TODAY WE BROKE INTO BATTLE TEAMS AND STARTED ORGANIZING FOR THE FINAL 5 BRACKET TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS. YOU SHOULD BE ORGANIZING YOUR INFORMATION FOR YOUR ASSIGNED BATTLE...AND...COLLECTING NOTES AND FORMULATING QUESTIONS FOR THE OTHER 4 BATTLES...YOU WILL HAVE THIS TO TURN IN ON E-DAY!...TOMORROW IN LIBRARY WORKING ON ARGUMENTS/DISPLAYS
First Semester Exam
Battles
ROAD TO THE FINAL 5
THE BATTLE FOR THE CHIPPER
Sarartoga vs. Gettysburg vs. Meuse-Argonne vs. Midway
vs. D-Day
WHICH BATTLE IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IN AMERICAN
HISTORY?
WHICH HAS THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON HUMAN HISTORY?
You have been put in BATTLE TEAMS. Each team is responsible for organizing a
POSTER Display that promotes your assigned battle as the most significant.
You will have two days of class to review, research, and
organize a presentation depicting your battle’s place in history. YOUR GOAL IS TO DEFEAT YOUR OPPONENT ON THE
BRACKET…AND MOVE TO THE FINALS!
Every student must have Notes and Questions prepared for the
Tournament. These notes include all five
battles…context, history, details, generals, tactics… You must have at least 4
Questions ready to go that discredit your “opponents” … you want to think and
prove how your Battle is more significant than every other Battle. This will be
an individual grade turned in the day of the Exam…50 Points…
TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES:
A.
Every Team will have a Poster/Display that
Pin-Points the Battle…WHEN…and WHY it is significant…BIG…BOLD …BEAUTIFUL!!!... 50
POINTS
B.
Opening And Closing Statements…30 Seconds each…Lowest
seed goes first. The details of the
battle need to be discussed by every member of the team…
C.
Participation points awarded for each player.
D.
Individual Notes and Questions will be turned in
as a team…points will be added/deducted for individual deficiencies.
There will be 5 Rounds…10 Minutes Each…Seeds will be
revealed on E-Day!!!! You will not know
your competition until then. You will
have 2 minutes to prepare before each round.
Single elimination
Finish Points – Champions of the World = 50 Points
2nd Place = 40 Points
3rd Place = 30 Points
4th Place
and 5th Place Finishers= 20 Points (i.e. the Toilet Bowl)
