The World Affairs Challenge
Igniting Interest and Action in World Affairs!

This is NOT your parents' Social Studies course! The World Affairs Challenge encourages young people to discover and explore exciting new content as they work with peers on a collaborative project.

Middle and high school students who participate:

• sharpen research and presentation skills
• learn to formulate and defend an argument
• develop leadership and negotiation skills, and
• collaborate to propose viable solutions to real-world problems

The program challenges young people to think about their relationship to the rest of the world while taking part in a fun, day-long competition. Three events, focused on an overarching annual theme, assess student knowledge about what's going on in the world and highlight students' creative, analytical, and presentation skills. Learn more about The World Affairs Challenge in this short video.

Click here for program details.

Click HERE for photos from the 2008 Colorado World Affairs Challenge events!

The Video World Affairs Challenge

We are excited to be launching the Video World Affairs Challenge for middle and high school students anywhere!

*NEW UPLOAD DATE* The next upload date is MAY 16, 2008, so sign up now!

The World Affairs Challenge and the Video World Affairs Challenge are both programs of the Center for Teaching International Relations.