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COMMUNICATIONS LEARNING STANDARDS
The twelfth-grade student will use organizational skills,
audience awareness, appropriate vocabulary and grammar,
and both verbal and nonverbal presentation skills to
plan and deliver an effective 5-10 minute oral presentation.
The student will analyze African American and British
literature and literature of other cultures, with attention
to the many classic works which may be studied. To the
extent feasible, selections will include those which
relate to other subjects, such as the study of American
and DC government. Writing will include the production
of technical and expository papers, which are organized
logically and contain clear and accurate ideas. The
student also will produce a well-documented major research
paper.
MATH LEARNING
STANDARDS
TRIGONOMETRY
The standards below outline the content for a one-semester
course in trigonometry. A thorough treatment of trigonometry
is provided through the study of trigonometric definitions,
applications, graphing, and solving trigonometric equations
and inequalities. Emphasis should be placed on using
connections between right triangle ratios, trigonometric
functions, and circular functions. In addition, applications
and modeling should be included throughout the course
of study. Emphasis should be placed on oral and written
communication concerning the language of mathematics,
logic of procedure, and interpretation of results. Students
enrolled in trigonometry are assumed to have mastered
those concepts outlined in the Algebra II standards.
Graphing utilities (graphing calculators or computer
graphing simulators) and spreadsheets will be used by
students and teachers. Graphing utilities enhance the
understanding of realistic applications through mathematical
modeling and aid in the investigation of trigonometric
functions and their inverses. They also provide an effective
tool for solving and verifying solutions to equations
and equalities.
HISTORY & SOCIAL
STUDIES LEARNING STANDARDS
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
The standards for the study of the United States government
will ensure that graduates understand the origins and
workings of the American political system. The standards
require that students have knowledge of the United States
Constitution; the structure and operation of the US
government; the process of policy-making, with emphasis
on economics, foreign affairs, and civil rights issues;
and the impact of the general public, political parties,
interest groups, and the media on policy decisions.
United States political and economic systems are compared
to those of other nations, with emphasis on the relationships
between economic and political freedoms. Economic content
covers the United States market system, supply and demand,
and the role of the government in the economy.
SCIENCE LEARNING STANDARDS
PHYSICS
The Physics standards emphasize a more complex understanding
of experimentation, the analysis of data, and the use
of reasoning and logic to evaluate evidence. The use
of mathematics, including algebra, inferential statistics,
and trigonometry, is important, but conceptual understanding
of physical systems remains a primary concern. Students
build on basic physical science principles by exploring
in depth the nature and characteristics of energy and
its dynamic interaction with matter. Key areas covered
by the standards include force and motion, kinetic molecular
theory, energy transformations, wave phenomena and the
electromagnetic spectrum, light, electricity, fields,
and nonNewtonian physics. The standards stress the practical
application of physics in other areas of science and
technology and how physics affects our world.
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