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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
Basic human communities. Community, state, and national government.
Political parties and elections. Comparative cultures and religions.
African American, Hispanic, and other ethnic studies. Urban studies. Women in our history.
Conservation, including human conservation. Resource management. Elementary economics.
Labor and management. Taxation. Foundations of American democracy. U. S. Constitution.
Rights and responsibilities of good citizenship. United Nations. World geography.
Advanced map and globe skills.

Science
Earth's history. Earth science. Ecology and environment. Weather and climate.
Air and air pressure. Air masses and fronts. Water and its uses. Erosion. Air and water pollution.
Heats and fuels. Electricity and electronics. Solar and nuclear energy. Nature and uses of light.
Simple and complex machines. Atomic structure. Chemistry of matter. Molecular theory.
Nature and use of chemicals. Metals and plastics. Space and astronomy. Space travel.
Nature and causes of disease.

Language Arts
Evaluating material for accuracy. Reading the newspaper. Analyzing propaganda. Advertising.
Drama and film. Analyzing poetry. Dramatic poetry. Using poetry anthologies.
Novel and short story. Folklore and myths. Structure of a play. Parable and allegory.
Interpretation of literature. Listening skills. Effective discussion techniques and questioning skills.
Preparing a speech. Public speaking and debate. The unabridged dictionary. Vocabulary.
Foreign words used in English. Grammar. Fundamentals of composition. Report writing.
Extended reference skills. Special indexes.

Mathematics
General mathematics. Algebra 1. Ratio and proportion. Basic concepts of statistics.
Mathematical vocabulary. Direct and indirect measurement. Banks and banking. Investment.
Budgeting. Insurance. Taxation. Graphs and tables. Informal geometry. Elementary algebra.
Customary and metric measurement. Absolute value. Sets and their relationships.
Properties of polynomial forms. Equations. Signed numbers. Fundamental operations.
Equations of the first degree. Ratio, proportion, variation. Relations and functions.
Special products and factoring. Fractions and fractional equations. Square roots. Radicals.
Quadratic equations. Elements of probability.