Midterm+Madness+VI

== =Midterm Madness VI=

It's baaaaaack.

Midterm Madness roles into AP European History with a double tournament in December and April. This year, **//__you__//** will decide the participants - historical figures from 1450 to 1849 (December) and 1849 to 2001 (April).

Who will be nominated?
On December 13th, you will be assigned to one of four "thematic" teams. Each team will construct (and rank) an All-Star roster of 16 historical figures from that given theme. The themes are:
 * Kings and Queens
 * Artists and Writers
 * Scientists and Thinkers
 * Explorers, Power players and Religious leaders

Based on that ranking system, Mr. Freccia will assign the brackets - mixing all four of the teams together for head-to-head match-ups.

Who will be upset?
In the head-to-head match-up stage, Mr. Freccia will randomly ask a member from each "team" to present **three notable AP facts** about that particular historical figure (without help from your teammates or notes). Once both figures are presented, the other two teams (or three once match-ups happen between the same team) will vote amongst themselves on who should advance in the tournament. If a student is unable to present a particular figure, the game goes to the challenger automatically.

Who will get points?
Points for this "project" will be assigned in the following ways...

__Picking the All-Star team (out of 20 points):__
 * 20 points: 8 or more people advance from the first round
 * 18 points: 7 people advance from the first round
 * 16 points: 6 people advance from the first round
 * 14 points: 5 people advance from the first round
 * 12 points: 4 or less people advance from the first round

__Individual pick from team (out of 5 points):__
 * 1-4 seed: 1 point per victory (5 points possible if they make it to the Championship Game)
 * 5-8 seed: 2 points per victory (10 points possible if they make it to the Championship Game)
 * 9-12 seed: 3 points per victory (15 points possible if they make it to the Championship Game)
 * 13-16 seed: 4 points per victory (20 points possible if they make it to the Championship Game)

__Team Upset Special (extra credit):__
 * 8-12 seed: 1 point per victory (5 extra credit points possible if they make it to the Championship Game)
 * 13-16 seed: 2 point per victory (10 extra credit points possible if they make it to the Championship Game)

Who will win Midterm Madness VI?

 * December Madness winner: #2 Seed "**Russian Winter**" defeated #10 seed "**Galileo**" by a final score of 20 - 16.
 * April Madness winner: #1 Seed "**Hitler**" defeated #2 Seed "**Einstein**" by a final score of 15 - 13.
 * Overall Winner of the entire tournament: #2 Seed "**Russian Winter**".

Midterm Madness VI Official Bracket


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