Knowledge That A 10th Grader Should Have
- Posted by Max in Tenth Grade |
- November 18th, 2009 |
- 11 Comments
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
Social Studies
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- 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
Mathematics
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- 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
Science
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- 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
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