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2016 Orange County Academic Decathlon JV Competition Outline Essay – 40 minutes 1 prompt on the novel, 1 prompt on Social Science, and 1 prompt on Science Students will choose one prompt to write on Speech Prepared speech only – 2 to 2.5 minutes in length Students will only be given a “30 second remaining” & “time has expired” time card warnings Maximum score for speech - 700 points (since there is no impromptu) Art Section I – Elements of Art, processes and techniques only (pages 33-43) Section II – Buddhist and Hindu Art and Architecture (pages 45-67; selected works – Bust of a Man, Possibly a Priest; Seated Buddha; The Great Stupa; Nataraja, Shiva as the Lord of Dance; and Detail of a Wall Painting in the Rajah’s Palace) Section III – Selected work: Taj Mahal (pages 81-85) Section V – Postcolonial Art and Architecture (pages 106-121; selected works – Indian Currency; PK Kelkar Library; and The Tables Have Turned) Literature (Novel: Nectar in a Sieve) Section I – Critical Reading (pages 4-10) Section II – Nectar in a Sieve (1954) by Kamala Markandaya (pages 10-37) Section III – Shorter Selections (pages 39-47; selected works – “Quit India” speech by Mahatma Gandhi, 1942; and “Tryst with Destiny” speech by Jawaharlal Nehru, 1947) Mathematics Page (No graphing calculators for the 9/10 math test - ONLY basic scientific calculators allowed.) 1 General math, algebra, and geometry Music Section I – Introduction to Music Theory and the Music of India (pages 6-21) Section II – India’s Regional Music Traditions and Devotional Music (pages 23-38) – including Listening Examples 1-6 Section IV – Film and Popular Music (pages 59-70) – including Listening Examples 12-14 Science Section II – Community Ecology (pages 29-44) Section III – Ecosystem, Landscape and Global Ecology (pages 46-57) Social Science Section III – From High Colonialism to Independence, 1857-1947 (pages 43-59) Section IV – “Tryst with Destiny:” Independent India, 1947-1991 (pages 61-73) Section V – Contemporary India, 1991-2014 (pages 74-87) Super Quiz Relay Super Quiz will be based on 5 events: art, language/literature, music, science, & social science. Scoring plan: 10 questions per GPA category (2 per subject). 40 points per question = 400 points. For 2016, scoring will be same as main competition. Super Quiz is a completely separate event. No Impromptu speech No Interview Page 2 No Economics test