11th Grade Outcomes

  Typical Course of Study College Prep

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

• 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

• 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 Readers Guide and other reference aids, both print and electronic.

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