Academic Bowl Content Outline 2011-2012

Last updated October 28, 2011

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IMPORTANT NOTICES

Note: While the Academic Bowl will cover many of the topics studied in school, specific questions will come from the areas listed below. Most study and reference materials are available here as PDF files and from your Academic Bowl advisor. Also see the Practice Questions & Resources page for additional general reference materials and to get an idea of the types of questions used in the tournament from other subject areas, such as math.

General

Hands-on Practice

Many on the hands-on activities involve making towers and other structures out of rolled up newspaper in tight cylinders. You might want to practice at home to get familiar with this construction technique.

2011 – 2012 Academic Bowl Focus Questions:

First Three-Way Match:

Legislative Branch of Government

U.S. Industrial Revolution

Ancient China

Geography – Asia

 

Second Three-Way Match:

Executive Branch of Government

U.S. Industrial Revolution in Greater Lawrence

Ancient Egypt

Geography – Africa

               

Third Three-Way Match:

Judicial Branch of Government

1912 Lawrence Textile Strike

Ancient Greece

Geography - Middle East

               

ALL Two-Way Matches:

U.S. Government General Questions

U.S. Industrial Revolution in Greater Lawrence

Geography – Mesopotamia, India, South America, Fertile Crescent, South America

QUESTIONS MAY ALSO BE FROM THE FOLLOWING:

History   

   War of 1812

Sports

                Boston Sports Teams

English

Grammar: English Club

Parts of Speech: Interlink Language Center

Geography

Our Communities

Math

Math questions will start out easy in the first match and get progressively harder until we've covered most of these challenges.

Formulas:

Conversions:

Sports Math

Pythagorean Theorem:

Multiplication Tables (and square roots):

Distance Rate and Time (D=RT)

Two Trains

Hands of a Clock Questions

Other Skills

Sample Problems:

On a map the distance between two cities which are 120 miles apart is 8 inches. What is the dist

 

Individually Recited Poetry (about 3%) TWO-WAY MATCHES ONLY

At the beginning of the table section of the two-way matches two students from each squad will have an opportunity to earn points for their squad by reciting certain memorized poems for the judges. This will happen as the rest of the team is working on other activities. The poems are (will be) listed below and must be recited exactly as they appear in this document. If you see any discrepancies between the version you are used to and this version, please let Ms. Hollenbeck know in advance. We encourage you to memorize these well in advance of the match and test yourself several times to make sure you have no mistakes. (A poem with mistakes is not worth much.) Poems are worth between 2 and 5 points, depending on length and difficulty. You may correct yourself or start over if necessary but you will only get 90 seconds once you start. Scoring: for every uncorrected mistake: subtract 2 points. Presentation should have excellent diction (with great clarity, paying particular attention to final consonants): and presentation (unhurried, natural, with confidence and understanding, not over-emphasizing the meter): Scoring summary:

  • A poem with no mistakes earns the maximum value: either 2, 3, 4 or 5 points.
  • 2 point poem with one mistake earns: 0 points.
  • 3 point poem with one mistake earns: 1 point, with two mistakes: 0 points.
  • 4 point poem with one mistake earns: 2 points, with two mistakes: 0 points.
  • 5 point poem with one mistake earns: 3 points, with two mistakes: 1 point, with three mistakes: 0 points.

In addition, students will have the opportunity to create their own poems and be scored on the presentation of their created poem.  Students must submit poems to Ms. Hollenbeck before a Two-Way match.  Ms. Hollenbeck will decide how many points the poem has the potential to earn.  Students will be awarded points based on their presentation of the poem, (not on the merit of the poem).  The same scoring summary listed above will apply.  Only two students from each squad (at each Two Way match) may earn points for their squad by reciting either their own poem or one of the poem selections provided.
  All Squads: Poem Selections for 2011-12

 

 

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