AFRICA 2017–2018 Academic Decathlon® Curriculum Overview

2017–2018 Academic Decathlon® Curriculum Overview

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Corporate Sponsors and USAD Contacts ...... 1

United States Academic Decathlon® Vision, Mission, and Core Values...... 2

What Is the United States Academic Decathlon®?...... 3

The United States Academic Decathlon® and Curriculum Standards...... 4

Team Study Materials...... 5

Curriculum Package and Student Study Aids...... 6

Additional Study and Practice Test Materials...... 7

Art Outline ...... 9

Economics Outline...... 10

2018 USAD Nationals: Frisco, Texas...... 11

Literature Outline ...... 13

Mathematics Outline...... 14

Music Outline ...... 15

Science Outline...... 16

Social Science Outline ...... 17

Board of Directors, Emeritus Advisors, Executive Committee ...... 18

State Directors...... 19

2017 USAD Nationals Awards...... 21

2017 USAD Nationals Winners...... 22 CORPORATE SPONSORS We thank our corporate sponsors for their support!

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1 2017–2018 USAD Curriculum Overview VISION The vision of the United States Academic Decathlon® is to provide students the opportunity to excel academically through team competition.

MISSION The mission of the United States Academic Decathlon® is to promote learning and academic excellence among students of varying achievement levels by developing and providing multidisciplinary academic competitions using United States Academic Decathlon®-based curricula.

CORE VALUES As a premier national scholastic competition for high school students, the United States Academic Decathlon® believes in: The academic growth of students; Challenging multidisciplinary learning; Teamwork as a means to achieve self-knowledge and life-skills development; Providing equal opportunities for students of varying achievement levels; The importance of inclusivity and diversity to learning and the human experience; High standards of honesty and integrity; Transparency in our relations and interactions with all of our stakeholders; Excellence in our programs, services, and activities; and, Respect for diverse points of view.

The National Association of Secondary School Principals has placed this program on the 2017–18 NASSP List of Approved Contests, Programs, and Activities for Students.

2017–2018 USAD Curriculum Overview 2 WHAT IS THE UNITED STATES ACADEMIC DECATHLON®? OVERVIEW The United States Academic Decathlon®, the premiere national scholastic competition for high school students, was created to provide opportunities for students to experience the challenges of rigorous team and individual academic competition. Each student competes in 10 events: art, economics, essay, interview, literature, mathematics, music, science, social science, and speech. Students compose an essay based on a prompt whose central theme incorporates information relating to the current curriculum. Students also perform a prepared speech and impromptu speech and participate in an interview before a panel of volunteer judges from the local community. The culmination of the competition is the exciting Super Quiz™. Using a quiz show format, students have the opportunity to demonstrate their mastery of the broad range of the United States Academic Decathlon®’s interdisciplinary curriculum by answering questions from seven different subject areas: art, economics, literature, mathematics, music, science, and social science. The Super Quiz™ is the only part of the competition that is open to the public, and it is inevitably one of the most memorable and exciting parts of the Academic Decathlon®. Gold, silver, and bronze medals are awarded for individual events and total scores. Overall individual winners are recognized as are champion teams. The broad base of awards allows for major recognition of academic accomplishment. Teams advance through local, regional, and state levels of competition. The state champions compete at the national finals. The 2018 Academic Decathlon Nationals will take place April 19–21, in Frisco, TX.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The United States Academic Decathlon® emphasizes the personal and academic growth of each student who, by meeting the challenges with honesty and integrity, can reap the rewards of greater self-knowledge and self- confidence for the future. The ten-event academic program strives to foster a greater respect for knowledge, to promote wholesome inter- school academic competition, and to further develop student communication skills. A unique aspect of the United States Academic Decathlon® is that it is designed to include students from all academic abilities and achievement levels. Each nine-member team consists of three “A” (honor division), three “B” (scholastic division), and three “C or below” (varsity division) students. Each team member competes in all ten events against other students in his/her division. Overall team scores are calculated using the top two individual scores from each division. HISTORY The United States Academic Decathlon® was first created by Dr. Robert Peterson, former Superintendent of Schools in Orange County, California. Firmly believing that everyone’s learning potential can be maximized through competitive challenge, Dr. Peterson set in motion the contest that has since come to be recognized as the most prestigious high school academic team competition in the United States. The program spread rapidly due to the success and excitement it engendered. The United States Academic Decathlon® was founded in 1981.

