• 2024-2025 TOPIC ANNOUNCED!

  TOPIC: The Rise of Factionalism, Partisanship, and the “Vices of Democracy” in the early United States (1795-1850)

  
  PRIMARY READING SELECTION
  A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign by Edward J. Larson ⬥ ISBN: 9780743293174

  
  Available from Texas Educational Paperbacks, Inc ⬥ 800-443-2078 www.tepbooks.com
  List price: $21.99, TEP UIL price: $16.49 plus shipping
  Also available from most online book sellers

2024-25 UIL Social Studies:  An overview

TOPIC: The Rise of Factionalism, Partisanship and the “Vices of Democracy” in the early United States (1795-1850)

                                John Adams and Thomas Jefferson                                                   

      WHAT IS THE FORMAT OF THE EVENT?

• 90 minutes in length
• 45 multiple choice questions

• 20 are general knowledge questions over the topic (1 point each)
• 15 are questions from the primary source material (2 points each)

Primary source material: A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign  by Edward J. Larson

• 10 are questions from the supplemental reading material (3 points each)

The supplemental reading material and terms are provided on the UIL Social Studies page

https://www.uiltexas.org/academics/academic-contests/social-studies

Click on 2024-25 Reading List (should be updated by the end of May 2024)

• Essay (worth up to 20 points)àEntries with no essay are disqualified.

WHO MAKES THE UIL SOCIAL STUDIES TEAM?

• Four students make the UIL Social Studies team for district competition.

HOW DO I MAKE THE UIL SOCIAL STUDIES TEAM?

• Demonstrated proficiency is the primary way to make the team.  There will be opportunities to attend UIL invitational meets in the spring, and there will be opportunities to take practice tests during the fall.  Those opportunities will be established by the social studies coach in conjunction with willing participants.
• Read, read, read, and then read some more.  March and April success stories are written in the fall.

WHY SHOULD I DO THIS?

• Scholarship eligibility potential:  Any student who qualifies for UIL State competition in an academic event at any point during high school is eligible to apply for TILF scholarships.