2022 World Affairs Council of the Year
Network of Independent World Affairs Councils of America

Academic WorldQuest Update and New Match Dates

The 2022 Anne Smedinghoff

Academic WorldQuest

HS Global Affairs Challenge

To all High School teachers:  As you start a new semester in 2022 and are thinking of ways to challenge your students to increase their global literacy and knowledge of international affairs, IT’S NOT TOO LATE to participate in the Tennessee World Affairs Council global affairs competition for high school students—Academic WorldQuest.  For those of you who already know about this program, but thought you didn’t have time to put together a team (four students) in time for the December 2021 practice match, there will be another practice match (via Zoom) on February 27, 2022. Below are NEW DATES for the practice match and championship match.

This year’s topics are relevant and timely: Where Climate and Migration Meet; Afghanistan: End of the 20-Year U.S.-Led Intervention: A Human-Centered Agenda for the Future of Work; CDEC and the Global Health Agenda; Technology and Democracy: Threat or Promise?; 21st Century Money: Dollars to Digital Currencies; Working for Peace Through Legacies of War: The Case of Vietnam; Insecurity in China’s Neighborhood; and Current Events (questions taken from TNWAC’s online WEEKLY “What in the World?” Current Events Quiz: www.tnwac.org) Competition questions are based on a Study Guide: Academic World Quest 2021-2022 Study Guide (tnwac.org)

Plus, you have access to the Practice Match Questions (and answer key) used in the December 2021 Practice Match to get you started: in PowerPoint format on TNWAC’s  SlideShare.net/tnwac channel.

Topics 1-5: https://www.slideshare.net/tnwac/tnwac-worldquest-dec-21-practice-match-topics-15

Topics 6-10: https://www.slideshare.net/tnwac/tnwac-worldquest-dec-21-practice-match-topics-610

If you have any questions AT ALL about this exciting opportunity, please contact retired MNPS teacher and TNWAC volunteer Catherine Kelly at [email protected] or Pat Ryan, President of TNWAC at [email protected].

All the information you need to start your students on their global literacy adventure is available on the website: Academic WorldQuest Global Affairs Challenge | TNWAC

  • PLEASE PLEDGE a school/team NOW. This non-binding enrollment allows us to plan for the competition and to share WorldQuest information directly with schools and teams. You do not need to have formed teams in order to pledge your school/team. LINK HERE
  • DECEMBER 6, 2021-MARCH 4, 2022– REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
  • FEBRUARY 27, 2022– PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom
  • MARCH 5-MARCH 21, 2022– LATE REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (WorldQuest T-shirts will not be available for these teams until after the Mar 27th match.)
  • MARCH 27, 2022(1:00PM CT) – TENNESSEE ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST CHAMPIONSHIP at Belmont University
  • APRIL 28-MAY 1, 2022,Tennessee Championship Team to Washington, DC for visits to international institutions.
  • APRIL 29-30, 2022,Academic WorldQuest National Championship Reception (Friday) and Match (Saturday), hosted at the United States Institute of Peace

WorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Council’s education outreach efforts and is integrated with other elements such as the “What in the World?” Weekly Quiz — which sharpens students’ knowledge of current global events and the “Global Scholars Diploma” program.

 

Notes

  • Teams can prepare for the competition by reviewing the AWQ Study Guide. Questions for nine topics are drawn directly from the Study Guide. The Current Events category questions are drawn from the TNWAC “What in the World? Weekly Quiz” from the SIX weeks of quizzes preceding each event. The quiz is published every Monday and students can subscribe to the Quiz by joining the TNWAC newsletter list on the home page, TNWAC.org and at this LINK.
  • Students are encouraged to review the TNWAC Global Scholar Certificate Program and use their participation in WorldQuest as credit toward completion.

Academic WorldQuest 2022 Topics

  1. Where Climate and Migration Meet
  2. Afghanistan: End of the 20-Year U.S.-Led Intervention
  3. A Human-Centered Agenda for the Future of Work
  4. CDC and the Global Health Agenda
  5. Technology and Democracy: Threat or Promise?
  6. Great Decisions *
  7. 21st Century Money: Dollars to Digital Currencies
  8. Working for Peace Through Legacies of War: The Case of Vietnam
  9. Insecurity in China’s Neighborhood
  10. Current Events

* TNWAC Practice and Championship matches will NOT include the Great Decisions category. A second Current Events topic round will be substituted. (The Great Decisions category is based on a magazine available for sale. The winning TNWAC championship team will receive copies of the magazine to prepare for the National Championship match.)

Study Guide

The AWQ Study Guide provides the topics and reference materials used in the TNWAC practice match and championship match, except for the “Current Events” questions. Current events questions are drawn from the “What in the World? Weekly Quiz.” Get the quiz by signing up for the TNWAC newsletter list on our home page.

For more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly, Education Outreach Coordinator at < [email protected] > and Patrick Ryan at <[email protected] >

THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH

THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH

THE MISSION of the nonprofit, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world.

THE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.