3 2017–2018 USAD Curriculum Overview USAD AND CURRICULUM STANDARDS OVERVIEW The United States Academic Decathlon®’s curriculum may also be included to encourage a thorough is an interdisciplinary curriculum in which a selected understanding of the subject area as a whole. The USAD theme is integrated across six different subject areas: mathematics curriculum is unrelated to the theme and art, economics, literature, music, science, and focuses on standard high school mathematics topics. social science. Students also study mathematics and participate in essay-writing, speech, and interview Following is a summary of the Common Core Standards events. The theme for the 2017–2018 U.S. Academic for High School Mathematics and Reading that are Decathlon® (USAD) curriculum is Africa. While in most addressed in USAD’s 2017–2018 curriculum as well as subjects the majority of the topics relate to the overall the national content standards met by USAD’s 2017– curricular theme, some topics that cover fundamentals 2018 curriculum.

THE UNITED STATES ACADEMIC DECATHLON® CURRICULUM AND THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS The United States Academic Decathlon® and the Common Core Standards for High School Mathematics The Common Core High School Mathematics Standards consist of six broad categories, and USAD’s 2017–2018 mathematics curriculum addresses aspects of all six categories: number and quantity, algebra, functions, modeling, geometry, statistics, and probability. In addition to the content standards, the Common Core High School Mathematics standards emphasize eight practice standards. These standards are meant to address the manner in which students approach the content and reason during their learning of mathematics. USAD’s 2017–2018 mathematics curriculum encourages students to apply seven of these eight practice standards:

• CCSS.Math.Practice.MP1: Make sense of problems and persevere • CCSS.Math.Practice.MP6: Attend to precision in solving them • CCSS.Math.Practice.MP7: Look for and make use of structure • CCSS.Math.Practice.MP2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively • CCSS.Math.Practice.MP8: Look for and express regularity in • CCSS.Math.Practice.MP4: Model with mathematics repeated reasoning • CCSS.Math.Practice.MP5: Use appropriate tools strategically

The United States Academic Decathlon® and the Common Core Reading Standards for Literature USAD’s 2017–18 literature curriculum in concert with other Academic Decathlon® subject areas addresses aspects of all 10 of the Common Core College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading for students in grades K–12, aspects of all Common Core Reading Standards for Literature for students in grades 9–10, and aspects of seven Common Core Reading Standards for Literature for students in grades 11–12.

THE UNITED STATES ACADEMIC DECATHLON® CURRICULUM AND NATIONAL CONTENT STANDARDS USAD’s 2017–2018 curriculum addresses aspects of the following: • All 20 of the Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics • Five Life Science Disciplinary Core Ideas for Grades 9–12 as • Eleven of the 12 Curriculum and Content Area Standards for outlined by the Next Generation Science Standards English Language Arts • Nine overarching curricular themes outlined by the National • All five content areas of the high school mathematics curriculum Council for Social Studies (NCSS), five NCSS Geography Standards, delineated by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics two historical eras of focus delineated by the National Content (NCTM) and provides students with opportunities to utilize all four Standards for U.S. History, and seven historical eras of focus reasoning habits delineated by the NCTM delineated by the National Content Standards for World History • Four National Core Arts Standards for Music • Four National Core Arts Standards for Visual Arts

2017–2018 USAD Curriculum Overview 4 TEAM STUDY MATERIALS ACADEMIC DECATHLON® STUDY GUIDE: ART REPRODUCTIONS BOOKLET: Summarizes the curriculum for Companion to the Art Resource the entire year. Includes detailed Guide. Contains full-color outlines for art, economics, reproductions of the 18 literature, mathematics, music, selected works for this year’s art science, and social science. Also curriculum. Includes works by includes rules and guidelines for various artists and architects. the essay, interview, and speech Accompanying information will events. Teams can either order include title, artist, date, and hard copies of the Study Guide dimensions (if applicable). Teams to be shipped to their school, or can either order hard copies of the they can order the Study Guide Art Reproductions Booklet to be shipped to their school, as a PDF for electronic download. or they can order the Art Reproductions Booklet as a Available May 15. PDF for electronic download. Available May 15.

MUSIC CD: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRACTICE TEST BOOKLET: MUSIC OF AFRICA: The practice test booklet is the most important coaching tool for understanding Academic Decathlon® tests. This CD is produced exclusively for Written by the official USAD test writers in each subject USAD and will introduce students to area. Contains eight tests, sample essay prompts, and the music of Africa. The music CD is an speech and interview rules and rubrics. The booklet essential companion piece to this year’s may be reproduced at the school level only. Includes music curriculum. Available May 15. accompanying CD for art questions based on artwork images, music questions based on listening excerpts, and a PowerPoint® slideshow for the Super Quiz™. The boklet is also available as a PDF and the CD as an MP3 file for electronic download. Available May 15.

