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THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TOPICS THAT SHOULD BE COVERED THIS YEAR AND DOCUMENTED. THEY ARE INTENDED AS SUGGESTIONS. YOUR STATE MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

Social Studies
Prehistoric peoples. The earliest civilizations. The early Greeks. Early India and China.
The Islamic world. The Middle Ages. African civilizations. Civilization in the Americas.
The Renaissance. The rise and fall of monarchies. Birth of modern democracy.
The French Revolution. The Industrial Revolution. Nationalism. Imperialism. Science and industry.
The world wars. World War I. Between world wars. World War II. The Cold War. The Vietnam War.
The search for peace. Democratic ideals and values. The rise and fall of Communism.
The collapse of the Soviet Union. World interdependence. World problems and issues.
Role of women in today's societies.

Science
Characteristics of life. Classification. History of plants and animals. Microscopic life.
Simple organisms: algae, bacteria, fungi. Vertebrate life. Mammals and birds. Plant life.
Photosynthesis. Cells. Protein synthesis. Genetics and heredity. DNA-RNA. Genetic engineering.
Reproduction and growth. Human biology. Nutrition and digestion. Behavior.
Conservation of human resources. Environmental issues. Energy in ecosystems. Scientific method.
Biology and space travel. Disease and disease control.

Language Arts
American literary heritage. Cross-cultural literature. Folklore and ballads.
Regional customs, traditions, folkways, and language. Literary interpretation and critique.
Novel, short story, and essay. Understanding poetry: lyric poetry, and the sonnet. Drama.
Distinguishing between fact and opinion. Persuasion and argumentation. Listening skills.
Public speaking and debate. Extending dictionary skills. History of the alphabet.
Vocabulary and etymology. Geographical dialects. Grammar. History of writing.
Techniques of writing. Journal writing. Writing short stories, poetry, and plays.
Writing term papers. Constructing footnotes.

Mathematics
Geometry. Origins and uses of geometry. Terms, postulates, theorems. Sets. Nature of proof.
Inductive and deductive reasoning. Ratio and proportion. Algebra in geometry. Angle relationships.
Parallel and perpendicular lines. Congruent triangles. Right triangles. Pythagorean Theorem.
Circles. Polygons. Relationships between circles and polygons. Mensuration theory.
Measurement of geometric figures. Simple constructions. Loci. Transformational geometry.
Introduction of symbolic logic. Coordinate geometry.
Trigonometric functions of angles greater than 90 degrees. Special angle relationships.
Problem solving with geometry.