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Academic Decathlon & Octathlon
2009-2010
Academic Decathlon is an organization that challenges students of all academic abilities to explore ten different subjects of a selected theme. Not only does it enrich your mind and enhance your study skills and habits, Academic Decathlon will also look phenomenal on your college applications. With a competitive edge, Academic Decathlon offers scholarship money to successful individuals and teams. For freshmen and sophomores, there is also Academic Octathlon which does not include speech or interview. If you’re looking for an elective that will do all of this and award AP credit, Academic Decathlon is for you!
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Jean-Antoine Watteau, Mezzetin, probably 1718–20
Jean Siméon Chardin, Soap Bubbles, c. 1734
Vincennes porcelain factory, Wine Cooler, 1753
Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Broken Eggs, 1756
François Boucher, Shepherd’s Idyll, 1768
Giovanni Paolo Panini, Modern Rome, 1757
Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Socrates, 1787
Carle Vernet, The Triumph of Aemilius Paulus, 1789
Joseph-Antoine Romagnési, Minerva Protecting the Young King of Rome, 1811
Théodore Gericault, Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct, 1818
Émile-Jean-Horace Vernet, The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horses, by 1820
Émile-Jean-Horace Vernet, Stormy Coast Scene After a Shipwreck
Eugène Delacroix, Royal Tiger, 1829
Théodore Chasseriau, Young Jewish Woman of Algeria, Seated, 1846
Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, Portrait of a Young Man, c. 1760–65
Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Self-Portrait with Two Pupils, Mademoiselle Marie Gabrielle Capet (1761–1818) and Mademoiselle Carreaux de Rosemond (died 1788), 1785
Jean-Antoine Houdon, Bust of Voltaire, 1778
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Princesse de Broglie, 1851–53
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THE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE -
A. Introduction: The French Economy on the Eve of the Revolution -
1. Agriculture -
2. Industry -
3. Atlantic economy -
4. Other commerce -
5. Privilege, progress, and hunger -
6. Depression and the Anglo-French commercial treaty -
7. A revolution of rising expectations?
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B. Liberty and Equality—The First Stages of the Revolution -
1. Machine breaking and the end of feudalism -
2. New laws and institutions -
3. Labor relations and entrepreneurialism -
4. A new system of taxation -
5. The confiscation of the lands of the clergy and a new currency
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C. Egalitarianism and War: The Emergence of a Command Economy -
1. The collapse of the ports and civil war -
2. Government planning: dealing with hunger -
3. The Maximums: the first wage and price controls -
4. Industry and science during the Reign of Terror -
5. Terror and requisition
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D. Inflation and Military Expansionism in the Aftermath of the Terror -
1. Undermining government control -
2. Distaste for a new model: Babeuf, Marx, and Napoleon -
3. Inflation and the industrial economy -
4. Transportation and smuggling -
5. The expansion of France -
6. Survival by conquest -
7. Hothouse industries
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E. Conclusion: The French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution -
1. Landownership -
2. Standard of living: urban and rural -
3. The search for a new approach to economic development -
4. The effects of war -
5. Industrialization delayed
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Novel: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Baxter makes his opinion of the novel quite clear.
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Bourgeois, Jacobins, and guys without pants (more formally, sansculottes).
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Speech ideas can come from anywhere. Your topic should be contemporary but not so narrow that no one has any information on the subject. The tone of the speech should be positive, and you should avoid the topics of religion and sex.
Start browsing podcasts and find some that interest you. "This American Life," "Fresh Air," and other podcasts from NPR are a good place to start.
In general, your topic should be something that won't offend 3 adult judges, that you can talk about for at least 3 and a half minutes, and that you won't get tired of talking about after 4 months. | |
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Of all of the events, interview is the one that will have the most lasting benefit for you. The interview involves real skills that the majority of adults have not mastered. Look at this event as a preparation for the very near future.
The three most important elements of the interview are
- preparation
- appropriate attire
- body language
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