RESOURCE GUIDES: Resource Guides will be provided in art, economics, literature, mathematics, music, science, and social science. These Resource Guides will provide teams with a thorough review and academic treatment of all the topics noted in the subject area outlines for these subjects. The Resource Guides offer an essential resource that will assist students in their mastery of the topics and aid in their preparation for the competition tests. Teams can either order hard copies of the resource guides to be shipped to their school, or they can order the resource guides as PDFs for electronic download. Available May 15.

5 2017–2018 USAD Curriculum Overview CURRICULUM PACKAGE AVAILABLE MAY 15 10 Academic Decathlon® Study Guides 10 Art, Economics, Literature, Mathematics, Music, Science, and Social Science Resource Guides 10 Art Reproductions Booklets 10 Music CDs 1 Practice Test Booklet (with CD)

STUDENT STUDY AIDS

STUDENT EXERCISE BOOKS: Available in art, economics, literature, mathematics, music, science, and social science, the student exercise books provide a student-friendly summary of the material presented in the resource guides and offer students a chance to test and reinforce their knowledge of the curriculum through a variety of exercises and activities. The student exercise books include section by section overviews of the resource guides, as well as short quizzes, true/false questions, fill-in-the-blank items, crossword puzzles, etc., to assist students in their mastery of the curriculum. Teams can either order hard copies of the student exercise books to be shipped to their school, or they can order the student exercise books as PDFs for electronic download. Available June 15.

NOTE: Individual student exercise books for each subject may only be purchased with the order of a complete set of student exercise books. Student exercise books are NOT included in the Curriculum Package.

2017–2018 USAD Curriculum Overview 6 ADDITIONAL STUDY & PRACTICE TEST MATERIALS

THIS YEAR’S SELECTED LITERATURE: NOTEBOOK DIVIDERS (10 SETS): Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Crammed with pertinent information, this set of USAD will be offering the edition of 10 tabbed notebook dividers helps students stay Things Fall Apart published by Alfred organized. Dividers include important dates to A. Knopf/Random House. USAD has remember, lists of key terms and definitions, and much arranged for a special discount from the more! Available May 15. publisher. Available May 15.

PRACTICE COMBO QUIZZES: ART IMAGES CD: Contains four quizzes with a total of 200 items in each This CD includes images of the subject area. Quizzes focus on topics in sequential 18 artworks selected for this year’s order of the subject outlines. Quizzes include a competition and is a useful companion combination of fill-in-the-blank items, short-question to the Art Resource Guide. Coaches and answer format, multiple choice items, and can use the Art Images CD to stimulate matching to help students to master the curriculum art appreciation, promote the study of with a variety of question styles. Also available as a art history, or teach aesthetics. Available May 15. PDF for electronic download. Available August 1.

SUPER QUIZ™ POWERPOINT TESTS: PRACTICE SPECIALTY TESTS: This CD includes twelve tests that are Includes two 100-item tests in art, literature, music, displayed in a PowerPoint® slideshow. science, and social science, focused in depth on a The Super Quiz™ will include questions specific portion of the subject outlines. Tests consist (in multiple-choice format) from the of a variety of question styles for students to gain following seven subject areas: art, knowledge on focused topics. Also available as a PDF economics, literature, music, science, for electronic download. Available August 1. mathematics, and social science. The CD will help to reinforce student mastery of the United States Academic Decathlon® resource guides. Also available in ESSAY EXAM BOOKLET: digital format. Available August 1. Contains 20 essay tests with a total of 60 essay prompts, which focus on the following six subject areas: art, economics, literature, music, science, and 4,000 SUBJECT AREA FLASH CARDS: social science. The essay rubric used at the national Companion to the resource guides and online practice competition is included in the booklet. Great for essay tests: 600 questions each in art, music, literature, social writing practice. Also available as a PDF for electronic science, science, and economics; 400 in mathematics. download. Available June 15. Questions and answers are referenced directly to the resource guides to reinforce learning and strengthen fast answer skills. Also available as a PDF for electronic download. Available August 1.

