A Guide for Parents and Families about What Your 10th Grader Should Be Learning in School This Year. Don't Fail Your Children = Una Guia para los Padres y Familias Acerca de Lo Que Su Hijo de Decimo Grado Debe Aprender en la Escuela Este Ano. No Le Falle a Sus Hijos.

South Carolina Education Oversight Committee, 1105 Pendleton Street, Suite 227, Blatt Building, Columbia, SC 29201. Tel: 803-734-6148; Fax: 803-734-6167; Web site: http://www.sceoc.org.

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Academic Standards; English; Grade 10; High Schools; Language Arts; Mathematics; Multilingual Materials; Outcomes of Education; Parent Materials; Resource Materials; Sciences; Secondary School Curriculum; Social Studies; State Curriculum Guides; State Standards; World Wide Web

This guide, in English- and Spanish-language versions, shares with parents information about the South Carolina Curriculum Standards. The standards outline state requirements for children's learning and what students across the state should be able to do in certain subjects. The guide lists seven key reasons parents should be aware of the new curriculum standards, and then presents a condensed version of the standards for tenth grade in mathematics (algebra, geometry; mathematics for the technologies); English/Language Arts (reading, communication, writing, research); Science (inquiry, biology, applied biology; and Social Studies (history of the world from 1500 to the present: time, continuity, and change; government/political science: power, authority, and governance; geography: people, places, and environments; economics: production, distribution, and consumption). Listed after the standards for each subject area are sample assessment questions for parents to complete with their children, selected book titles for additional reading, and Web site addresses for extended learning. (HTH)

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