Social Studies

Elements of the Contest

The Social Studies Contest consists of 45 objective questions and an essay. Students are expected to master primary reading selections, as well as specific documents, and to be familiar with general-knowledge social studies concepts and terms. Each year, the contest focuses on a different topic area and a reading list that is provided by UIL.

Social Studies Overview Video

Additional Information

2012-2013 Topic: Native American Influence on U.S. History

Primary Reading Selection: Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S. C. Gwynne

Supplemental Resource Documents:

• Indian Removal Act 1830
   http://www.civics-online.org/library/formatted/texts/indian_act.html
   http://www.historynet.com/andrew-jackson-and-the-indian-removal-act.htm
• Scribner - ISBN-10: 1416591060; ISBN-13: 978-1416591061
   2011, Paperback. $12.80
• Texas Educational Paperbacks - Toll free: 800-443-2078; fax: 800-437-7070
   3824 Cedar Springs Rd. #202, Dallas, TX 75219-4168.  TEP price: $10.40 plus shipping
• Also available in paperback from Amazon.com, and new & used book stores.
•  http://www.studyworld.com/indian_removal_act_of_1830.htm
• Northwest Ordinance 1787
   http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=8&page=transcript
• Treaty with the Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache; July 27, 1853
   http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/cokiap53.asp
• Treaty of Medicine Lodge 1867
   http://www.cyberlodg.com/mlcity/treaty.html
• Text of Muesebach Treaty 
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meusebach%E2%80%93Comanche_Treaty
• Andrew Jackson's Second Annual Message
   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h3437t.html
• Cherokee letter protesting the Treaty of New Echota
    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h3083t.html
• Texas Rangers Museum and Hall of Fame
   http://www.texasranger.org/history/Timedefend.htm
• Native American Timelines
   http://www.thelatinlibrary.com ... nativeamericanchron.html
   http://www.ambrosevideo.com/ ... Achievement.pdf
   http://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-timeline.html
   http://www.comanchelanguage.org/Comanche%20Timeline.htm
   http://www.paulrittman.com/ComancheTimeline.pdf
• Biographies of key individuals
    http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aihmbioaz.html
• Comanche tribes in Texas
   http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/bmc72
• Facts related to Native Americans
   http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0192524.html
   http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/indfacts.htm
• Salt Creek Massacre  
   https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/indian/showdown/page1.html
• Battle of Adobe Walls  
   https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/indian/showdown/page2.html
• Red River War   
   https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/indian/showdown/page3.html
• Texas handbook on line all types of information
    http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qea01
• Comanche information
    http://digital.library.okstate.edu/ ... CO033.html
• Biography of Cynthia Ann Parker 
   http://www.forttumbleweed.net/cynthiaparker.html
• Little Big Horn information
   http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/custer.htm