7 2017–2018 USAD Curriculum Overview ADDITIONAL STUDY & PRACTICE TEST MATERIALS

ESSAY RESOURCE GUIDE: LITERATURE CHAPTER QUIZZES: The Essay Resource Guide provides Academic Test your knowledge of Things Fall Apart. Chapter Decathletes with all the information they need to know quizzes will include a combination of fill-in-the-blank about USAD’s essay event. The Essay Resource Guide items, short question and answer format, multiple- includes a thorough explanation and analysis of the choice items, and matching to help students to master essay scoring rubric and offers students techniques, the chapters in this year’s selected text. Also available strategies, tips, and guided activities—including as a PDF for electronic download. Available June 15. detailed analyses of sample essays—to help them write an effective, high-scoring essay. Available May 15.

IMPROMPTU TOPIC BOOKLET: Contains 150 impromptu speech topics, including a variety of sample approaches that may be encountered in the United States Academic Decathlon® competition. Great for speech practice and impromptu preparation. Also available as a PDF for electronic download. Available June 15.

2017–2018 USAD Curriculum Overview 8 ART AN INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN ART

I. ART FUNDAMENTALS ...... 20% A. Introduction to Art History B. Elements of Art II. SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA ...... 15% A. Southern and Eastern Africa—Overview B. Selected Artwork: Stone Age Petroglyphs, Namibia, c. 4000 bce–1 ce C. Selected Artwork: Lydenburg Head, South Africa, c. 500 ce D. Selected Artwork: Great Zimbabwe, Shona, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe, c. 11th–15th Centuries E. Selected Artwork: Lyre (Kissar), Nubia, Sudan, Late Nineteenth Century III. CENTRAL AFRICA ...... 25% A. Central Africa—Overview B. Selected Artwork: Nail Figure, Kongo Culture, 1875/1900 C. Selected Artwork: Sculptural Element from a Reliquary Ensemble: Head (The Great Bieri), Fang Peoples, Betsi Group, Gabon, 19th–Early 20th Centuries D. Selected Artwork: Mask: Female (Pwo), Chokwe Peoples, Angola, 19th–Early 20th Centuries E. Selected Artwork: Finial of a Royal Scepter, Yombe People, Kongo or Zaire, 19th Century F. Selected Artwork: Royal Palace of Foumban, Bafoussam, Cameroon, 1917 IV. WESTERN AFRICA ...... 25% A. Western Africa—Overview B. Selected Artwork: Nok Sculpture, Nok Culture, Nigeria, First Century bce–First Century ce C. Selected Artwork: Bowl, Igbo Ukwu, Nigeria, Ninth–Tenth Centuries D. Selected Artwork: Brass Head, Yoruba, Ife, Nigeria, c. Twelfth–Fourteenth Centuries E. Selected Artwork: Plaque, Edo Peoples, Nigeria, Mid-Sixteenth–Seventeenth Centuries F. Selected Artwork: Kente Cloth, Ashanti People, Ghana, Twentieth Century V. CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART AND ART OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA . . 15% A. Contemporary African Art and Art of the African Diaspora—Overview B. Selected Artwork: Felix in Exile, William Kentridge, South Africa, 1993–94 C. Selected Artwork: Spirit of Sisterhood, Aida Muluneh, Ethiopia, 2000 D. Selected Artwork: Coffin, Workshop of Paa Willie, Ghana, 2000 E. Selected Artwork: Between Earth and Heaven, El Anatsui, Ghanaian, based in Nigeria, 2006

9 2017–2018 USAD Curriculum Overview ECONOMICS AN INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS AND AFRICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT

I. FUNDAMENTAL ECONOMIC CONCEPTS ...... 10% A. Basic Assumptions of Economics B. Models and Economic Theory C. Positive and Normative Economics D. Efficiency as a Goal E. Microeconomics and Macroeconomics II. MICROECONOMICS ...... 40% A. Perfectly Competitive Markets B. Applications of the Competitive Market Model C. Evaluating Government Policy: The Impact of Price Controls and Taxes D. International Trade E. The Profit Motive and the Behavior of Firms F. Imperfect Competition G. Creative Destruction: The Profit Motive and the Sources of Economic Change H. Market Failures I. Institutions, Organizations, and Government III. MACROECONOMICS ...... 30% A. Macroeconomic Issues B. Macroeconomic Measurement C. Economic Growth, Productivity, and Living Standards D. Savings, Investment, and the Financial System E. Money and Prices in the Long Run F. Short-Run Economic Fluctuations IV. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ECONOMIC HISTORY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA ...... 20% A. Africa in c. 1500: The Factor Endowments Perspective B. History and African Economic Development C. Creating New National Economies D. Post-Independence ‘Failure’? E. Lion Economies? Growth Since c. 2000

