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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
Principles of U. S. government. The democratic ideal. Basic documents of the U. S..
Agriculture in the U. S.. Urbanization. Conservation. Business and industry in the U. S..
American party system. Propaganda and public opinion. Comparative governments.
Comparative economic systems. Consumer education. Crime and delinquency. Psychology.
Labor-management relations. Economic concepts and theories. Taxation and finance.
Distribution and exchange of goods and services. International relations. American foreign policy.
International organizations. Public education. Women's role in today's society.
Family economics and management.

Science
Physics. Electricity and magnetism. Photoelectric effect. Heat. Light and optics.
Sound and acoustics. Wave motion. Quantum theory. Relativity. Force. Mechanics.
Space, time, and motion. Work, energy, and power. Electronics. Nuclear energy.
Nuclear physics. Solid-state physics.

Language Arts
English literature. Shakespeare. Literary, social, and political heritage of England.
Literature of the 1900's. World literature. Cross-cultural literature. The theater.
Nature of tragedy and comedy. Techniques of acting. Film as an art form.
Critical and evaluative reading. Current periodical literature. Mass communication.
Comparative study of mass media. Radio and television. Listening skills. Parliamentary procedures.
Identifying verbals. Report writing. Writing social and business letters.
Writing book reviews, précis, essays. Writing term papers. Bibliography development.

Mathematics
Calculus. Derivative of a function. Logarithmic and trigonometric functions. Indeterminate terms.
Computation of derivatives. Rate of a change of quantity. Maxima and minima. Integrals.
Length of curves. Volume and surface areas. Computer analysis of graphs.
Probability and Statistics. Tabular data. Graphs. Measures of central tendency.
Quartiles and percentiles. Measures of dispersion. Simple correlation. Statistical inference.
Permutations. Combinations. Binomial theorem. Advanced Algebra. Sets of numbers.
Binomial theorem. Progressions. Complex numbers. Theory of equations. Permutations.
Functions and their graphs. Combinations. Probability. Determinants. Inequalities. Matrix algebra.
Mathematical inductions. The derivative. Computer Literacy and Programming.