Midterm+Madness+VII

=Midterm Madness VII=

It's baaaaaack.

Midterm Madness roles into AP United States History with a double tournament this year in January and May. This year, **//__you__//** will decide the participants - historical figures from Chapters 1 - 22 (January) and Chapters 23 - 42 (May).

Midterm Madness VII Official Bracket
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Who will be nominated?
__May Version__ On the appointed day, students working in teams of five will construct a list of the 80 historical figures that had the **"greatest impact on American History**" from 1876 to the present. Once developing the list, students will then rank the figures from 1 to 80. The ranked lists will then be used by Mr. Freccia, using a draft, to develop the seedings and match-ups.

__January Version__ On the appointed day, you will be assigned (as a class) to select 10 historical figures for each of the four themes below. Then, based on random number generation, students in each class will select from the class approved list (first come, first served). Each member of the class will then complete a "Time Magazine" cover using the Excel templete found at the bottom of the page to be turned in the following class period for points.

In total, the three classes will develop together a "super bracket" of 80 historical figures and then vote on who (or what) had the **"greatest impact on American History"**.

The January themes are (80 total, 20 per theme):
 * Explorers, Generals, and events that changed American History
 * Political Figures (Elected or nominated, including Supreme Court)
 * Cultural icons (Religious leaders or movements, artists, writers, and reformers)
 * "Villains" from 1492 to 1875

Mr. Freccia will assign the brackets - mixing and matching from all four of the themes in order to create the best head-to-head match-ups. Voting will take place via our own version of the "Electorial College" with each class getting one vote, with that vote being based on the majority vote that takes place in that class.

What am I going to be graded on?

 * Your preliminary list of 40 historical figures - ten figures per theme (worth 10 points)
 * The TIME Magazine of your particular historical figure - see below (worth 20 points - January only)
 * The Race for Five - see below (worth 10 points)

TIME Magazine Assignment
In order to help present your particular figure, you will be creating a "psudo" Time Magazine cover that is due at the time of your presentation. The templete on how to construct the cover is found in the following excel document.

The Race for Five
In order to best review for the Midterm and/or the AP Exam, the purpose of the Race for Five is to test your classmate's (as well as your own knowledge) on the topics at hand. As we work our way thru the bracket, Mr. Freccia will randomly select individuals that will have to tell the class two major facts about each of the competitors in question. In order to recieve a point for the class, five members of the class must answer five match-ups in a row without an incorrect answer. If at anytime a person answers incorrectly, the game resets and the process starts all over again.

To help, each group of five will have three lifelines to help them out (Ask Freccia, Ask the Class, and Bailout). Once used, they are lost until that group is done with their attempt. If left unused by all five members, the group will score an extra credit point that will be added to the midterm exam.

If a class successfully completes five of these match-ups any further points will be added into their marking period class average.

Extra Credit
Your historical figure equals a chance for extra credit based on how far they advance in the competition.
 * If they advance out of the first round (to the Round of 40): 1 point towards the marking period grade
 * If they advance out of the second round (to the Round of 20)): 2 points toward the marking period grade
 * If they advance out of the third round (to the "Big Ten"): 3 points toward the marking period grade
 * If they advance out of the fourth round (to the "Final Four"): 4 points toward the marking period grade
 * If they advance out of the fifth round (to the "Championship Game"): 5 points toward the marking period grade
 * If they win the entire tournament: 6 points toward the marking period grade

Who will win Midterm Madness VII?

 * January Results - Beavers
 * May Results - Theodore Roosevelt
 * Overall Results - Theodore Roosevelt

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