2017–2018 USAD Curriculum Overview 10 2018 USAD NATIONALS:

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Canyon Palo Duro Canyon Muleshoe Caprock Canyons Denison Wichita Falls Gainesville Lubbock Texarkana Mount Pleasant Denton FORT Mineral DALLAS Wells WORTH Marshall Abilene Arlington LongviewWaskom Anthony Tyler Midland Corsicana EL PASO Rusk Guadalupe Brownwood Nacogdoches Mtns. Natl. Monahans Odessa Palestine Park San Angelo Waco Lufkin Fort Killeen Stockton Temple Marble Huntsville Fort Ozona Falls Georgetown Bryan Big Thicket Davis Sonora Natl. Alpine College Fredericksburg AUSTIN Station Preserve Orange Marfa Brenham New San Marcos Beaumont Langtry Kerrville HOUSTON Braunfels Baytown Gonzales Terlingua Del Rio SAN Big Bend Uvalde Galveston Natl. Park ANTONIO Bay City Eagle Victoria Pass Goliad Port Lavaca

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Edinburg Harlingen Mission South Padre McAllen Island Brownsville LITERATURE AN INTRODUCTION TO ANGLOPHONE AFRICAN LITERATURE

I. CRITICAL READING ...... 15% A. Purpose and Main Idea B. Structure C. Restatement of Information D. Genres and their Characteristics E. Language and Tone F. Grammar and Syntax G. Vocabulary in Context H. Diction II. CHINUA ACHEBE’S THINGS FALL APART(1958), ...... 40% A. Albert Chinualumogu (Chinua) Achebe B. The Historical Context of Things Fall Apart C. Religion and Spirituality: The Gods, the Spirits, and the Notion of Chi D. Religion and Spirituality: Ancestors, Ancestral Spirits, and Egwugwu E. Religion and Spirituality: Christianity F. Tradition and Gender Roles in Things Fall Apart G. Key Characters H. The Plot of Things Fall Apart I. Themes J. Achebe and W. B. Yeats K. Africa and the West: The Question of Representation (Stereotypes) and Voice L. Contact and Conflict M. Reception and Literary Criticism III. SELECTED SHORTER WORKS OF LITERATURE ...... 45% A. The Empire Writes Back B. Empire and Colonialism C. Orientalism D. Nation, Nationalism, and Resistance E. Neocolonialism F. Postcolonialism G. Hybridity H. Border Crossing and Migration I. Literature and Social Justice: Apartheid, Anti-Apartheid, and Post-Apartheid J. Chinua Achebe’s Essays K. Selected Work: “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness” by Chinua Achebe L. Selected Work: “The Danger of a Single Story” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie M. Selected Work: “The Return” by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o N. Selected Work: “And So It Came to Pass” by Funso Aiyejina O. Selected Work: “The Message” by Ama Ata Aidoo P. Selected Work: “To Whom It May Concern” by Sipho Sepamla Q. Selected Work: “Comrades” by Nadine Gordimer R. New Voices

13 2017–2018 USAD Curriculum Overview MATH EMATICS GENERAL MATHEMATICS, GEOMETRY, AND AN INTRODUCTION TO DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS

I. GENERAL MATHEMATICS ...... 25% A. Simple and Compound Interest B. Basic Counting C. Probability of Equally Likely Events and Binomial Distribution II. GEOMETRY ...... 65% A. Right Triangles B. Coordinate Geometry C. Plane and Solid Figures III. INTRODUCTION TO DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS ...... 10% A. Average Rate of Change of Basic Polynomial Functions B. Basic Limits and Continuity C. First Derivative of Basic Polynomial Functions and Graphical Interpretation D. Equations of Tangent Lines

2017–2018 USAD Curriculum Overview 14 MUSIC AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MUSIC OF AFRICA

I. INTRODUCTION TO THE REGION AND MUSICAL CONCEPTS ...... 30% A. Geography and Language B. Political History C. Religious History D. Musical Concepts E. Musical Instruments II. TRADITIONAL MUSIC ...... 30% A. Introduction to Music Culture Areas B. West Africa C. East Africa D. Central Africa E. Southern Africa F. North Africa III. MODERN MUSIC ...... 20% A. Cuban Influences B. Electric Guitar Bands C. Colonial Imports: Brass Bands, Gospel D. Hip Hop IV. CURRENT ISSUES ...... 20% A. Aesthetics B. Pan-African Festivals C. The African Diaspora D. World Music

