Decathlon Parent Letter

United States Academic Decathlon® Curricular Topics for 2020–2021!

The U.S. Academic Decathlon® is excited to announce that the overall curricular theme for 2020–2021 will be The Cold War. Following is some general information on the topics in each of the subject areas.

▪ SCIENCE: The science topic will be an introduction to astronomy and will include sections on the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union.

▪ LITERATURE: The literature curriculum will include critical reading, one long work of literature, and selected shorter works. The long work of literature will be Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

▪ ART: The art curriculum will include a section on art fundamentals and will largely focus on an exploration of art during the Cold War.

▪ MUSIC: The music curriculum will introduce students to various musical works from the Cold War era.

▪ SOCIAL SCIENCE: The social science curriculum will introduce students to the history of the Cold War.

▪ ECONOMICS: The economics curriculum will cover fundamental economic concepts, microeconomics, and macroeconomics and will also include a thematic section on the economics of the Cold War.

▪ MATHEMATICS: The mathematics curriculum will cover general mathematics, geometry, and an introduction to differential calculus.*