11th
(This information taken from The Home School Manual by Theodore E. Wade, Jr. and Others)
SOCIAL STUDIES
● Age of exploration and discovery
● Colonization of America
● A new nation is born Constitution of the US
● Development of a new nation
● Period of nationalism
● Sectionalism
● Civil War and Reconstruction
● US as a world power
● Struggle for women's rights
● World War I
● The Great Depression
● World War II
● The Cold War
● The atomic era
● Civil rights
● Delinquency and crime
● Problems of mental health
● Urbanization
● Public education
● Role of women in today's society
SCIENCE
● Chemistry: Matter and its behavior; Carbon and its cornpounds; Formulas and
chemical equations; Acids, bases and salts; Atomic theory; Periodic law; Water and
solutions; Chemical bonding; Molecular theory; Equilibrium and kinetics;
Spontaneous reactions; Titrations; Ionization and ionic solutions; Colloids,
suspensoids, and emulsoids; Oxidation-reduction; Non-metals; Metals and alloys;
Electrochemistry; Energy; forms, chemical changes, and measurement; Nuclear
reactions and radioactivity
LANGUAGE ARTS
● American literature
● Cross-cultural literature
● Analysis of plays
● Vocabulary of poetry
● Critical and evaluative reading
● Propaganda techniques
● Mass communication
● Advertising
● Music and painting
● Architecture and sculpture
● Listening skills
● Vocabulary development
● Grammar
● Story writing
● Editorial writing
● Journalistic writing
● Writing term papers
● Proofreading symbols
● Use of Reader's Guide and other reference aids
MATHEMATICS
● Algebra II: Relations and functions; Square roots, surds, radicals; Rational roots;
Linear equations and analytic geometry; Quadratic equations; Binomial theorem;
Imaginary numbers; Exponents and radicals; Logarithms; Progressions; Higher-
degree equations; Vectors; Determinants; Permutations, combinations, and simple
probability; Estimation and approximation
● Trigonometry: Solutions of right triangles; Use of tables and interpolation;
Measurement of angles; Properties of trigonometric functions; Complex numbers
and vectors; Concept of a limit; Graphs of functions; Solutions of oblique triangles;
Logarithms; Identities and equations; General triangle solutions
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