15 2017–2018 USAD Curriculum Overview SCIENCE AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BIOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE

I. OVERVIEW OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE ...... 30% A. Background B. History C. Infection-Causing Microbes D. Transmission of Infectious Disease E. Pathophysiology of Infectious Disease F. Treatment and Prevention II. HIV ...... 30% A. History B. Epidemiology C. Transmission D. Risk Factors for Infection E. Biology/Pathophysiology F. Disease Process G. Treatment and Prevention H. Monitoring Disease Progression I. Major Public Health Interventions J. Current Research and New Developments III. MALARIA ...... 20% A. History B. Epidemiology C. Transmission D. Biology E. Treatment and Prevention F. Looking Ahead IV. EBOLA ...... 20% A. History B. Epidemiology C. Transmission D. Human-to-Human Transmission E. Biology and Pathophysiology F. Treatment and Prevention G. Looking Ahead

2017–2018 USAD Curriculum Overview 16 SOCIAL SCIENCE AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF AFRICA

I. AFRICA—MYTH AND REALITY ...... 10% A. Climates B. Geographic Characteristics of the African Continent C. What Is in a Name? D. Peoples E. Languages F. Eurocentrism G. Afrocentrism II. HUMAN ORIGINS ...... 5% A. Evidence for Human Origins in Africa B. Hunter-Gatherers, Herders, and Farmers III. EARLY AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS ...... 15% A. Ancient Egypt B. West African Empires C. Other Types of African States IV. ISLAM, CHRISTIANITY, AND TRADITIONAL AFRICAN RELIGION ...... 20% A. Traditional African Religion B. Islam in Africa C. Christianity in Africa V. THE ATLANTIC AND WEST AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE ...... 20% A. Origins of the Atlantic Slave Trade B. Slavery in West Africa: The Narrative of Olaudah Equiano C. The End of the Atlantic Slave Trade in Africa VI. IMPERIALISM, COLONIALISM, AND REVOLUTION ...... 10% A. The Berlin Conference B. The Nature of Imperial and Colonial Rule in West Africa C. The French in West Africa: Amadou Bamba and Touba D. The British in West Africa: The British, the Asante, and the Gold Coast E. Challenges to Colonial Systems VII. THE RISE OF INDEPENDENT WEST AFRICA ...... 20% A. The End of Imperial Rule in Africa B. Ghana, Pan-Africanism, and Kwame Nkrumah C. The Problems of Independence D. Nigeria and the Biafran Civil War E. Democracy in Independent Africa F. Globalization and Africa G. Challenges to National Unity in Mali H. Challenges to Economic Independence in Ghana I. Other Issues in Twenty-First Century Africa

17 2017–2018 USAD Curriculum Overview USAD BOARD OF DIRECTORS

David Mikkalson*** Dr. Brian Talbott* David Heckman** Dr. Jolene Teske** Board President Treasurer USAD-State Director USAD-State Director Florida Washington Representative Representative Maine Iowa Liz Boario* Robert Brezina* First Vice President Past President Mercedes Paxton* Keith Wenner*** Alaska Texas Director Director Georgia Minnesota Dr. Pam Lloyd*** Dr. James Augustin* Second Vice President Director Jack Peterson* Alaska Texas Director California Frank Wurtzel* Denise Greene- *Individual Director **Representative Director Secretary Wilkinson* ***Corporate Sponsor California Director Alaska

EMERITUS ADVISORS

Suzanne Roberts Anita Lohr Emeritus Advisor Emeritus Advisor

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

David Mikkalson Dr. Pam Lloyd Brian Talbott President Second Vice President Treasurer

Liz Boario Frank Wurtzel Robert Brezina First Vice President Secretary Past President

