Preparation for late entries (unofficial guide)
Elverum Round
April 23-24, 2016
How to use this powerpoint
Don’t worry!
There is a lot to learn, but this 18-slide powerpoint will give you a need to
know approach. There are four events – but the most important is to know
about the six subjects (and learn related words). Use this powerpoint - and
you’ll be good to go for the first time in the World Scholar’s Cup!
Estimated study time: 4 hours (can be shortened or extended).
We will help you to:
• Get an overview
• Dive into the six subjects
We also recommend that you join the Facebook community:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/alpacascholars
Learn more:
• If you still want to worry , the complete resource bank is found here
(warning – it’s a lot you may study):
http://scholarscup.org/subjects/
• Freshen up your English skills:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/
• Use a online translator when needed, for example:
http://tritrans.net
OVERVIEW
Four Events
1. Scholar's Challenge (kunnskapstest)
Individual multiple choice test
2. Collaborative Writing (samskriving, lag)
Write an essay – with help from your team
3. Team Debate (debatt, lag)
Intense debate with support from your team
4. Scholar’s Bowl (quiz, lag)
Really fast multiple choice – as a team
effort!
OVERVIEW
One Theme
2016 theme:
AN IMPERFECT WORLD
En uperfekt verden
OVERVIEW
Six Subjects
1.
Special Area - Crime and Justice
Spesialfelt: Kriminalitet og rett
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History - A History of Cheating
Historie: En historie om juksing
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Science - Disease and Public Health
Vitenskap: Sykdom og folkehelse
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Literature - Words to Light the Darkness
Litteratur: Ord som lyser opp i mørket
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Arts - Flawed Visions, Broken Sounds
Kunst: Mangelfulle visjoner, ødelagte lyder
6.
Social Studies - When States Falter
Samfunnsfag: Når stater svikter
OVERVIEW
The Experience
Watch these videos to get a better understanding
of the World Scholar’s Cup and the events:
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Introduction to WSC (8.55)
The Scholars Debate (0.50)
The Scholars Bowl (0.50)
The Scholars Challenge (0.50)
Alpacas (0.48)
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1. SPECIAL AREA
Special Area: Crime and Justice
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Crime - kriminalitet
Justice - rett
Law - lov
Prison - fengsel
Guilty - skyldig
Judge - dommer
Jury - jury
Victim - offer
Penalty – straff
Criminal – forbryter
Fraud – bedrag/svindel
Evidence – bevis
• Discuss:
• What is a crime, and who
decides how serious a
crime is? Who should?
• What is the purpose of
sending someone to
prison?
• Can a criminal be a hero?
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1. SPECIAL AREA
Special Area: Crime and Justice
• Read the article on
National Geographic,
and discuss:
Link:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/ne
ws/2013/13/130412-death-penaltycapital-punishment-culture-amnestyinternational/
• Have you understood
each of the five facts?
Any difficult words you
need to learn? Use
norwegian if needed.
• What do you think of the
death penalty?
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2. HISTORY
History: A History of Cheating
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Cheating – juks
Lying – løgn
Punished – straff
Prevent – forhindre
False – falsk
Corporate – forretning
Espionage – spionasje
Tax evasion –
skatteunndragelse
• Insider trading –
innsidehandel
• Plagiarism – plagiat
• Forgery – falskneri
• Discuss:
• What is cheating? How is
it different from lying?
• Is cheating ever justified?
• How can schools prevent
cheating?
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2. HISTORY
History: A History of Cheating
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Watch the video.
‘Hand of God’ effort is one of the most
controversial goals in soccer history.
Argentina won over England in the
quarter final of the World Cup in 1986,
because of this goal.
Maradona (the player that
scored) later claimed it had been
scored "a little with the head of
Maradona and a little with the
hand of God". That was how the
goal would come to be known.
Discuss:
• What do you think of
Maradona’s actions?
• What should have
happened?
• Why did no one get
punished, not in the game
and not afterwards? Is this
fair?
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3. SCIENCE
Science: Disease and Public Health
• Important words:
• Sickness/illness/
disease – sykdom
• Epidemic – epedemi
• Epidemiology –
• Public health – folkehelse
• Patient – pasient
• Doctor – doktor
• Society – samfunn
• Medicine – medisin
• Hospital – sykehus
• Obesity – fedme
• Infection – infeksjon
• Mortality - dødelighet
• Discuss:
• What is a disease? What
is an epidemic?
• What are the greatest
threats to public health in
Norway vs. worldwide?
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3. SCIENCE
Science: Disease and Public Health
• After reading about
obesity, discuss:
Read this article about
obesity from BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worlds
ervice/learningenglish/newse
nglish/witn/2008/02/080220
_obesity.shtml
• What role should
governments play in
ensuring public health?
• Are we all ultimately
responsible for our own
health?
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4. LITERATURE
Literature: Words to Light up the Darkness
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Poem – dikt
Poet – dikter
Short stories – novelle
Novel – roman
Writer - forfatter
• Read and listen:
• Justice, poem by Langston
Hughes
http://www.poemhunter.co
m/poem/justice/
• Analyze the poem, what
does it mean?
• Do you know any other
famous poets and
writers? Who?
(you may take a peak at this page for some examples:
http://scholarscup.org/subjects/2016/literature/)
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5. ARTS
Arts: Flawed Visions, Broken Sounds
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Art – kunst
Artist – kunstner
Artworks - kunstverk
Painting – maleri
Print – trykk
Drawing - tegning
Sculpture - skulptur
Music - musikk
Decorative art: The four horsemen of the apocalypse
• Use 10-20 minutes to
check out some of these
different examples:
http://scholarscup.org/s
ubjects/2016/art-music/
• Optional video about
scary paintings:
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6. SOCIAL STUDIES
Social studies: When States Falter
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Falter – svikte
Failed – mislykket
Fragile – skjør
Purpose – mening
State – stat (nasjon)
Democracy – demokrati
Society - samfunn
Politics – politikk
Globalization – globalisering
Citizen – innbygger
Civil war – borgerkrig
Colonialism – kolonialisme
Climate change –
klimaendringer
• Economy - økonomi
• Refugee - flyktning
• Discuss:
• What are the “best” and
“worst” states you can think
of? How are you measuring
them?
• What is a NGO (nongovernmental organization)?
Search the web to find the
answer.
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6. SOCIAL STUDIES
Social Studies: When States Falter
Do your best to understand the
current refugee crisis, also
sometimes called the "Syrian"
refugee crisis.
Resource:
http://syrianrefugees.eu/?page_id=163
Discuss:
Should all nations open their
borders to people in need - or
are nations right to reject any,
many, or all of them?
Photo: Wikipedia
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6. SOCIAL STUDIES
Social Studies: When States Falter
Good job!
Now you should enjoy a good movie as a reward.
We recommend (not necessary, but fun) «The Lego Movie». The movie
adress some of the topics related to subject 6. Social Studies.
Rent and watch it as a team building before the event 
There you go!
Now we’ll see you at
ELVIS on April 23-24!