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SOCIAL STUDIES COMPETITION

John Keeling, Room 110, keelingj@whitehouseisd.org

From the Coach ::

Students and Parents,

Welcome to the UIL Social Studies Website. The UIL Social Studies Event was created to test student’s social studies skills. This event was designed especially for students who love their history or geography classes. Students are required to study a given topic by reading primary and secondary source material throughout the year and taking an objective (multiple-choice) and essay exam at UIL competitions. The topic changes each year as do the primary and secondary sources.

The Team :: 

Mr. Keeling is the coach for Social Studies and he is located in Room 110. Mr. Keeling’s Social Studies Team has won the District title for 5 years in a row and team members have made it to the state competition for the last 5 years. In 2009 the WHS Social Studies Team were the State Champions in 4A and Heath Mayo was the Social Studies 4A State Champion! In 2010 Caroline Weathers continued the tradition of excellence by bringing home the bronze medal at state!  If you would like to be a part of this winning tradition please stop by Mr. Keeling’s room for more information. Practice schedules will be determined at a later time.

UIL Social Studies Contest • 2011-2012 Draft List (May 4, 2011)

Larry McCarty, State Contest Director, larry.mc@excite.com

Topic: Latin America –– Past Struggles / Future Challenges

Primary Reading Selection:

The Penguin History of Latin America by Edwin Williamson, Revised edition, February 2010.

Supplemental Resource Documents: draft list (5/4/11)

Access to map of South America as well as individual nations, including additional information.

http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/southamerica.html

Map of Latin America

http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/sa.htm

General overview of Latin American history

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=850&HistoryID=aa87>rack=pthc

Information related to nations today

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm

Information related to nations today

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html

Section Three contest questions will be taken from the U.S. State Department background notes and will be limited to the following nations:

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/

Argentina

Cuba

Bolivia

Ecuador

Brazil

Mexico

Chile

Peru

Colombia

Venezuela

Please note the following regarding the 2011 – 2012 Social Studies topic:

In addition to the usual information included in past UIL study guide packets, this years’ material will include additional information, including chapter summaries, of the primary reading source, The Penguin History of Latin America and suggestions for learning the appropriate material for contest preparation.  Only the text and glossary portions of the primary reading source will be used for test questions. Statistical graphs and charts will NOT be used. Although maps will be used for some test questions, such maps are those identified in the provided supplemental resource section.

In addition to the list of general terms associated with the topic, a more specific list of key terms associated with the book

exclusively, will be posted on the UIL website in the near future.

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