United States Academic Decathlon® Curricular Topics for 2025–2026!

• The  Academic Decathlon is a ten-event scholastic competition for teams of high school students.

  Each high school enters a team of nine students: 3 "A" or Honor students (3.80 - 4.00 GPA), 3 "B" or Scholastic students (3.20 - 3.799 GPA), and 3 "C or below" Varsity students (0.00 - 3.199 GPA).

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  The U.S. Academic Decathlon® is excited to announce that the overall curricular theme for 2025–2026 will be

  The Roaring Twenties.

  

   

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  Following is some general information on the topics in each of the subject areas.

   

  ▪ ART: The art curriculum will offer an introduction to the art of the Jazz Age.

   

   

  ▪ ECONOMICS: The economics curriculum will cover fundamental economic concepts, microeconomics, and macroeconomics and will include a thematic section on the U.S. economy in the 1920s.

   

   

  ▪ LITERATURE: The literature curriculum will present an introduction to the literature of the Jazz Age and will include critical reading, one long work of literature, and selected shorter works. The long work of literature will be The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

   

   

  ▪ MATHEMATICS: The mathematics curriculum will provide an overview of algebra and trigonometry.*

   

   

  ▪ MUSIC: The music curriculum will focus on the music of the Jazz Age.

   

   

  ▪ SCIENCE: The science topic will be an introduction to electricity and magnetism.

   

   

  ▪ SOCIAL SCIENCE: The social science topic will be the Roaring Twenties.