Tenth Grade Scope and Sequence

Grade 10 Curriculum Guide Social Studies * 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 Science * 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 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 Mathematics * 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