United States Academic Decathlon® Curricular Topics for 2025–2026

 Use the Curriculum Brochure to order the Basic Curriculum

The Roaring Twenties

 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.

The full subject area outlines will be posted on the U.S. Academic Decathlon website on May 1 and will be published in the U.S. Academic Decathlon Study Guide, which will be available on May 15.

* The 2025–26 mathematics curriculum and materials will be the same as were used for the 2022–23 U.S. Academic Decathlon.

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