Midterm+Madness

= Midterm Madness=

The "Madness" format is a competition between historical figures that have something in common that takes place over the course of a week in Mr. Freccia's class. Although the commonality between the historical figures has changed overtime, the concept has not. Here is a history of the previous six tournaments:

[[image:mm1.bmp width="161" height="167" align="right"]] Madness I

 * __Course:__ World History (Glasgow High School, 11th grade)
 * __Month of competition:__ March 2002 (student presented oral project, followed by class vote)
 * __Commonality:__ Historical figures from the Reformation to Enlightenment (1500-1800)
 * __Number of classes participating:__ 2 (both Honors sections)
 * __Field of:__ 32
 * __Final Four:__ I. Loyola (#6), HRE Charles V (#3), Russian Czar Peter I (#2), B. Franklin (#6)
 * __Winner:__ Benjamin Franklin (#6)

[[image:mm2.bmp align="right"]] Madness II

 * __Course:__ American History (Newark High School, 9th grade)
 * __Month of competition:__ March 2003 (student presented oral project, followed by class vote)
 * __Commonality:__ American Presidents
 * __Number of classes participating:__ 3 (1 College Prep section, 2 General sections)
 * __Field of:__ 27
 * __Final Four:__ JFK (#1), Clinton (#3), Lincoln (#1), FDR (#1)
 * __Winner:__ Franklin D. Roosevelt (#1)

[[image:mm3.bmp align="right"]] Madness III

 * __Course:__ American History (Newark High School, 9th grade)
 * __Month of competition:__ March 2004 (student presented oral project w/ campaign poster, followed by class vote)
 * __Commonality:__ American Presidents
 * __Number of classes participating:__ 3 (2 Honors sections, 1 College Prep section)
 * __Field of:__ 32
 * __Final Four:__ FDR (#1), Jackson (#2), JFK (#1), Washington (#1)
 * __Winner:__ Franklin D. Roosevelt (#1)

[[image:mm4.bmp align="right"]] Madness IV

 * __Course:__ American History (Newark High School, 9th grade)
 * __Month of competition:__ March 2005 (student presented oral project w/ campaign poster, followed by class vote)
 * __Commonality:__ American Presidents
 * __Number of classes participating:__ 4 (3 Honors sections, 1 College Prep section)
 * __Field of:__ 32
 * __Final Four:__ JFK (#1), T. Roosevelt (#2), Washington (#1), McKinley (#5)
 * __Winner:__ John F. Kennedy (#1)

[[image:mm5 width="160" height="186" align="right"]] Madness V

 * __Course:__ World History (Newark High School, 9th grade)
 * __Month of competition:__ January 2006 (review exercise for Midterm exam with a class vote)
 * __Commonality:__ World Figures from the first half of the year, 1400 to 1800. World Religion founders were also included, despite being outside of that time frame.
 * __Number of classes participating:__ 4 (1 Honors section, 3 College Prep sections)
 * __Field of:__ 64
 * __Final Four:__ Washington (#3), Napoleon (#2), Columbus (#1), Jesus (#1)
 * __Winner:__ Jesus (#1)

[[image:ff6.bmp width="274" height="207" align="right"]] Madness VI

 * __Course:__ AP European History (Newark High School, 11th grade)
 * __Months of competition:__ December 2006 / May 2007 (review exercise for midterm/AP exams w/ class vote)
 * __Commonality:__ European Figures from 1450 to 2007.
 * __Number of classes participating:__ 1
 * __Field of:__ 128 (64 in December / 64 in May)
 * __Final Four:__ Russian Winter (#2), Galileo (#10), Einstein (#2), Hitler (#1)
 * __Winner:__ Russian Winter (#2)
 * __Link:__ Midterm Madness VI on WikiFreccia.com

[[image:ff7.jpg align="right"]]Madness VII

 * __Course:__ AP United States History (Newark High School, 11th and 12th grade)
 * __Months of competition:__ January 2008 / May 2008 (review exercise for midterm/AP exams w/ class vote)
 * __Commonality:__ American Figures from 1492 to 2007
 * __Number of classes participating:__ 3
 * __Field of:__ 128 (64 in January / 64 in May)
 * __Final Four:__ Beavers (from January), The Internet (#2), Theodore Roosevelt (#1), FDR (#1)
 * __Winner:__ Theodore Roosevelt (#1)
 * __Link:__ Midterm Madness VII on WikiFreccia.com

Madness VIII[[image:2009_Midterm_Madness.jpg align="right"]]

 * __Course:__ AP Government and Politics (Newark High School, 10th grade)
 * __Months of competition:__ January 2009 / May 2009 (review exercise for midterm/AP exams w/ class vote)
 * __Commonality:__ American Political Figures from 1776 to 2008
 * __Number of classes participating:__ 1
 * __Field of:__ 64 (32 in January / 32 in May)
 * __Final Four:__
 * __Winner:__
 * __Link:__ Midterm Madness VIII on WikiFreccia.com

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