The U.S. Academic Decathlon® is excited to announce that the overall curricular theme for 2025–2026 will be The Roaring Twenties.
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.
The full subject area outlines will be posted on the U.S.
Academic Decathlon website <www.usad.org> 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.