around the overarching theme, Understanding Others.
Language & Literature
The novel is Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton.
Poems
- Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare
- Modern Love: Sonnet 17 by George Meredith
- We and They by Rudyard Kipling
- The Death of the Hired Man by Robert Frost
- A Woman Mourned by Daughters by Adrienne Rich
- A Far Cry from Africa by Derek Walcott
Music
The music curriculum will focus on country music.
Songs
- The House Carpenter by Mrs. Texas Gladden
- Sallie Gooden by Alexander Eck Robertson
- Eighteen Hammers by Johnny Lee Moore and 12 Mississippi Penitentiary Convicts
- Single Girl, Married Girl by The Carter Family
- Waiting For A Train by Jimmie Rodgers
- A Cowboy Has To Sing by Roy Rogers
- New San Antonio Rose by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
- Bluegrass Breakdown by Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys
- Lovesick Blues by Hank Williams Sr.
- I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash
- Walkin' After Midnight by Patsy Cline
- Excuse Me (I Think I've Got A Heartache) by Buck Owens
- Still Feeling Blue by Gram Parsons
- Our Town by Iris Dement
Art
Curriculum will cover Art Fundamentals, History of Art, and will feature 18 selected artworks from the Art Institute of Chicago's collections.
Pieces
Drawings
- The Old Savoyard by Jean-Antoine Watteau
- The Artist's Mother by Arshile Gorky
Paintings
- The Combat Of The Giaour And Hassan by Eugène Delacroix
- Woman At Her Toilette by Berthe Morisot
- The Herring Net by Winslow Homer
- A Sunday at La Grande Jatte-1884 by Georges Seurat
- At the Moulin Rouge by Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec
- Portrait Of Picasso by Juan Gris (José Victoriano Gonzalez)
- American Gothic by Grant Wood
Printmaking
- The Great Wave Off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai
- Mao by Andy Warhol
Sculpture
- Armored Guardian (tomb figure) from China (Tang Dynesty)
- Plaque Of A Warrior Chief from Nigeria (Benin Kingdom)
- The Bronco Buster by Frederic Remington
- Golden Bird by Constantin Brâncuşi
Textiles
- Nulhaku (Na Drama Robe) from Japan (Momoyama period)
Fixed Media
- Untitled (called Hotel De La Duchsse-Anne) by Joseph Cornell
- Lincoln by Robert Rauschenberg
Math
The Math Curriculum Guide, will cover Algebra, Geometry, and Statistics.
Science
Covers Light, Waves, and Sound.
Economics
Will focus on Basic Economics and Economic Relationships,
Super Quiz
E-Communication: The Internet & Society is the topic and includes Introduction to the Internet, Focusing on Issues and concerns, Social Transformation, The "New Economy" and The Future of the Internet.
WHERE WILL THE TEST QUESTIONS COME FROM?
A majority of the test questions for each subject will come from the Curriculum Guide in each subject. However, a significant percentage of questions will come from other sources. Some additional research is necessary for students to excel on the exams. The tests will incorporate 10-20% higher level thinking skills questions that require inference, identifying cause and effect, hypothesizing, and making analogies, and the like.
