Eleventh Grade Scope and Sequence

Grade 11 Curriculum Guide Social Studies * Age of exploration and discovery * Colonization of America * A new nation is born * Constitution of the United States * Development of a new nation * Period of nationalism * Sectionalism * American Civil War and Reconstruction * United States as a world power * Struggle for women's rights * World War I * The Great Depression * World War II * The Cold War * The nuclear era * Civil rights * Delinquency and crime * Psychology * Problems of mental health * Urbanization * Public education * Role of women in today's society Science * Matter and its behavior * Carbon and its compounds * Formulas and chemical equations * Acids, bases, 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 * Nonmetals * 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, both print and electronic 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 table 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