2017–2018 USAD Curriculum Overview 18 STATE DIRECTORS

ALASKA HAWAII LOUISIANA Curtiss Clifton Cindy Martisko Participating Schools 2550 Denali Street, Suite 1000 PO Box 564 Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Pepeekeo, HI 96783 MAINE Phone: 907-868-6994 Phone: 808-964-5040 David S. Heckman Cell: 907-230-3927 Cell: 612-743-6853 157 Academy Road Fax: 907-868-5676 [email protected] Monmouth, ME 04259 [email protected] Phone: 207-933-4252 IDAHO [email protected] ARIZONA Mary Bird Anne Edelstein PO Box 707 MARYLAND 6010 N. 10th Way Sagle, ID 83860 Sebastian Garza Phoenix, AZ 85014 Phone: 208-597-4143 3 Ames Street, #B208 Phone: 602-263-5335 Fax: 208-263-5321 Cambridge, MA 02142 Cell: 602-550-2285 [email protected] Phone: 214-842-9458 Fax: 602-263-8433 [email protected] [email protected] ILLINOIS Joyce Swenson MASSACHUSETTS CALIFORNIA South Central Service Cooperative Sebastian Garza Ken Scarberry 2075 Lookout Drive 3 Ames Street, #B208 2460 Clay Bank Rd. Bldg. 7C North Mankato, MN 56003 Cambridge, MA 02142 Fairfield, CA 94533 Phone: 612-578-3377 Phone: 214-842-9458 Phone: 707-330-3276 Fax: 507-389-1772 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] MINNESOTA COLORADO INDIANA Joyce Swenson Paul M. Branum Kyle Harrop South Central Service Cooperative Phone: 979-397-4662 IN Assoc. of School Principals 2075 Lookout Drive [email protected] 11025 East 25th St. North Mankato, MN 56003 Indianapolis, IN 46229 Phone: 612-578-3377 CONNECTICUT Phone: 317-947-4120 Fax: 507-389-1772 Sebastian Garza Fax: 317-454-0749 [email protected] 3 Ames Street, #B208 [email protected] Cambridge, MA 02142 MISSISSIPPI Phone: 214-842-9458 IOWA Participating Schools [email protected] Jolene Teske 26567 225th St. MISSOURI FLORIDA Eldora, Iowa 50627 Roy Copeland Participating Schools Phone: 641-858-5620 7537 Walnut Street Cell: 515-689-4864 Kansas City, MO 64132 GEORGIA [email protected] Phone: 816-678-5998 Michelle Crawford [email protected] PO Box 937 KANSAS Young Harris GA 30582 Shelley Vittorino Phone: 404-414-3041 16761 W. 156th St. Fax: 770-216-9672 Olathe, KS 66062 [email protected] Phone: 913-871-6734 [email protected]

KENTUCKY Participating Schools

19 2017–2018 USAD Curriculum Overview STATE DIRECTORS

NEBRASKA PENNSYLVANIA VIRGINIA Dr. John Kyndt Michelle Schroeder Naveed J. Khan 1000 Galvin Road South, LCN559 Erie School District 10206 Walkerton Lane Bellevue, NE 68005 148 W. 21st Street Oakton, VA 22124 Phone: 402-557-7551 Erie, PA 16502 Phone: 703-543-7364 [email protected] Phone: 814-874-6161 Cell: 571-438-3866 Fax: 814-874-6162 [email protected] Brian Kear [email protected] Bellevue University WASHINGTON 1000 Galvin Road South RHODE ISLAND Participating Schools Bellevue, NE 68005 Frank Lenox Phone# 402-557-7580 Rhode Island Academic Decathlon WASHINGTON, D.C. [email protected] 3296 Post Road Naveed J. Khan Warwick, RI 02886 10206 Walkerton Lane NEW HAMPSHIRE Phone: 401-732-7700 Oakton, VA 22124 Participating Schools Cell: 401-398-1558 Phone: 703-543-7364 Fax: 401-732-7715 Cell: 571-438-3866 NEW JERSEY [email protected] [email protected] Glenn Koegel 62 Lincoln Avenue SOUTH CAROLINA WEST VIRGINIA Wood-Ridge, NJ 07075 Kevin Kirkley Participating Schools Phone: 201-935-3096 Dreher High School Fax: 201-935-2970 3319 Millwood Avenue WISCONSIN [email protected] Columbia, SC 29205 Janelle Bailey Phone: 803-253-7016 CESA 7 NEW MEXICO [email protected] 595 Baeten Road Participating Schools Green Bay, WI 54304 SOUTH DAKOTA Phone: 920-617-5617 NEW YORK Participating Schools Fax: 920-492-5965 Barry Jones [email protected] 146 Roseland Ave. TENNESSEE Medina, NY 14103 Charlotte Woehler WYOMING Phone: 585-798-4114 Andrew Johnson Tower, 12th Flr Elissa Ruckle Cell: 585-735-5531 710 James Robertson Parkway 718 Divine Ave. [email protected] Nashville, TN 37243 Casper WY 82601 Phone: 615-253-4344 Phone: 307-277-4782 NORTH DAKOTA [email protected] Fax: 888-896-9923 Participating Schools [email protected] TEXAS OHIO Rick Hopkins INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Judith Shrefler San Antonio College Participating Countries: 37120 Chardon Rd. 1819 N. Main Avenue CANADA, CHINA, UNITED ARAB Willoughby Hills, OH 44094 San Antonio, TX 78212 EMIRATES, and UNITED KINGDOM Phone: 440-477-9984 Phone: 210-486-0550 Dr. K. Habib Khan [email protected] [email protected] 10206 Walkerton Lane Oakton, VA 22124 OKLAHOMA UTAH Phone: 571-340-3364 Participating Schools Linda Morrison Cell: 571-438-5064 P.O. Box 329 [email protected] OREGON Morgan, UT 84050 Participating Schools [email protected]

2017–2018 USAD Curriculum Overview 20 AWARDS PRESENTED AT THE 2017 USAD NATIONALS

• The Kristin Caperton Inspiration Award • Super Quiz™ Team Award for first, second, and third place for Divisions I, II, and III • B. Franklin Reinauer II Economics Prize • Rookie Team of the Year by Division (III, II, I) • Norman Katz Communications Award • Founder’s Scholarship: Most Improved Varsity • Asa Edwin Reaves, Esq. Social Science Prize Student by Division (III, II, I) • 2017 participation medals for all students • 2017 overall individual awards (gold, silver, bronze) • Most valuable team member from each team and scholarships by varsity, scholastic and honor • Highest scoring decathlete from each team division for Divisions I, II, III. • Individual gold, silver, and bronze medals for varsity, • Overall team awards for first, second, third, and scholastic, and honor divisions, in Divisions I, II, III, fourth place for Divisions I, II, III including international and individual participants: • 2017 Dr. Robert D. Peterson National Championship art, economics, essay, interview, literature, Award mathematics, music, science, social science, speech

Individual Event Awards Rookie Team of the Year B. Franklin Reinauer II Economics Gold, silver, and bronze medals will be This award is presented to the highest Prize awarded in each division to the first, scoring team in each division that is This prize is presented to the highest second, and third place students from the competing at Nationals for the first time. scoring student in economics. honor, scholastic, and varsity categories in each event. All ties will be awarded. Super Quiz™ Team Awards Norman Katz Communications Team plaques will be awarded to the first, Award Individual Overall Awards second, and third place teams in each This award is presented to the student with Gold, silver, and bronze medals and division with the highest raw score for all the highest combined score in the speech scholarships will be awarded in each nine students in the Super Quiz™. and interview events. division to the first, second, and third place students from the honor, scholastic, Founder’s Scholarship: Most The Kristin Caperton Inspiration and varsity categories with the highest Improved Varsity Student Award cumulative scores from all 10 events. This award is presented to the varsity This award is presented to a student who student from each division whose has demonstrated particular strength of Team and School Awards score improved the most from the state character, perseverance, commitment, Team scores are determined by the two competition to nationals. inspiration, or team leadership, while highest honor scores, the two highest Most Valuable Team Member overcoming significant obstacles or unusual scholastic scores, and the two highest circumstances to participate in the United varsity scores for all 10 events. A medal will be presented to the decathlete States Academic Decathlon®. that was chosen by his/her teammates as The Highest Scoring Student the most valuable team member. The Dr. Robert D. Peterson Award National Championship Award This award is presented to the highest Asa Edwin Reaves, Esq. Social Science Prize This award is given to the team with the scoring student on each team. highest overall score regardless of division, and This prize is given to the highest scoring they are proclaimed the national champions. Divisional Awards varsity team members in social science. Championship trophies and banners will be presented in three divisions.

21 2017–2018 USAD Curriculum Overview 2017 USAD NATIONALS WINNERS DIVISION I

ROBERT D. PETERSON NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AWARD FIRST PLACE DIVISION I Granada Hills Charter High School, California

SECOND PLACE DIVISION I THIRD PLACE DIVISION I Highland Park High School, Texas Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, Illinois

2017–2018 USAD Curriculum Overview 22 2017 USAD NATIONALS WINNERS DIVISION II

FIRST PLACE DIVISION II Bishop Hendricken High School, Rhode Island

SECOND PLACE DIVISION II THIRD PLACE DIVISION II Wilmot Union High School, Wisconsin Scarborough High School, Maine

23 2017–2018 USAD Curriculum Overview 2017 USAD NATIONALS WINNERS DIVISION III

FIRST PLACE DIVISION III Oakwood High School, Ohio

SECOND PLACE DIVISION III THIRD PLACE DIVISION III Madison Academic Magnet High School, Tennessee Mount Michael Benedictine School, Nebraska

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